TIFU today by doing my job to aggressively

TIFU today at work. I had a moment today at my job, where is irrelevant to the story.

At my job, we have clear signage outside stating no soliciting, no loitering. As we have a few, what I’ll call our regular bums. Our customer base is mostly seniors, who do not appreciate or feel comfortable being asked for change and/or cigarettes.

So bringing the story back to today, this one person who I kicked off the property five times within two hours would not leave. We always try to give people chances , to not bother the police with such petty matters. (This person was also handed a letter awhile back telling them they are prohibited from the property they will be prosecuted)

HOWEVER, today I blew up. I felt like we were playing cat and mouse, I finally called the police. While we were waiting for the cop to arrive this person tried to sit back down with their backside pressed against the window with a cigarette, I tried to block their path, ended up totally bodychecking them into a parked car.

Now this person is claiming assault, wants to press charges , what have you. While waiting I had to go grab the documents the police will need proving they are trespassing, obviously soon as I did that, they left. Whatever, that’s great! I don’t like all this confrontation anyways. Police come and I give them said documents, they leave and go on the prowl ( or so they say)

Fast forward to the last half hour of this shift , this persons father comes in. ( I neglected to mention this person is not homeless or hungry . Just a bum, gets money and plays slots). Their father comes in yelling at me proclaiming never to touch their child ( mind you child is in their 40s, but whatever) and that they are contacting the owner and he is pressing charges.

I realize bodily assault is a real possibility, I’m freaking out currently. tl;dr doing my job to aggressively. I am scheduled off tomorrow, and absolutely freaking out. Even though my bosses want this ‘bum’ situation taken care of, even with police help.

Tuesday will be interesting, or tomorrow if I get a phone call. I’m either going to be fired or praised.

Will update my fate.

• Nervous Employee