Our workforce is of about 30 guys organised into crews on different trucks doing removal/packing work plus all the office staff etc… The party is at a local venue. With partners, I guess there’ll be around 100-120 people.
Only thing is, there’s a 20-something year old lad who works for the company who has told me he’s bringing a knife to the party in case anyone should ‘try & start anything’ or ‘have a go’.
Should I tell someone else about this in advance?
Yes. Tell his supervisor about his plans.
If your party includes alcoholic beverages that guy with a knife all boozed up would not be a good mix.
I think thats an obvious yes. You wouldnt want a violent crime on your conscience.
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Comment by BJ025 — January 9, 2010 @ 5:25 pm
Yes. Tell the people who’re organising the party, and they can arrange the correct level of security.
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Comment by laurarara — January 9, 2010 @ 5:59 pm
yeah. you wouldn’t want for him to ruin it for everyone else.
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Comment by cutie09 — January 9, 2010 @ 6:21 pm
Don’t go. Works parties suck in the most profound way. If there’sa mad ASBO with a knife it’s gonna suck even worse.
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Comment by ElectronProbabilityCloud — January 9, 2010 @ 6:46 pm
Yes. Tell his supervisor about his plans.
If your party includes alcoholic beverages that guy with a knife all boozed up would not be a good mix.
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Comment by WhatAmI? — January 9, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
Absolutely yes! He has no right to think he can bring a weapon and if he is that worried about something happening he shouldn’t go.
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Comment by WJ — January 9, 2010 @ 7:46 pm
I would quietly mention it to your boss.Better safe than sorry.If you feel he might know who alerted the bosses its a tough call but iI would still tend to drift toward "blowing the whistle"
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Comment by stvc1961 — January 9, 2010 @ 8:16 pm
Wow thats a tough one….you cant really call the cops cause he’s obviously a violent man and could end up hurting you…maybe try talking to him about it
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Comment by hockey4ever17 — January 9, 2010 @ 9:06 pm
yes the boss
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Comment by glamour04111 — January 9, 2010 @ 9:15 pm
You need to first decide if it was a joke or not. Sounds to me like she was joking around saying it.. I mean who would be serious? I don’t think you need to worry about telling someone and making a big deal if it was a joke. Best Wishes!
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Comment by Santa Baby — January 9, 2010 @ 9:31 pm
well if u want to have a good time just tell him to leave the knife at home and just forget the worrys about the world without something that could kill him
if he says no then tell him he is not invited
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Comment by zbinden123 — January 9, 2010 @ 9:55 pm
Lots of people carry knives. I’f you thing he’s crazy, then tell somebody. If not, then he was probabily just showing off. He probabily likes you. Does he like violance or does he like to act like he likes violance?? Should be easy to tell if he is "for real" or not.
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Comment by headupdeftones — January 9, 2010 @ 10:14 pm
some people carry a knife for protection i guess (i dont). but yeah there always gonna be some weirdo that thinks people are out to get him so he does something stupid. since theres probably gonna be drinking going on that could be a very bad situation. 9 times outta 10 they dont do anything but why take the chance? tell him not to take the knife with him and if he insists, tell somebody!
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Comment by buda — January 9, 2010 @ 11:02 pm
What do you think? Of course! Any local venue would leave you open to anything……but since you have an "in" here go ahead and let people know….especially if it bothers you…..means that you think he might do something and he just might be banned from attending.
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Comment by jazi — January 9, 2010 @ 11:37 pm
I would post a letter to the organiser, unsigned of course, alerting them to this potential problem. This way you’ll not be labelled as a blabbermouth whilst at the same time helping to keep the peace. It is an offence to carry a weapon anyway especially with the intent of using it. You’ll not have to speak to anyone else about this though as fingers could be pointed.
Hope this helps and hope the party goes well, with no trouble. Have a nice weekend.
x
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Comment by Denise — January 10, 2010 @ 12:19 am
you have a responsability to!
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Comment by kelly f — January 10, 2010 @ 12:56 am
i wouldn’t….i’d wait until the night then find out if he has brought one….. some people are just all mouth and he might have been trying to make himself sound tough by telling you this
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Comment by dizzy — January 10, 2010 @ 1:33 am
I would think that would depend on the young man…is he a trouble maker, or has he been having trouble with others? Just because a person wants to be able to defend themselves and others doesn’t necessarily mean anything bad. The only thing that raises my concerns about the young man is the fact he is talking about it at all. I have a concealed carry permit, and if I were at your party, my glock would be there too, however, you nor anyone else would know about it with the exception of my wife. So I guess my responce would be, yes I would say something just beause he did.
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Comment by HandyMan — January 10, 2010 @ 2:00 am
Tell the boss of this person AND the party organizer and let them know you told the other. Then it is in their hands. I’d avoid this "lad" in the future and say you do not associate with known knife carriers.
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Comment by chiliswoman — January 10, 2010 @ 2:40 am
Yes, definitely. You should tell your boss or the manager at the venue that there might be trouble. It sounds to me like if anybody’s gonna "try and start anything" it’ll be that kid. If he gets some alcohol in him I’d be quite scared. In fact, you might think about not going to the party yourself.
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Comment by drshorty — January 10, 2010 @ 3:29 am
You know..what an awful thing to say to you. I carry a knife with me at all times…and I never tell anyone about it. I am actually thinking about getting a small gun and carrying it with me. But…I would never tell anyone that I carry a weapon EVER. That kind of defeats the purpose.
You could report it…but then…you may get reprisal if you are found out to be the one who talked. And you could be quiet…but if something does happen..you would feel really bad.
I think that things will turn out ok..and don’t worry about it. You can report it…anonymously…but I really don’t think anything will happen at this party. It is just a young kid acting tough…sounds like he is kind of insecure.
Just let it go..and don’t worry about it. Trust that there are Angels watching out everyone and you will be fine.
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Comment by Felicitas — January 10, 2010 @ 3:44 am
Yes. Tell the boss and who ever is planning the party.
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Comment by pete — January 10, 2010 @ 3:49 am
Yes! Definitely tell someone in authority. That is the right thing to do. Worst case scenario, he has a couple too many pints and starts something himself. You could actually save lives if you go with your gut instinct to inform management of this situation ahead of time.
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Comment by oldernwiser — January 10, 2010 @ 4:20 am
Removal Firm…big strong guys? Mention it to one of the older sensible guys and he’ll find a discreet way round it. The kids job shouldn’t be put in jeopardy over a silly comment made to impress.
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Comment by biscuit — January 10, 2010 @ 4:26 am
Tell the supervisor what you heard.
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Comment by samdugan — January 10, 2010 @ 5:04 am