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Neogentrics, and this is Food for Thought, Thoughts

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If It Were You, and it is 1220 AM. How are you

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guys doing this morning? We are currently in

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the middle of the night, and like I said before,

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I was going to cover why sleep is important,

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why we even need it in the first place, and I

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covered part one in that podcast I did the last

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time. However, since then... I've started a new

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job and I work on the night shift. So what I'm

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going to cover today is night safety habits,

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especially if you have to work night shift by

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yourself. Okay? So some of the stuff to keep

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in mind is if you work in an office or a front

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counter, like say in a hotel or something, unless

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you absolutely have to leave the front counter

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for whatever reason, it's better in your safest...

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In my safest opinion, your safety is a major

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level of concern. And as far as anyone else is

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considered, it's better to stay inside the building

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and try not to leave if at all possible. Now,

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granted, you may have to leave and go pour in

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some toilets or something in this kind of job

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because most likely, often than not, at night,

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you're not going to have housekeeping or maintenance

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coming out to help you. Other said jobs would

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be if you work in a gas station. uh that is 24

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hours you wouldn't go outside i mean unless you

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have to smoke a cigarette or whatnot you always

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would go where there is a camera as far away

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from the door as possible of course following

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your company rules but you would go as far away

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from the door as you can but within range of

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the camera so if something happens or something

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goes wrong it's caught on camera while you're

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there and clocked in the company that you work

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for can't compensate you help you or do anything

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for you if there's no proof okay So that's one

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thing to keep in mind. Next things next, it doesn't

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matter if the customer you're dealing with is

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pissy, mean, hard -headed, what have you, or

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anything. You are not allowed, and this is by

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every company standard for those who don't know

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this, you are not allowed to be confrontational.

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You are not allowed to hit them. You are not

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allowed to yell at them. You are not allowed

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to do anything that not only will jeopardize

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your job, but will cause that person grief or

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make them sue the main company. Because believe

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you me, and I kid you not, these companies will

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quicker fire you. They lose money over something

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stupid. Okay? It's different if they attack you

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first or they start doing stuff that causes problems.

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But if all they're doing is yelling, fussing,

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having a tantrum or whatnot, the best thing you

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can do is stand there and take it or call the

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police when they leave. And that's basically

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all I have to say about that. So on that note,

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I'm going to take a short break, and I'll be

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right back with a little bit more information.

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So the next thing I want to talk about is if

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you work in a place where the doors are shut,

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if they naturally lock, like say select gas stations.

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Yes, they're open 24 hours. And you do have access

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to buy anything that's in that store as a regular

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customer. That is fine and all, but if the door

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is naturally locked and you have to go through

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this little panel door just to get a person's

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card so that they can pay for their gas or buy

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something in the store, it doesn't matter who

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it is. It doesn't matter if it's a friend, family

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member, or what have you. You don't ever open

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that door. The reason is you don't know who else

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is there other than that person that you think

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you know, okay? And the reason for this is to

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ensure your safety, okay? Everything that I'm

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telling you is to make sure that you're safe,

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okay? You don't answer the door for anybody that

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you don't already know that is there. You don't

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open the door unless it's your manager. And most

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often than not, they'll tell you that they're

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coming. They won't just randomly show up on you

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and say, yeah, I'm here. I forgot something.

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Can you let me in? That don't happen. it rarely

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ever happens okay i have a manager here that's

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always worried if i'm doing okay but she knows

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i can handle myself and she won't dare show up

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without letting me know ahead of time because

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more often than not i'm gonna lock the front

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door because i don't want anyone coming in here

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that doesn't need to be here okay keep that in

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mind something to keep in mind if a police officer

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shows up at the door you have to let them in

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no matter what okay Typically, most people would

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do... If a police officer shows up, you typically

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ask them for their badge. If they can at least

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show you the badge and their car and can validate

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themselves, you let them in. If it's a group

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of them coming in in a hurry or whatnot or something's

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wrong, you let them in by default because if

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you, for whatever reason, obstruct them entering

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the building, you're just as much in trouble

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as whoever they're actually after. Tip, if you

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see something suspicious, something you don't

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recognize out of the norm, Like people walking

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across the property that shouldn't be there,

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homeless people hanging out or whatnot. You know,

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if you're afraid to go outside or you just feel

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uncomfortable, I would recommend you call the

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police. Don't try to handle these things yourself.

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You don't know what that homeless person has

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on them. You don't know what they're capable

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of doing. Keep in mind, your safety is more important

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than following the guidelines of the company.

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And that's one of the things they would rather

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you do. Okay? It doesn't matter if everything

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is okay. It doesn't matter if you're certain

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that the person can't do anything, okay? Let's

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say you work in a hotel and you have to do your

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normal rounds and you walk the place. You see

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someone out of the ordinary that's not doing

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something that they're not supposed to be doing

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in a place they're not supposed to be. Let's

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use homeless people as an example, okay? Say

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the company policy is that they can't be there,

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okay? You can kindly try to wake them up and

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get them to leave, especially if they're within

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range of the camera or something. But if you

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feel uncomfortable doing this, I would recommend,

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this is why if you have to make rounds, you keep

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your phone on you at all times. Okay? Your phone,

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your radio, whatever you have. So if you see

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something like this, instead of trying to handle

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it yourself, if you feel uncomfortable, it's

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better that you call the non -emergency number,

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911 or what have you. Let them come and handle

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it. That way you don't have to worry about it.

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Especially if a person has been labeled criminal

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trespass. Okay? So with that, I've covered a

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lot of the basic areas as far as working at night,

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night safety, as well as anything else. Oh, and

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the last thing is don't just go wandering around

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by yourself. If you're going to do anything,

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make sure you stay within range of the cameras

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in the building that you work in. All right.

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And that just about covers the basics that I

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have for you on night safety as far as working

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at night. Okay. If I have anything else, believe

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you me, I will do an updated podcast. to this

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one, okay? Just like I did before with my relationship

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series podcast. Other than that, if I don't have

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anything else, the next podcast, we'll be picking

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back up on why sleep is important. Thank you

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for listening and enjoy the rest of your day.