Was there a time, generations ago, when security guards were badass and caused fear and trepidation?

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I passed a uniformed security in the train station yesterday: about 70 years old, with old man's slicked-back hair, bifocals, and A CANE! I wouldn't trust this guy with guarding my fishtank. He should have been playing dominoes in the park.

I know the 'new economy' has fucked over alot of people, and old timers work in Taco Bell, etc... but if you're asking somebody to look after the welfare of your property, shouldn't they be at least slightly intimidating? I see so many commuting security guards with untucked shirts, dopey shoes, out-of-shape... were they always like this?

― andy --, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

There was a time when being a pilot got you chicks!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

Everyone my age who was a security guard is now "in the shit" so to speak.

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Iraq?

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Yes, they were all Hemingway fans and joined the Marines after 9/11.

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

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― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

This guy's twin works at my bank.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

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― andy --, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh no! A puff of smoke!

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 28 July 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

Security guards have always had a streak of Hans Moleman.

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 28 July 2005 03:30 (twenty years ago)

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