I was working a security job for a rock concert last weekend that I’ve been really looking forward to. Everyday I was guarding something close to the band, it was so exciting that when I got home, it took me a few hours to wind down and go to sleep. We were told that we could have chairs, so I brought my stool. This was my second security day ever and I was excited to be guarding the camp of my favorite band. I was so happy.
I was told by a supervisor that I was found asleep one of the days I was working. IMPOSSIBLE !! I was never tired enough during these shifts to fall asleep and again, I was so excited to be there, my ADHD wasn’t allowing me to get sleepy. So many endorphins.
It hit me hard when I was told that because I take pride in myself and my reputation. I couldn’t get over how unfair this was. The only thing I could think of was is that someone saw me looking down at my feet while I was sitting and thought I was sleeping. I had a big blister on my toe so at one point I was wiggling my toe and seeing how the toe hit the shoe. It was a 12 hour shift with no phones so I was killing time.
I asked for my supervisor to review camera footage but there were no cameras anywhere so I resorted to pulling up my heart rate logs since I was wearing my Apple Watch for proof. If I did fall asleep there would be a point where my heart rate would slow down more than my awake resting rate and then there would be a spike from being jolted awake. But there isn’t anything showing that because I wasn’t asleep.
Now all my co-workers and managers are treating my horribly for something I didn’t do. How can I prove to them and the large concert promoter that I never fell asleep?