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Finally, things are moving!
Aug. 7th, 2018 01:42 pmAfter weeks of bureaucratic bungling, and with no time to spare, the wheels are rolling for the school crossing guard gig.
Thursday morning I go in for a physical. Simple "can you walk 100 feet carrying a 2lb sign and can you see across the street" stuff. Then on Monday, I have a two-hour session with CSO Carpenter - who has been pushing this ever since the fingerprint screw-up - which is an orientation and equipment issue. The next day is the mandatory guard orientation.
Hopefully that same day I'll do all my city paperwork and get the city HR lecture. At that point, I will be an employee of the Santa Clara Police Department. Then I vanish into Worldcon 76 and Burning Man. After we get back, I'll have three training days, morning and afternoon, with established guards on different corners.
Then, I just wait for the phone to ring. I'm told that usually a corner becomes available for "full time" after six months. Which would be 15 hours a week, split into two 1.5 hours shifts each school day.
I'm sitting here singing the opening number from A Chorus Line.
Thursday morning I go in for a physical. Simple "can you walk 100 feet carrying a 2lb sign and can you see across the street" stuff. Then on Monday, I have a two-hour session with CSO Carpenter - who has been pushing this ever since the fingerprint screw-up - which is an orientation and equipment issue. The next day is the mandatory guard orientation.
Hopefully that same day I'll do all my city paperwork and get the city HR lecture. At that point, I will be an employee of the Santa Clara Police Department. Then I vanish into Worldcon 76 and Burning Man. After we get back, I'll have three training days, morning and afternoon, with established guards on different corners.
Then, I just wait for the phone to ring. I'm told that usually a corner becomes available for "full time" after six months. Which would be 15 hours a week, split into two 1.5 hours shifts each school day.
I'm sitting here singing the opening number from A Chorus Line.
