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This one is about 11 years back at a small sci-fi convention in Salt Lake City.
I had volunteered to work side door security so that the the person who had been assigned there could break for a few hours and hit a panel or two, and as it was a side enterance close to check in, it was a prtty laid back and slighty boring spot.
Suddenly from out of nowhere comes this 3 foot bundle of ZOOM racing by, and then back again. As the blur comes by again, I manage to stop the little speed demon and after checking for a con badge I give him the ususal "you'll hurt yourself or someone else, so you need to go back to teh panel that your dad is in" (He provided this info when I stopped him).
All's quiet for about 10 minutes when sudden deja vu kicks in with a pint sized blur. Stopping him again, I let him know that he'll be in trouble if he keeps it up.
Dejected, but accepting (good natured kid, just LOTS of energy as with any 8 year old) he heads back to the panel.
TWO FUCKING MINUTES LATER! Zoooom!
this time, I have to break out the angry face on the kid, and his response? "Well,, daddy says to play out here and that security will watch me!"
Now it all makes sense. I tell something along the lines of "I'm sorry buddy, but it's quite now, but if something happens I need to be able to take care of it. Go back to your dad, tell him that security says that if he sends you out here again, we're going to goin into the panel to get him. Can you tell him that buddy? Thanks."
So, the bday continues uneventfully, I'm about to get off my shift and enjoy the con when the security chief comes to me and we have the following conversation
Security Chief (An awesome kind of SC!) :"Redbeard, did you tell a boy that you'd pull his father out of a panel if he didn't stop playing in the halls, and that security isn't a babysitting service?"
Me: "Sure did chief! Let me guess, he complained?"
SC: "Better than that, he wanted me to take you off of security" (She gets a BIG grin at this point)
Me: "Oh yeah? What did you tell him?"
SC: "That not only are my security personell NOT his personal free babysitters, if he pulls that crap again I'll yank his badge and have him escorted off the property. He shut up and left REAL fast"
I said something to the effect of "Awesome SC is awesome" and went back to my hotel room to have a well deserved drink.
I had volunteered to work side door security so that the the person who had been assigned there could break for a few hours and hit a panel or two, and as it was a side enterance close to check in, it was a prtty laid back and slighty boring spot.
Suddenly from out of nowhere comes this 3 foot bundle of ZOOM racing by, and then back again. As the blur comes by again, I manage to stop the little speed demon and after checking for a con badge I give him the ususal "you'll hurt yourself or someone else, so you need to go back to teh panel that your dad is in" (He provided this info when I stopped him).
All's quiet for about 10 minutes when sudden deja vu kicks in with a pint sized blur. Stopping him again, I let him know that he'll be in trouble if he keeps it up.
Dejected, but accepting (good natured kid, just LOTS of energy as with any 8 year old) he heads back to the panel.
TWO FUCKING MINUTES LATER! Zoooom!
this time, I have to break out the angry face on the kid, and his response? "Well,, daddy says to play out here and that security will watch me!"
Now it all makes sense. I tell something along the lines of "I'm sorry buddy, but it's quite now, but if something happens I need to be able to take care of it. Go back to your dad, tell him that security says that if he sends you out here again, we're going to goin into the panel to get him. Can you tell him that buddy? Thanks."
So, the bday continues uneventfully, I'm about to get off my shift and enjoy the con when the security chief comes to me and we have the following conversation
Security Chief (An awesome kind of SC!) :"Redbeard, did you tell a boy that you'd pull his father out of a panel if he didn't stop playing in the halls, and that security isn't a babysitting service?"
Me: "Sure did chief! Let me guess, he complained?"
SC: "Better than that, he wanted me to take you off of security" (She gets a BIG grin at this point)
Me: "Oh yeah? What did you tell him?"
SC: "That not only are my security personell NOT his personal free babysitters, if he pulls that crap again I'll yank his badge and have him escorted off the property. He shut up and left REAL fast"
I said something to the effect of "Awesome SC is awesome" and went back to my hotel room to have a well deserved drink.
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