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Late-night security is no different from any other late-night gig. It's pretty simple, really.

I work as an unarmed security guard at a gas station next to a casino by the border overnight.

Usually the shift is pretty uneventful.

Honestly, there's more to do and more to look for during the odd times I was put on days.

Nights, though, were once my safe haven

to get away from the hustle of the tedious every day, soon found me questioning whether or not

my particular sight was something I should abandon. I'm not a weak man by any means. I've seen

my fair share of gruesome, grotesque, and even brutal things. I've found myself in some pretty unfavorable situations, down the business end of a few, shall we say, cordless hole punchers.

Being smack dab by the border of New York and Canada, my shifts usually included the occasional visit from the Border Patrol or DEA.

Then again, also being on reservation land

constitutes a whole new host of rules altogether, not that these guys are coming in and monitoring

my little bitty gas station for the next kingpin or anything. They're in and out, filling their

gas tanks or grabbing a few snacks before continuing on with their own shifts.

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