security guard job

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(In follow up to my previous thread, June 6, 2024, "fifty pounds" in the Work section)

been considering other jobs.

Due to autism, really socially awkward. Got made redundant plenty of times. Unstable work history. BA Cognitive Science 2007. 2.1 GPA. None of the jobs that I have had, required a high school diploma, much less a bachelor's degree. Associate's of Arts, Accounting, 2016. Three unpaid internships. For a long time, tried and failed to apply for accounting jobs.

Previous jobs:
cashier
attractions associate
data entry
restaurant
communications agent
actor
recordkeeping associate

current dumpster fire "job": lot attendant


volunteer:
campaign (cold calls)
obituary enterer (data entry)

Officially diagnosed with autism.

Socially awkward, emotionally fragile, exhausted all the time.

Have to be close to a bathroom @ all times, due to medical reasons.

Doctor's note, not allowed to lift over fifty pounds.

driver's license, but not comfortable driving to work or driving at work

Googled "jobs that hire anyone".

"Security guard" came up. When I was 21, went to a job interview for security guard. Did not get the job.

And I know security guard is a bad job for me and does not match my personality at all and it's an extrovert job. But almost all jobs are extrovert jobs, outside of STEM. So whatever. Besides, where I work, Home Depot, the security guards hardly ever do anything. Some of the security guards appear, to me, old, grotesquely overweight, or don't speak English. Almost every time I see a security guard, they are standing around flapping their traps.

One security guard had the nerve to tell another security guard that "he look like he got a language barrier." However, language barriers are not visible, and language barriers are between two parties, not something one person has. Then another security guard, had the nerve to mispronounce my name, and then when I corrected her, she had the nerve to tell me that she knew how to pronounce my name, and I did not. A security guard @ Safeway had the nerve to mock my walking gait and say "you got a pimp walk." @ Food Maxx, a security guard had the nerve to tell me "hey, buddy. You didn't pay for that. Did you?". Gave him the receipt. The lil f****r did not say "excuse me", "sorry", "please" or "thank you." "You didn't pay for that" sounds like Wrongful Accusation, which is a Really Big Deal in the courtroom. (rolls eyes). But the lil ass hole got away with it. As usual, I didn't feel like tattling on him, or making a scene or even trying to have a conversation. I know that I would not like being a security guard, and that I would be bad @ being a security guards, but plenty of security guards are bad @ their jobs, and they apparently do not get made redundant. So whatever.

Plenty of security guards do not "look the part." Looked @ a security guard's job description, on Securitas' website. "No experience necessary". I fulfill all the requirements. It says long periods of walking, and lifting 25#, but I can do them all. Been rapidly getting much physically weaker and slower, but whatever. 41 years old. Everyone's aging. Graceful degradation.

Have you been a security guard or anything like that before? What challenges do autistic security guards have, that neurotypical security guards do not have?

What other jobs hire anyone?