{"id":410,"date":"2018-09-20T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/licensed-life\/?p=410"},"modified":"2021-02-17T16:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:01:06","slug":"anthony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/anthony\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony &#8211; &#8220;I had a knife pulled out on me once.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;If I sense things are escalating, I\u2019ll ask my colleague to come back me up.&#8221; &#8211; Anthony<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Anthony Door Supervisor in London | Behind The SIA Licence\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tygQJX6Lg6M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>I<\/b><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">\u2019ve been doing security for 26 years<\/b>, not just in London, but Essex, Kent &#8211; everywhere. I fell into it through my brother in-law. He asked if I wanted to earn a little bit of extra money back in the day. I said no at first, told him: \u2018nah, I\u2019m too small to be doing security.\u2019 But I later learned that that\u2019s not what counts, it\u2019s the knowledge of using common sense. I\u2019ve found over the years, the most effective way for me to do this job is to always look at people from a distance. I can tell by the way they\u2019re approaching the venue, by the way they\u2019re acting within themselves, if they\u2019ve just left work, if they\u2019ve been to another bar and so forth. All these things equip me with the tools to do my job well.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Open-Sans; line-height: 1; color: #000000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 48px; padding: 0px; letter-spacing: normal;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">&#8220;If I sense things are escalating, I\u2019ll ask my colleague to come back me up.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>My first gig was a pub in Essex and I\u2019d been thrown straight in the deep-end &#8211; but there you go. I wasn\u2019t told what to do, I had to just buckle down and get on with it.<\/p>\n<p>I had a knife pulled out on me once. It happened during a fight that broke out inside a venue. What went through my mind at that moment? To be honest, I can\u2019t really say on camera. At the end of the day I went to court and the attacker also got summoned. Luckily, I was the one who got off, so justice was served I suppose. I try to not let these things affect me, if you do you\u2019re in a world trouble. A job like this comes with all sorts of risks and you can\u2019t pretend they\u2019re not there. It\u2019s all part and parcel of keeping order.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of other work, I\u2019ve done corporate security, red carpet; in fact, the only type I haven\u2019t done is hotel security. The gig I\u2019m most comfortable with is what I\u2019m doing now, door work. It\u2019s the interaction with people I really like, the adrenalin &#8211; not from when something goes wrong. It\u2019s more about enjoying the company of others, you know? They\u2019re enjoying their time and I enjoy it with them, which always feels good.<\/p>\n<p>I did think about doing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/cctv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCTV Training<\/a>, but I\u2019m at that age now &#8211; I\u2019m fifty-four. I was going to hang up my badge when I turned forty, but decided to do a little work over the Christmas period and stuck it out ever since (fourteen years later to be precise!). I guess I felt too comfortable to quit. That\u2019s the thing about this work, you get used to it very quickly and start to feel very much at home with it.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking about doing a job like this, I\u2019d say go do whatever course is offered to you. If the course you stumble across is free, then do it by all means! Similarly, it\u2019s worth every penny if you pay. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/\">SIA course<\/a> I did back when I started was from a very long time ago, so I\u2019m sure a lot has changed since then. But one thing I do know: a job like this is flexible and can provide a great back-up, should you need it. Originally, I took this job on as a side gig, but now <b>I can proudly call it my profession.<\/b>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had a knife pulled out on me once. It happened during a fight that broke out inside a venue.<\/p>\n<p><b>Interested in becoming a Door Supervisor?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Click below to learn more&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/door-supervisor\"><br \/>\n<b>DOOR SUPERVISOR TRAINING<\/b><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If I sense things are escalating, I\u2019ll ask my colleague to come back me up.&#8221; &#8211; Anthony \u00a0 I\u2019ve been doing security for 26 years, not just in London, but Essex, Kent &#8211; everywhere. I fell into it through my brother in-law. 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