Phone addiction costs guard his job

A security guard who missed a break-in on CCTV because he was on his smartphone at the time was sacked after failing to deal with his self-confessed addiction to his mobile device.

He was found to be on his phone instead of monitoring security cameras when a break-in occurred at a premises where he was stationed in December 2015. He could have lost his job at this time, but was given a second chance.

However, an operations manager spotted the security guard on his phone at work again three times in the space of a week in June 2016, contrary to a company policy that prohibited the use of personal mobile phones during work hours.