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One thing that I don’t think people realize quite enough is the fact that we live in a world where cameras are pretty much everywhere you go.
Grocery stores, hospitals, mechanics, office buildings. If it’s a standing structure, chances are there is a camera in that building somewhere.
I have a friend who works in the loss prevention department for a major department store chain and he told me to make a point and look at the overhead cameras that are in the ceilings every so many feet.
He then told me that those are just the ones the store wants people to be aware of. So it’s safe to say that you are being watched wherever you go publicly.
However, there are some times when having cameras everywhere does result in good things. For example, that cool thing you just saw an acrobat do at the pier can be recorded for all time.
If you go on vacation, you can keep an eye on your property.
It also allows companies to see how full of it their employees are when it comes to getting work done.
It also protects them against bogus workers’ compensation claims. Workers’ compensation is one of those things that should be available to those who need it, but people sadly abuse it sometimes.
Take for example the case of a woman named Sheyla White. She was sitting at her desk when one of those metal sprinkler heads fell from the veiling landing a few inches in front of her on the desk.
Where most people would think “Wow, kinda lucky that didn’t hit me” and immediately tell people in charge about what happened, she began plotting an absolutely hateful plan.
She then got up and grabbed this piece of metal that used to be the sprinkler head and bashed herself in the head with it. Yes, she injured herself on purpose.
She cut herself open pretty good. She then immediately told her supervisors that the sprinkler head had hit her and that she was going to have to file for workers’ compensation.
The one thing that she didn’t factor on was the idea that her bosses had installed a camera system in her work area.
White was charged with workers’ compensation fraud and was given probation since no money actually changed hands.
However, this begs the question of how many people are actually getting away with this every year in the United States.
