Saturday, October 12th, The season has begun to change to fall, but the weather outside is still rather pleasant, at least here in Palo Alto, California.
The previous night, a Saturday, had been a bit brisk but was still rather nice. It was the perfect kind of evening to go on a late night stroll throughout town, perhaps with a loved one.
Imagine that you're a security guard, working on one of these nights. It's a Saturday, and most of the people you know are enjoying themselves in some small way. Maybe they're out-and-about, enjoying the college lifestyle of the Stanford University you work at, or perhaps enjoying a quiet night in.
Maybe they're finding a way to celebrate the tie football game, the second tie in a rather disappointing season for the university's Cardinals thus far. Either way You're probably not going to give the job your all, are you? It's a Saturday night, and no matter how much you enjoy your job, you're going to wish you were somewhere else. So as you go around the Stanford University campus, making the rounds of your detail, you might rush through certain parts of the job.
Or, at least, not give certain things your full attention. If you're a less-than-dedicated security guard, you might even just choose not to perform certain duties. I mean, what's the harm? It's not like anything is going to happen tonight, anyways. If you're security guard Stephen Crawford, this might have been your night. You might have been tired, lethargic, pissed off at the world for having to work on the weekend, or any such series of emotions, but you might have just skipped parts of your job.
