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Chapter 20: Two Days, One Night - The First Day's Security Day Shift
In the early spring of 2021, in a certain city in the south.

Because of the transfer of work, I am about to transfer to another city for a job. This is my last week working in this city.Since the transfer procedures take some time to process, and all the handover work in my hand has been completed, the new position has not yet been taken up, so this week is also my free period.

I have packed a lot of luggage, what should be packed, what should be mailed, and only some odds and ends of daily necessities and a few changes of clothes are left for my recent use. All I need to do next is to enjoy these few days Time to spare.

While playing with my mobile phone, I was thinking about the plan for the next few days, whether to go out to drink, drink and eat, or stay at home to sleep and play games.In fact, I don’t have many friends in this city. The three or two friends who are already few in number are also very busy at work, so it’s not easy to get together.

I lay on a chair and looked at the WeChat messages on my mobile phone, and somehow I habitually clicked into a part-time job group.I looked at the dynamics in the group and suddenly thought that I might as well find one or two part-time jobs, preferably those who have never tried it, so that I can pass the time and have a different experience. The salary I earn is used for Going to eat delicious food, why not do it.

After scrolling through various messages in the group, one of the part-time job messages came into my eyes.The content of the information is generally to recruit security personnel for a building in the financial center, day shift, aged 50 to 150; salary [-] yuan, daily settlement; work is easy and not tiring, and people are needed every day.

I quickly opened the map on my mobile phone and looked at the detailed address of my job. This is in the financial center of the city, and there is a direct subway. It's worth a try.In fact, I noticed this part-time job when I read the group news intentionally or unintentionally before, but I forgot about it when I didn't have time to do it.To be honest, the salary of 150 yuan is not too small in ordinary part-time jobs.

I added Weixin, the team leader who sent this message. Her WeChat avatar is a photo of a lady in her 50s drinking coffee. That should be her. It took a long time for her to pass the friend verification.I asked her the specific working hours, and she replied 08:30 am to 07:30 pm.I asked again about the job content and whether there were any other requirements in the job. She told me that this job means that the property management company of the building is currently short of security guards, so they recruit some temporary security guards, just like normal security work. Same.As for the requirements, you are not allowed to smoke in the building and don't be late.This is exactly what I expected before, I continued to ask her if this job is available every day, and she replied that it was only Monday to Friday.

I looked at the calendar, and it happened that today is Wednesday. In this case, I can do two consecutive days tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I signed up.Like all the part-time team leaders before, she sent me a location information after asking for my basic information and contact information, and then sent me a phone number. The signature in front of the phone number was Manager Zhou. She asked me to Arrive at the 23rd floor of this building tomorrow. If you can't find it, call this number to contact this manager Zhou.I agreed and made an appointment to go to work the next day.I took a look at the location, and it was a certain building in the financial center.

I continued to read a book I had been reading for a while, when the silence in the room was broken by the sound of a message from my cell phone.My friend and I saw a part-time job message by chance when we were about to exit the WeChat interface after chatting for a while.At this moment, I suddenly felt that this recruitment information seemed to have been seen somewhere. I read the news in some part-time job groups and the recruitment in Moments posted by some part-time team leaders, and found that almost all the part-time team leaders in this city are close to The same job posting has been posted for two days, and it's a job about inventorying goods in a large well-known brand supermarket.The hypermarket of this brand is recruiting for this job in all its stores in this city. The difference is that the working hours of each branch and the distance from me are different.I took a look at all the addresses and working time slots of this brand supermarket. The closest to me, and there is still time to participate in the night shift time slot after the security work is off work.The specific working hours are from ten o'clock in the evening to five o'clock in the morning of the next day, and the salary is 80 yuan, which is paid daily.

I have seen this job before but did not do it. It is not a part-time job that has been recruited for a long time, but it will only be offered once after a certain period of time.Since I have never done it before and now I have the opportunity to do it, it is necessary for me to try it, even if the salary is not very high and it is a night shift.

I immediately contacted Fei, the part-time team leader I am most familiar with, and successfully signed up for the job.The rest of the time is naturally to set the alarm clock in advance, arrange the connection time between each job, and then go to bed early to prepare for the next day's work.

Early the next morning, the alarm clock rang on time and woke me up from my sleep.I rubbed my sleepy eyes and started the morning washing process.

After breakfast, take the subway to work.

When the subway was just two stops away, the female part-time team leader who worked as a security guard called me. She said on the phone that it was almost 07:30, the working time, why hadn’t she arrived yet?Where are you now?Although her tone of voice was anxious, she was not very aggressive.

After hearing her series of questions, I stayed where I was, and I replied that you told me to go to work at 08:30, and I am on the subway now, and I can arrive at about eight o'clock.

她听到了以后也表示出很惊讶的语气对我说她通知的是07:30，早07:30到晚07:30，十二小时工作制，然后又反问道难道是她自己通知错了？总之要我尽快赶到。

After I hung up the phone, I looked up yesterday's chat records and took a closer look. I picked up the alarm clock that can be adjusted according to working hours after she sent it to me, so there is a high probability that I can't remember it wrong.It is clearly recorded in the chat record that my working time is [-]:[-] in her senior position, that's right.I sent her a screenshot of that chat record, and she replied that she had notified the wrong time, and told me to go to the place I told me to find the manager Zhou immediately after I arrived.

After arriving at the financial center subway station, I followed the directions on the map to find the exit closest to the building I was going to and walked out.This is also the first time I have come to the financial center of this city. There are more than a dozen high-rise glass buildings around here, and one or two of them are still under construction. The visual effect is very spectacular.The roads in the center are criss-crossed, neat and tidy, and equipped with a large comprehensive shopping mall, which is not lost to the CBD of any developed city at all.Looking at the overall layout and planning and the brand-new buildings here, you can tell that this place has just been built in recent years.Compared with the old part of the city, this is what the world looks like in the future.

The signboard text of each building is related to finance, such as banking, securities, insurance, etc. emerge in endlessly.I have to admit that I can't tell which building I'm going to, because their names and appearances are too similar.It took me a long time to ask a gentleman in a suit and uniform where I was going. It was actually the building in front of me. The reason why I couldn’t find it was because I'm standing on the other side of the entrance.

I ran into the building in a hurry, and when I got to the elevator, I found that this elevator only had the 22nd floor, and the 23th and 22rd floor I wanted to go to.In desperation, I couldn't control that much anymore, I went directly down on the [-]nd floor and found a safe passage from the corridor to another floor on foot.

When I came to the 23rd floor, I found that this floor was so dirty that I couldn't get in. This may be because of the renovation.I called the manager Zhou that the team leader gave me.A man's voice came from the other end of the phone, and I followed the route he indicated to find where I was going.

Captain Zhou is a 35-year-old man, of medium height and slightly fat. His body shape and appearance are very similar to a northern comedian who stutters, and even his walking posture is quite similar.He was wearing a shirt and trousers. This suit was a little wrinkled, but it didn't look as cheap as the ones sold in the clothing wholesale city. Even so, it was obvious at a glance that it was worn entirely for work needs.

He took me into the security guard's lounge, lit a cigarette and sat on a single sofa in the corner, which was the only sofa in this lounge.The lounge is very messy, and things are basically placed in a disorganized manner. There is a large conference table in the middle, a round table and a work table near the wall, with several water cups, chargers and lighters placed on it.There is a floor air conditioner, two water dispensers and a microwave oven in the other corners.The whole lounge reeked of tobacco and sweat.

He pointed to the big conference table in the center of the lounge and said to me, "Find some clothes and put on your hat."

I glanced at the "hill" of clothes piled up on the conference table, looking for relatively clean and well-fitting clothes.It's a pity that every piece is very dirty, and it has been worn by countless people and hasn't been cleaned for a long time.

Captain Zhou made a phone call, the content was very simple, only a few words.

"Hey, come up. There is another temporary worker here, please arrange it." He was calling his subordinates, and the new temporary worker he said was naturally me.

I changed my clothes and took the coat in my hand.I looked at the dilapidated wardrobes around me. The doors of the wardrobes were crooked, and even a few wardrobes had no doors. I put my coat into a wardrobe without doors.

Captain Zhou asked me to sit and wait for a while, and I randomly found a chair and sat down.A few minutes later, a man wearing the same security uniform as me walked in from outside the house. He was also in his 30s, slightly fat, with good skin, and about 1.7 meters five in height.Captain Zhou took a puff while playing with his mobile phone and asked him to arrange a job for me.After he responded, he walked to the big conference table, took out a piece of spicy duck neck from a plastic bag on the table, and ate it.After eating a duck neck, he waved to me and motioned me to follow him.He took me into the elevator, and only then did I know that I took the passenger elevator when I came, so there were only 22 floors, and this freight elevator can reach the top floor. I took the wrong elevator.

In the elevator, he asked me my age and where I came from. After I told him, he asked me why I didn't find a job. I could see a sense of regret in his questioning expression.I told him that I had a job, but I would occasionally come out to do part-time jobs when I was free.He nodded, and then said that it is better to find a job that can work hard while you are young.I still remember what he said, and I agree with it.I observed that his demeanor and temperament are full of a very masculine feeling. He should be a veteran. Although I only had contact with him for a few minutes, some people have different auras and past experiences. Can't hide it.So I prefer to call him "Bing Ge".

The elevator came to the parking lot on the second basement floor, and "Bingge" took me to an intersection in the parking lot. "Bingge" pointed to a place on the ground and said, "If you are tired, you can sit here and rest. If you have nothing to do, you can walk around here. There is nothing to do here, but it is a bit boring." I nodded and looked at it. Take a look at the sitting position, which is on the back side of a pillar, and a wooden plank is placed on top of two fire buckets filled with sand.

After the work was arranged, "Bingge" asked me if I would like to order a lunch box at noon. This place is a bit far away from places where I can go to eat.I thought that the price of fast food near the financial center would be generally high, and since I was not familiar with this place, it would not be appropriate to walk around in a security uniform, so I replied that I would order it.A lunch box costs 12 yuan, and I paid him by scanning the QR code with my mobile phone. After "Bingge" left, I wandered around in the garage and then returned to the same position to sit and play with my mobile phone.

I found out that for some reason, every car would go very fast when it came to the underground parking lot, and the drivers were like professional racing drivers!Drive past you with a whoosh without looking at your surroundings.There will often be a harsh sound of rubber rubbing against the ground, which is rapid and crisp. It is the sound left when a vehicle in the opposite direction is encountered at an intersection and brakes suddenly. It seems that the standard driving does not exist in the underground parking.I think it may be the release from being bound by the traffic jam for too long, the expression of my own emotions, or the impatience that I am about to be late.

Few people would stay here, except for getting on and off the car, or leaving a sound of footsteps or the roar of the car on the way of getting on and off the car, and the sound returned to calm after the sound passed.Especially after nine o'clock, there are basically no people and cars coming and going.All that remains is the faint "click" sound of a few dim lights flickering occasionally.

The underground parking lot is always gloomy. You may not feel cold at first, but after a long time, you will feel damp and cold. Coupled with the smell of car exhaust inside, it will give people a sense of despair. Makes you long for the sun.

The work in the underground garage is indeed like what "Bingge" said, there is no job content, basically it is simply a waste of time.Who would have thought that in such a high-rise building made of reinforced concrete with a stylish and bright appearance, there would be a person quietly existing in such a dark corner guarding the post of the underground garage?They survived as if they were abandoned by this world and forgotten by the world. "I can't feel the world at all", this is my biggest feeling when I stay in such an environment for a long time.

After a long time, I met a man who was also wearing a security uniform passing by. He waved to me, and I waved to him.The constraints of the environment will force you to feel that as long as there is one person at this time, it is hope, even if it is just a stranger.

I asked him where he was stationed, and he told me that it was a place not far from where I was. He had just gone to the bathroom on the first floor, and he walked this way when he came back. He passed by here and saw me.He asked me if I was a temporary worker who just came today. I replied yes. He said he was also a temporary worker and told me that working here was very comfortable. He had nothing to do but play with his mobile phone. He had been doing it for more than ten days. Once you get your salary, you will never delay or owe it.I looked around the film, and he saw my worries and smiled and said to me: "Just get used to it!" After speaking, he left towards his post.I took advantage of the opportunity to go to the bathroom on the first floor. Only when I went to the bathroom in the lobby on the first floor did I feel that I was still alive in this world or that one, and I hadn't left this world yet.This is easy to do. A job without any work content is taking away your time and exchanging your youth for money.Spent the whole morning in despair.

Around 11:30 noon, "Bingge" came here and told me to go to the 23rd floor for dinner first, and then come down after eating.I asked him if he had eaten, and he said that you should eat first and he would wait until the end.

I went back to the 23rd floor again. There were four other people in the lounge besides me. Captain Zhou was still leaning on the sofa with his legs on a chair and smoking a cigarette.A 50-year-old male security guard and a 40-year-old female security guard are eating, and there is an uncle who is also about 50 years old and wearing cleaning clothes. He should be the cleaning staff in the building.There is a little sweat on their foreheads and faces, which is the best testimony of their labor.

The two cleaning uncles scrambled to chat with the female security guard, especially the cleaning uncle, who was holding a mobile phone and loudly playing a unique tune that I had never heard before, and which belonged to a group of people of their age. song.That's not a popular song, that kind of song is usually seen in small old dance halls or open-air KTVs in parks.While the song was playing, he sang along, and the whole lounge was made very noisy by him.His singing level is not bad, and his voice is also good. He sounds like a person who often sings.I don't comment on whether the song is good or not, because everyone has different preferences and we need to respect it.From my personal point of view, I can't accept the song they love and his behavior of singing loudly.

The sun shines into the house from the window, and you can clearly see the smoke and dust filling the house. The dilapidated furnishings and the picture of a few unkempt people wearing dirty clothes eating the simplest box lunch, this is the bottom floor A true portrayal of working people.

I took a lunch box and sat aside and ate it. The dishes were not bad, two vegetarian dishes plus a chicken leg. As for the taste, it was just like a normal lunch box.The female security guard asked the cleaning uncle if he went out to sing every night. The cleaning uncle said he would go there when he had time, and asked the female security guard what songs she liked to listen to.The female security guard said that she likes very sad love songs, so the cleaning uncle switched to a song and continued to sing along, the style is still the same, I still haven't heard it.Although this lounge is very dirty and old, it is a world of difference compared with the magnificent lobby and high-end office of this building, but for them, this is a place for them to relax after hard work and release their hearts harbor.But for me, this place is full of despair, and it will make me feel bored that I don't want to stay longer, even for a second.

Everyone will return to their posts immediately after eating, and I am no exception.There is no fixed rest time here, and you have to reset immediately after solving personal problems. The overall feeling is just two words-make do.Take a bite to ensure you are not hungry, drink some water to stay hydrated, sit on your post, and survive.

About one o'clock in the afternoon, "Bingge" came to find me. He took me to the basement floor and handed me over to another female security guard to arrange for me to take turns with those who hadn't eaten yet.The female security guard, surnamed Zheng, is about 40 years old and overweight.She spoke very loudly, and her Mandarin was not very standard.She arranged me to the elevator entrance on the first floor, where there is a single desk and a swivel chair.There is also an electronic thermometer and a QR code poster of the itinerary code on the way to the elevator entrance.

Ms. Zheng’s language skills are very poor. She told me a lot of work rules and content, but it was nothing more than monitoring body temperature for abnormalities, reminding people to wear masks and registering visitors. That’s all. That's all.She wanted to describe this position as a arduous task to confuse, but it's a pity that her little tricks can be debunked by anyone, but it's not as real as "Bingge", just saying that there is no job content.

So, I sat in this temperature measurement position.Although there is nothing to do in this position, it is absolutely forbidden to play with mobile phones, nor to read and study.Because there will be people from the property management who come here from time to time to spot check, no matter whether the place is busy or not, they will not allow you to do anything else, they only allow you to sit in a daze.

Most of the people who come and go to this building are office workers, what people call "white collar" or "gold collar".Since this is a financial building, most people wear formal uniforms.The basement floor where I am located is the only way from the building to the subway and the underground pedestrian street. There are many well-known brands of food and drink shops in the pedestrian street, so there is a lot of traffic during peak hours.Compared with the place where you were in the morning, this place will at least make you feel that you are still in this world. Seeing handsome men and beautiful women in various uniforms will also give you the motivation to fight hard.

However, if you want to enter the building smoothly from this floor, you need to swipe the access control card to open the glass door. There are not a few people who forget to bring the access control card to go out. This has prompted my job content to open doors for various people. .

You can really see all kinds of people working here. Many people wear suits and leather shoes and knock on the glass door proudly asking you to open the door for them. Only by opening the door can they show their status and be worthy of their status.When the door is opened, if you think you can get an indifferent thank you, you are very wrong. They will not thank you at all, and they will go straight without even looking at you. For them, the security guard Just a tool man.There are men and women in this category, and most of them are young people.Some of them wear so-called "high-end clothing" and others wear immediately recognizable street stalls.Most of them have misunderstood the meaning of the term "cold" due to the influence of public opinion, and mistakenly thought they were unrestrained.

Of course, most people are still polite.They will gently knock on the door and say "please open the door for me" or smile and show a look of embarrassment for troublesome people, and they will not forget to say thank you after the door is opened.Literacy is a thing that does not distinguish between men and women, regardless of age, and does not look at beauty or ugliness.The quality gap between people is always obvious. Many people have not learned what respect is from nothing to rich, and many people have not forgotten the meaning of the word quality even if they have fallen from wealth to poverty. .

I got up and sat down again and again, sat down and got up again, and sometimes I had to get up immediately after sitting down.Some people were very close, but they still walked unhurriedly after seeing the door open, and the door closed just as they reached the door.Then they move their fingers or simply make an expression to ask you to stand up and serve them.It seems that the clothes you wear should serve exclusively for someone who considers himself "noble" like him, and even make you feel honored by it.

Such a person is really pathetic!When a person insists on posturing in front of those who are engaged in service, it is covering up the performance of inferiority.It's the kind of inferiority complex engraved in his bones and suppressed for a long time from the bottom of his heart.As everyone knows, there is no need to cover up the inferiority complex at this time, because it has already been revealed naturally.

As far as I am concerned, I will not have the slightest complaint when I serve anyone, because this is the work I should do, and it is my job to do these things regardless of the quality of the people who need them.It's just that everything here needs me to record it truthfully until the end of the day's work.

When I just got on the subway, my mobile phone rang. It was the red envelope of my salary. This is the fastest part-time job I have ever done.I opened the red envelope and saw that the salary was the 150 yuan promised before. I thought that some would be deducted if I arrived an hour late in the morning, but it was not. I appreciate the attitude of the team leader to bear his own mistakes.After getting off the subway and passing through the crowded crowd, I hurriedly prepared to go back and simply pack up before going to another part-time job on the night shift non-stop.

(End of this chapter)