George Washington Bridge: Worker Dozes on Job

FoxNews ^ | September 01, 2009

[Steelfish]

George Washington Bridge Worker Dozes on Job

Monday, 31 Aug 2009

MYFOXNY.COM - A security worker on the George Washington Bridge was apparently sleeping on the job, according to a northern New Jersey news Web site.

The Cliffview Pilot , which covers Bergen and Hudson counties, posted photos of a guard apparently dozing inside a guard booth near the New York side of the bridge Monday morning.

A bicyclist said he saw the man sleeping in the booth at 10:15 a.m. and snapped the photos.

Joey Lepore said it was the third time he has seen an attendant sleeping inside booths on the bridge, which connects Upper Manhattan to Fort Lee in Bergen County, N.J. He said he saw another guard sleeping on Aug. 5.

Security experts have long said that bridges and tunnels remain a prime target for terrorists.

[Taggart_D]

the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Port Authority restricted photography on the bridge for security reasons

I guess now we know the REAL reason.

[Ben Mugged]

Yeah, he is incompetent but he cannot be fired. His union will place him in indefinite hold status while the grievance works its way through the system and the union continues to get paid for him.

Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.

[I_Like_Spam]

Sleeping security guards are hardly big news- its been a plague to that profession for a long time. Afterall, it is pretty boring and they do give the guards a chair to sit in.

Some security outfits make the guards work by going to station to station with a key to show they are making rounds and awake.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Obama voter! No doubt about it! Pay him and shut up!

[colorado tanker]

I guess traffic noise doesn't bother him.

[LouAvul]

he is incompetent but he cannot be fired

If they were to try and fire him, he'd counter with charges of racism and probably be promoted to the head of the border patrol.

[EyeGuy]

I can offer the expert professional opinion that he doing a fine job of guarding his palpebral conjunctiva (the inside of his eyelids).

[JohnLongIsland]

You think your mad now, as a Port Authority law enforcement officer wait till you find out the pension he’ll collect when he turns 55.

[blam]

He's Black and union.

Just send him home and mail his check there...anything more would be racist.

[BlueNgold]

From the article:
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey , which operates the bridge, has its own police that is the primary security force. The two guards seen sleeping in the booths worked for a security contractor, FJC Security, and have been fired.

Sounds like they did the right thing...

[BlueNgold]

See my post below - they have already been fired.

[Gator113]

Just dreaming of “hope and change”.

Obama’s fault, period.

[trisham]

[Steelfish]

Your pic post says it all and it’s better than the original-Thanks.

[trisham]

:)

[Levante]

A worthless individual.

[AuntB]

“Unions are the storm troopers of socialism. “

Know what Jesus said to the Union workers?

‘Don’t do anything ‘til I come back’.

[trisham]

He doesn't seem to have a care in the world. I might envy that, unless I had to drive across the bridge.

[tenger]

Say what? You know absolutely nothing about him and you can stand in judgment about the guy’s worth? Based on him falling asleep on the job? Wow.