jbeck
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So I went to Ft. Lauderdale this weekend for work at an entertainment venue that sells alcohol. I am an independent contractor thus implying I can work when I want and where I do work cannot treat me as an employee. However, I generally have short contracts I have to read through and sign. Normal stuff. Usually. On the4th page in with small writing on a hidden paragraph, the business wanted me to sign saying I would not have handguns, pepper spray, or any other weapons on their premises. I refused. This after 2 different people told me to just hurry up and sign the papers so I could get to work and that "we already highlighted all the parts you need to initial. This is just a bunch of crap nobody understands anyway." I travel 500 miles out of town and stay in some questionable hotels by myself and always carry. I tried to have the manager rewrite the section stating I would not carry in the building (the sales qualify it as a bar), however, "premises" would also include their parking lot which would mean I would not be able to store my gun in the glovebox and would have to leave it in the hotel. Not much use with a carjacking.... Anyway the guy threw the pack of papers at me and screamed he wouldn't hire me and that he knew the law and I didn't. I couldn't believe he was trying to have me sign something illegal. He was actually trying to tell me that he had the right to control if I had a gun in my car! I am probably the first half intelligent person he would have hired in years, and instead I wasted a trip down there. Would have been nice to know before I left. I hate Florida (even though I am forced to work there 5 days out of the week). Whoever said they were still part of the south hasn't been there in decades....
On a side note, I know I could have fought it, but these days who has the money. No wonder things keep sliding down a dark hole. People see things, they don't like them, but of course, who can afford to fight it??????
So I went to Ft. Lauderdale this weekend for work at an entertainment venue that sells alcohol. I am an independent contractor thus implying I can work when I want and where I do work cannot treat me as an employee. However, I generally have short contracts I have to read through and sign. Normal stuff. Usually. On the4th page in with small writing on a hidden paragraph, the business wanted me to sign saying I would not have handguns, pepper spray, or any other weapons on their premises. I refused. This after 2 different people told me to just hurry up and sign the papers so I could get to work and that "we already highlighted all the parts you need to initial. This is just a bunch of crap nobody understands anyway." I travel 500 miles out of town and stay in some questionable hotels by myself and always carry. I tried to have the manager rewrite the section stating I would not carry in the building (the sales qualify it as a bar), however, "premises" would also include their parking lot which would mean I would not be able to store my gun in the glovebox and would have to leave it in the hotel. Not much use with a carjacking.... Anyway the guy threw the pack of papers at me and screamed he wouldn't hire me and that he knew the law and I didn't. I couldn't believe he was trying to have me sign something illegal. He was actually trying to tell me that he had the right to control if I had a gun in my car! I am probably the first half intelligent person he would have hired in years, and instead I wasted a trip down there. Would have been nice to know before I left. I hate Florida (even though I am forced to work there 5 days out of the week). Whoever said they were still part of the south hasn't been there in decades....
On a side note, I know I could have fought it, but these days who has the money. No wonder things keep sliding down a dark hole. People see things, they don't like them, but of course, who can afford to fight it??????