You can now tip car guards without cash

Nice idea from tipped. 1000 carguards make r1000 a month that's R30k for tipped
 
ToxicBunny said:
Not a fsck... It is not a service that is necessary or some social responsibility bollocks.
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I saw it stated on the TiPPED site, and I was like, uhm, no. That is not how social responsibility works, but then again, perspective. Generally, there are better ways to compensate car guards, being more than a simple car guard, but also to upskill them and it is therein where there is a social responsibility.

All this is another commercial income scheme promoted as a social responsibility, or that is how I see it.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
I saw it stated on the TiPPED site, and I was like, uhm, no. That is not how social responsibility works, but then again, perspective. Generally, there are better ways to compensate car guards, being more than a simple car guard, but also to upskill them and it is therein where there is a social responsibility.

All this is another commercial income scheme promoted as a social responsibility, or that is how I see it.
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It's precisely what it is.. Someone has seen it as an opportunity to make a buck providing a service, nothing more or less.
 
I clicked on the link in the article to go to their website, but it seems that the car guards are going to lose out from me.... None of the apps suggested that you can use to pay them are available for IOS users. All of the links only take you to the apps on the google play store.
 
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The car guards at Kenilworth Centre are "managed" by Mr Salie Mohamed. He or his nephew make an appearance now and then
 
RedViking said:
Really?
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That's why I said "I'm not sure if this has changed" or do they just go and buy a safety vest and a baton and approach the management of the smaller shopping centres
 
CB40 said:
That's why I said "I'm not sure if this has changed" or do they just go and buy a safety vest and a baton and approach the management of the smaller shopping centres
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How do you know where they get it from? What was the white person you hate's name and which shopping centre?
 
RedViking said:
How do you know where they get it from? What was the white person's name and which shopping centre?
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I didn't bother to stop and ask.
Does it bother you that I mentioned "white".
If I remember correctly it was on one of my out of town trips where I saw this happening and asked one of the guards who told me how they are managed.
 
CB40 said:
I didn't bother to stop and ask.
Does it bother you that I mentioned "white".
If I remember correctly it was on one of my out of town trips where I saw this happening and asked one of the guards who told me how they are managed.
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I see. How many guards did you speak to? Which area?

Edit: Ah, I see you only spoke to one guard.
 
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Utterly Confused said:
Car guards are so South African. I wonder what tourists think that you need some dude guarding your car while you shop.
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Don't worry too much about them, they know there's crime in the world.

www.fox5ny.com

Car wheels being stolen across New York City

The largest police union in New York City says that wheel thefts are becoming a nightly occurrence again.
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patch.com

Tires and Rims Stolen, Car Left on Bricks in Mall of Georgia Parking Lot

Two tires and rims removed from vehicle while man was at work inside the mall.
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Car guards, however, are subject to a “bay fee” – the daily cost a car guard must pay to agencies or managers of shopping malls to secure a certain space to guard at the specified location.

The industry, which is largely unregulated, has been accused of being exploitative to those who work as guards.

A Psira circular on 2017/18 admin fees also showed that individual car guards need to pay R184.00 a year to be recognised and registered by the authority. The group’s 2016 annual report listed 1,502 registered ‘car watch’ companies in the country.

Informal car guards are not covered by the regulations, and thus earn anywhere between R50 and R100 a day, while still be subject to the bay fee.
 
CB40 said:
Car guards, however, are subject to a “bay fee” – the daily cost a car guard must pay to agencies or managers of shopping malls to secure a certain space to guard at the specified location.

The industry, which is largely unregulated, has been accused of being exploitative to those who work as guards.

A Psira circular on 2017/18 admin fees also showed that individual car guards need to pay R184.00 a year to be recognised and registered by the authority. The group’s 2016 annual report listed 1,502 registered ‘car watch’ companies in the country.

Informal car guards are not covered by the regulations, and thus earn anywhere between R50 and R100 a day, while still be subject to the bay fee.
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I am just struggling to figure out how you came to this conclusion. The first time I hear this, so interested to see how you came to that conclusion.

"The bigger issue I have is that a lot of these guards actually have to hire their vests etc on a daily basis from some white fckwet"

based on talking to a single car guard on an out of town trip?

And I guess that article is supposed to give some context to your statement and the big issue you have.

Surely those "white fckwets" must somehow control who is in the parking bays and who is not. Otherwise you have the area run over by drug addicts and other unwanted guests, which is a big issue in a lot of parking lots.

Also from the article it seems the bay fee is charged by "agencies or managers of shopping malls". I assume those are not only "white fckwets" then?

Also, how would you suggest shopping centers control the amount of drug addicts and homeless and other informal car guards flooding parking areas and harassing people for their money?

Having car guards in your parking bay is just a work of charity as there is no need for them. A car thief will take a car, whether there is a guard or not, and the guard will run away anyways.

The only guards that are somewhat useful are the specially hired and trained once, and in a fenced parking area.
 
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