Chapter 4

   Monday afternoon I walk in to work. Weekdays at the Casino are slow. I did the mundane busy work I was called to do. The rest of the week followed the same pace. Wake up, get kids to school or fed, nap, shower, back to work. I had not heard from Keith since Sunday when I left him on read, except for an invite to a private group he created for the security crew.

   I accepted the invite to the group. As expected, being a predominantly male environment, their were crude jokes, tit pics, and locker room jokes and talk. I read comments and noticed the anger growing in the pit of my stomach everytime Keith commented on something referring to other females. Again I had to remind myself he wasn't mine. I could not feel possessive of someone I couldn't have.

   It was near the end of December, things with Keith hadn't changed. It seemed as if his interest in me, whatever it was had faded, I was fine with that. As I said before I definitely didn't need that kind of drama. I got to work on Tuesday and was informed I had a trainee. I looked around the room and seen a new girl. Thank God, I thought to myself. Finally another female to help out with calls that involve women.

I walked over to the new girl. "Hey, I'm Amy, 144 on the radio." I introduced myself.

   "Hi, I'm Karen, they gave me 178." she said.

   "Ok, let's get your radio, and I will help you with your brass on your uniform." I tell her with a smile.

   "How long have you worked here?" she asked me.

   I look at her over my shoulder, "2 years give or take, where are you from?"

   "I used to work for a security detail in Dallas." she says.

I silently do a little victory dance, this will be an easy training I thought to myself! "Oh, so you already have some experience on the radio then?" I asked her.

   "No. " she says nervously." I usually let the guys do it."

Inwardly I roll my eyes, she's one of those kind of girls. I can't stand girls who take this kind of job and the play pretty princess and let the men pick up her slack for her. Fuck this is going to be a long week.

   We set out with our schedule, which thankfully we have floor first. I radio dispatch telling her to pay attention to what I am saying.

   "144 to dispatch"

   "Go ahead 144"

   "Dispatch I am 10-8 with trainee 178, could you direct my calls to her please, so she can get used to hearing her calls on the radio."

"10-4"

I tell her to start listening for her number on the radio while we walked around getting familiar with the layout of the casino. I walk with her through the back of the house showing her the important offices she needs to be able to find, surveillance, dispatch, housekeeping, the associate dinning room, and a hidden bathroom that is always clean to use. Then we hit the casino floor. I show her all the restaurants and gift shops, stopping at each security post introducing Karen to all the guards, and explaining what each position is for.

   "Dispatch to 178"

I tell Karen the call is for us. "Go for 178." I ànswer in the radio.

   "178 we have a box audit at O-14-25"

   "Received dispatch we are in route."

   "A box audit is were a machine takes a ticket and does not give the credits, so we have to open the box and retrieve the ticket for the guest." I explain to Karen. We meet with the slot tech. I tell Karen we have to radio surveillance so they can watch us. I tell her she won't get a call like this until she has a gun because it takes an armed guard to do a box audit.

   "144 to surveillance"

   "Go ahead 144"

   "I have a box audit at O-14-25 with 178 and slot tech 422"

   "Go ahead 144"

I give the slot tech a nod to remove the box and we go to the room designated for box audits.

   "We have to have 3 people for a box audit, a slot tech, security, and a slot tech supervisor. We each enter our secret code and finger print to get access to the key to open the box." I explained to Karen. The box audit was confirmed so I informed surveillance we were confirmed, and on our way back to the guest with the ticket.

   "178 to dispatch" I called.

   "Go ahead 178"

   "We are 10-8" I notified dispatch explaining to Karen that 10-8 means we are available again for calls.

   "Do you have any questions so far?" I asked her.

   "Can we get Starbucks?" she asked.

I rolled my eyes, "No, we are not allowed to buy stuff out on the casino floor during our shift. There is coffee in the dining area and at the employee entrance if you need some coffee. Do you have any questions about anything we have went over so far?"                                                         "Oh, no I think I understand everything."

   After our floor hour we had a few posts. I explained how lost and found worked and we spent an hour logging lost and found. Karen seemed to pick that up pretty easily. We had a post in the south casino where we just stood watching the floor and giving directions to guests. I took this time to go over 10 codes so she could try to be on the radio by the end of the day a little. The information would not commute to her brain. The 2nd half of the shift consisted of Karen needing to use the restroom, 2 coffee stops, lunch, another bathroom break, and her complaining that the chip fill we had to take was too heavy, and her trying to get one of the guys to carry it for her. After shift I walked into the Sargeant's office looking tired and frustrated.

"How was her first day?" Sgt. asked me when I sat down.

I just glared at him. That was answer enough for him. I went over the training packet with him for the day. "She won't make it here very long." I informed him.