We are all about downsizing right?

Well let's combine the job of janator and security guard together.

A janitor will clean but at a flip of a name tag can switch to being a security staff in an instant. This tag flip will change depending on the time of day, and the ratio between security:janator needed.

And hey, a janitor is somewhat already equipped to be a security guard. They already have a walkie-talkie, just need to learn the art of broomstick fighting.
-- mofosyne, Jul 23 2014

DustForce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustforce
Dustforce is a platform video game developed by Hitbox Team. Within the game, the player controls one of four janitors who are attempting to sweep away a world corrupted with dust and filth. [mofosyne, Jul 23 2014]

Hong Kong Phooey https://www.youtube...watch?v=Va_Rmpd3PZI
[not_morrison_rm, Jul 23 2014]

Having done both jobs it seems to me that only in certain cases will the result be satisfactory. A janitor cleaning the bathrooms will not quickly notice the cash register leaving the building. A security guard in uniform emptying waste baskets might scare the staff thinking "he's looking for drugs". A security guard checking for id can't leave to do other tasks.
-- popbottle, Jul 23 2014


Can you choose an appropriate category?
-- normzone, Jul 23 2014


Erm, Hong Kong Phooey?
-- not_morrison_rm, Jul 23 2014


Seems like this might work well for someplace that has guards at night. It might relieve the boredom for the guards. Maybe they could monitor security cameras with a wearable display.
-- scad mientist, Jul 23 2014


I see 'Janator' and think 'Skeletor.'
-- RayfordSteele, Jul 29 2014



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