G4S

Part of my job in Edmonton is dealing with G4S, which is a money handling company similar to Brinks. A large armoured van shows up a few times a week to drop off money and take away deposits. The G4S employees are usually alone, but they have their vans as well as various threatening weapons attached to their hips.

I was sitting in a square in Luxembourg and I watched a man in a G4S uniform begin to walk across to a Tabac on the other side of the square with a bag in one hand. I am quite sure it was a coin order. At first I was excited as I thought about how little pieces of home always seem to sneak into life no matter where you are.

Then I noticed the oversized guard dog (I'm guessing it was a rottweiler) trotting along beside the G4S guy with it's mouth in a muzzle... but you know that if you take so much as one step too close to this guy, his aptly named guard dog would first rip off his muzzle and then rip off your face.

I guess walking around Edmonton with the protection of a dog isn't that feasible, but if I were working for G4S, I'd take the dog any day.