i abused the security camera blind spots as a security guard

i worked at this very big campus with several other guards and the roving area that we had to cover was huge.

we roved in teams of 1 and we didnt have specific patrol paths instead they made sure we were moving by checking our keycard activity (we were supposed to badge in at every door we passed).

we had a “control room” that had every single camera feed acoss all the buildings and in my time there i memorized where all of the cameras were and also where all of the camera blind spots were.

there were a few areas where if you sat at the far side of a round table or at the end of the hall you would be completely out of sight of the camera. certain rooms also didnt have cameras at all.

you were not supposed to be on your phone or sitting down on the job. so i would find the camera blind spots and i would do exactly that. id set a timer for 20 or 30 minutes and take a nap or dick around on my phone. then id get up and tap my card on the way to the next blind spot and immediately do it again.

most of the employee break rooms didnt have cameras. we were contract workers and were not supposed to be in the break rooms or touch anything in there. but at night all the time i would go in there to steal coffee and other things since there werent any employees around.

many of my shifts were 12+ hours and i never had anybody notice this behavior or bring it up to me. sometimes id even oversleep and be in the same spot for 40+ minutes. i dont work security anymore.