HARASSED!!! By A Nasty Security Guard On Schindler Hydraulic Elevators At Grand MetroLink Station

[@DieselDucy]

Great job standing up for your rights! Send this to metro!

[@NWIndianaElevators]

Great job standing up for your rights to film these elevators! That guard seriously needs a lesson on first amendment rights as well as knowing that photography is allowed on the system.

[@SamSitar]

i will follow your example.

[@Elevatorelectricgate]

Not only metro, but malls and parking garages too.

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

That security guard went way too far.

[@iangilldjsuperdude]

That security guard was mean! He should be fired immediately! I’m sorry you guys went through such a bad encounter! I’m very proud of you guys for standing up for your 1st amendment rights of filming the elevators in any public place!

[@SWFLElevators]

Great job standing up for your rights! I just wish that guard understood the first amendment and knew the photography policy there.

[@MilwaukeeCountyElevators]

Wow! that security guard is TOTALLY uneducated. I am hoping someday those people that work for that station can learn better that 1st amendment rights are allowed in a public property/transits and photography being welcomed in those places like Metro Link's stations according to the website's policy. Great job on being able to stand up for your rights to that security guard!

[@michianaelevators2582]

We need to get Long Island Audit down here. Haha 😂 Great job standing up for your rights, BTW!

[@ElevatorsInternational]

At 2:39, that Guard went to far there! Great job standing up for yourself, Alex.

[@AlexElevatorFan]

Thanks

[@gluse]

Thanks. This is just a very ghetto transit system and the security guards on this transit system are just IDIOTS!!!!!

[@ΝΙΚΟΣΠΟΔΑΣ-π4φ]

@@gluse that security guard had no right or permission to bust you or call the police you were not tresspassing i think he's failed of passing security classes

[@JRi36]

well this place is full of Democrats

[@ArisBuliteanu]

@@gluse If you encounter a situation where you feel your rights are being violated by security personnel on public transit, you should consider contacting the transit agency’s customer service or complaint department to report the incident. You can provide details of what happened, including the date, time, location, and names or descriptions of the security guards involved. Additionally, you may want to reach out to local advocacy groups or legal organizations that specialize in civil rights or transit-related issues for further assistance or guidance on how to address the situation. It’s important to document any interactions and gather evidence to support your complaint.

[@carselevators930]

Good job standing up for your rights. I for one never film in public metro stations. But like I say in other videos, Elevator photography is NOT a crime!

[@neaelevator]

You should have told him that he should be paying more attention to the shady folks that were just hanging around.

[@Elevatorelectricgate]

Good. You stood up for your rights to what you call security guards. Most people who meet with a bad fate like this (in public places) are cowards.

[@ProspectElevators]

This security guard needs a reality check about first amendment rights and photography being allowed on the Metrolink system as it's a public transit system funded by US the taxpayers at the end of the day Great job on standing up for your rights!

[@gluse]

Exactly!!!! We own public transit systems in the United States of America because our tax money goes to pay for all of them. So MetroLink belongs to all of us. Now malls, office buildings, hotels, stores, restaurants, clubs, stadiums, museums and gas stations are different. Those places don't belong to us. They are privately owned and those aren't our buildings.

[@elevatorsbemoreby0103]

Amazing job standing up your rights! It's not always easy and it may not work well, but this is a great example!

[@elevatorswithESH]

2:16. That guard was just flat out rude. I always hate it when dumb security guards have to give me an issue when filming elevators. I’ve had this problem at central market before with a really rude manager. Plus it reminds me of Stonebriar’s STUPID and RUDE security guards that almost chased me out of that mall of TRASH!!!!!!! But that situation was different because that mall is private property but THIS Security guard is clearly uneducated and I think he DEFINITELY needs to be fired because this is public property where we DO have filming rights. So that’s the reason why this guard who is harassing you is Squidward from SpongeBob and he is also an IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!! They need to teach the security guards on what the real rules are. Anyways awesome job standing up for your rights!

[@AlexElevatorFan]

They're morons!!!!

[@Skyvator92]

Something similar almost happened at a station parking garage in Asuza in the LA area. When I got off the elevator, a security car pull by me with the lights on. I just went back down the elevator. Was left alone after that. It was after I stopped filming.

[@gluse]

The employees and transit security on the St Louis Metro are complete assholes!!!! They don't even care that their website says you can take photos/videos. I was very fortunate the drivers of the MetroLink trains I filmed the entire rides on were good sports and said nothing to me.

[@Skyvator92]

@@gluse I am sorry to hear. Some people just don't understand our hobby and fascination of transit. This can happen anywhere these days.

[@JRi36]

wow

[@AlexElevatorFan]

If I would have asked permission from an employee and they said It was ok I would file a complanit.

[@DylanR99]

I know… but that security guard was clearly not in the right there. Metro St Louis’s website did say you are allowed to take photos in there, so why does he say it’s a security issue?

[@gluse]

He’s just clearly uneducated.

[@Ih8kone]

​@@gluseDid you read my comment?

[@gluse]

What comment?

[@Ih8kone]

@@gluse I told you how I would have responded to that idiot employee.

[@That_randomkid2]

Did you get busted or caught red handed?

[@gluse]

Busted. He saw me on the camera

[@aceee06]

That security guard is EXTREMELY ignorant, calling elevator photography a security issue not to mention the rights you have on a public transit system which welcomes photography! All the shadiness in the system but lets harass the elevator filmers! Disgusting!

[@Trucker4699]

Happy birthday Alex!

[@Elevatorelectricgate]

"off the elevator"

[@BrytonJones6063]

Oh man it’s really too bad you got busted

[@coolman4678]

THAT SECURITY GUARD IS SO STUPID AND HE CAN’T HARASS PEOPLE WHEN PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALLOWED THERE PLUS, HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED!!!

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

This is Bullshit! However, I agree with other people that you did an excellent job standing up for your rights. That guard went way too far. Trying to send something to the police as this place is public as this transit system is even owned by the City. That guard was absolutely NASTY!

[@elevatorsbylexi]

Installed in 2012

[@Fantech0104]

Wow what a jerk that security guard is! Glad you were standing up for your first amendment rights! Either this guard is uneducated or wants control that he does not have. Even if this wasn't a public taypayer funded property, the website still says photography Is allowed. He should of not approached you guys the way he did. Didn't Jason film these elevators and a security guard asked what he was doing but once it was cleared up she left him alone? Still, this guard was insanely rude and handled the situation very inappropriately. File this to MetroLink! There's plenty of times elevator enthusiasts were asked to stop filming elevators and even leave private properties where the proper authority of the property were far more professional about it than this guy. Still, you violated zero rules and were exercising your first amendment rights. This just shows you that you still have to fight for your rights and study them so you know how to come across situations like this on public taxpayer funded property. MetroLink seems similar to the PATH system in New York.

[@gluse]

Yes it did happen to Jason, but unlike this security guard, she was much nicer and just asked what he was doing and that was it. Yes I hear that the employees at PATH are absolute IDIOTS!!!!!

[@AlexElevatorFan]

And morons too when it comes to elevator photography

[@JRi36]

yes they are

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

​@@gluseSecurity guards don't know how to talk nicely to people.

[@calmcdaniel8167]

Yeah I totally agree, They are completely uneducated.

[@calmcdaniel8167]

1:36 Can’t take pictures inside the Elevator, It’s a Security District! Get off the elevator! 2:16 Hey You in the Red or Green Sweater get off the Elevator I told you once on the elevator, You can’t take photos, 2:38 Get off the Elevator! 2:47 OK We’re gonna send a Police out here so you’re gonna have a Security issue.

[@Elevatorelectricgate]

I think the guy said "security issue"

[@calmcdaniel8167]

@@ElevatorelectricgateYeah, You might be right, I think I was wrong.

[@FOSK-lc9op]

Elevator phone activates twice 1:35 - 2:15

[@jeremynguyen2346]

What happens

[@gluse]

I was long gone after taking this video

[@badgerstateelevators6363]

I don't know what to say about security guards in general, except they really need to get their act together RIGHT NOW! Especially the unprofessional, uneducated ones. I don't know what the heck gives them the right to harass the elevator enthusiasts in this community because they're documenting all these elevators. And did this one really call the police on you?! If so, that is DEFINITELY harassment because filming elevators is not illegal by any means. I swear, there are 2 things security guards these days need to do right now: Get their act together, or be fired. Believe it or not, if I was in this situation, I would have someone like that framed for harassment. Too long have us elevator enthusiasts been at the mercy of these unprofessional workers.

[@gluse]

I don't think he did, but if he did I was long gone after filming this

[@JRi36]

@@gluse they probably saw the attacks on 9/11 and think filming will count as terrorism

[@Djevan41598]

The law doesn’t prohibit filming in elevators

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

You're right, It does not!

[@Djevan41598]

@@elevcarwashsirensandmore21 perhaps that security guard was uneducated or just miserable.

[@noahharris2260]

You did a great job Alex standing up for your rights I’ve had the same thing happened to me with security being rude to me cursing and being disrespectful and I’ve stand up for myself and got rude back with them and done the exact same thing to them cursing going off on them and yelling I think that security guard needed help I’ve told them you got a problem

[@calmcdaniel8167]

2:25 Um, It actually shows on your website that you can take photos, and also this is a public transit system, taxpayer-funded my 1st amendment rights apply here. 2:40 I am when I get back down on the 1st floor.

[@JeffK1980]

Gluse... the security guard shoudn't have said it when you're not allowed to take photos or videos. As DieselDucy said in his videos, "Photography is not a crime". And it's not.

[@Trucker4699]

So did the police actually show up?

[@gluse]

I don't think so. Even if they did I was long gone

[@Elevatingtransportation678]

Did you get confronted by the police

[@gluse]

No. We were long gone after filming this. I don’t even think they showed up

[@Elevatingtransportation678]

@@gluseoh okay