Hi! My Name is Edward Richardson » work

Bueller…? Bueller…? Bueller…?

Edward — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:59:03 +0000

I met Ben Stein at work today.

Yum!

Edward — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:14:49 +0000

First day at work deserves watermelon!

The Good Luck Roach

Edward — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:55:32 +0000

So this morning a roach decided to make a trampoline out of my face. At about 6:45am I was leaving the bathroom, tired as ever with a freshly washed face. Only to feel a stupid roach land on it!

This is the same day of my final test for this security course. I didn’t study the night before… I didn’t feel I needed to. I pretty much proved it with my 95% score! I’m sure it was the highest in the class. As Mr. Smith said, “Impressive!”. From the moment my pen hit the paper I answered each question without hesitation, finishing my 75 minute test in 20 minutes.
Easy.

I’m pretty smart after all.

Edward — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:24:42 +0000

We had another test today. Lets just say I got the highest in the class!

We covered technology in airport security. So we talked about AMD and HHMD (metal detectors for u regular people). We also practiced doing pat downs and bag searches. I found it sort of intimidating, trying to do the right thing. But I had it down.

Tomorrow is a half day for us. We could have been taking the final exam but Karen and Santil-lah decided they were not ready, so out of the kindness of our hearts we voted to have the test on Friday.

That now means that I have to go all the way to the airport for an hour and fifteen minute test. Oh well

Diet still going great

If I Tell You, I’ll Have To Kill You

Edward — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:03:24 +0000

Finally, I can say that and somewhat mean it. Today at training we learned all about firearms, explosives and banned items. It was pretty cool being able to see what goes into searching luggage, planes and people. I’m pretty excited to get going with it. One of the best parts was when we learned the regular items that can be used to make a bomb. Mr. Smith made us swear not to share this information.

Just for the record, I now have the names of everyone.
The french born dude is Daniel, the older lady is Karen (she has a 19 and a 21 year old and she is 47), and the crazy guy beside me is Curtis (he also has a 19 and 21 year old AND he’s a grandfather as of December last year.. not expected at all).

This morning’s test went well. I was the only one that didn’t have to go to the book for answers. Yes, I am proud.

Tomorrow is another test, I merely glanced at the notes. We are also doing a practice bag search too, so that should be interesting.

Diet still going good. :)

Shop-lifters Beware!

Edward — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:23:18 +0000

I didn’t want to sit around and do nothing so I figured that there’s no better way to beat that than to get paid to stand around and do nothing. So I handed in an application today for a position as a security guard! However, I was put in the hot seat when they decided to interview me on the spot. Luckily I am a pretty good interviewer so it was a breeze. Of course it helped that they really needed the extra workers. Anyway, it looks like I have the job and I’m just waiting on my record check to be complete, and my gun to ship in.

I’ll keep you posted on all that.

Still no baby from my sister!

Today is also my dad’s birthday. Happy Birthday!