Do you know any private investigator and what do you feel about this profession?

Hong Kong
February 13, 2010 10:07am CST
I don't know why?Suddeenly some kinds of unteresting thought came to my mind.Guess what?I want to know how can I be a private investigator.it was strange thought to me but it sounds interesting,exciting and funny.I don't know any P.I. at all and Sherlock Holmes was perhaps the only person I knew about detective stuffs and business.Looks like this kind of carrer need to be sleep less and interesting in finding out other people stuffs.They will propaply use all kinds of methods and skills for thei job.And of course,they will use manyhighly sophisticated equippment in order to get the job done.They will also risk their life and always got chasing by the bad guys or dogs.Oh,yes,that's one more,they are not cheap and will always cgarge you for lots of money.Well,maybe you can tell me some more,I would like to know?
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@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
13 Feb 10
I know one guy who does it for a living. Of course I don't know all the details of it myself. But from what it sounds like, in most of the times, it's not all that fun & exciting as people make it seem. He gets a lot of his work cases from insurance companies. He follows people & video tapes people working while files a claim to their insurance that they can't work due to injuries. He told me about one time that he had to park his van near the guys house & sat there for 14 hours watching his house. The guy has insurance calim saying he was disabled. Early evening, he comes out & sharts shoveling his driveway. He took few pictures & sent them to insurance company. He got paid $500 for it. I hear it's a lot of leg work & waiting game & travels & patience.
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@Ysabel (1201)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
that's cool! i have not know anyone personally but this kind of work interests me! its like you are always up to something, but of course, nobody should know right? i am amazed as to how patient can this work bring and the attitude of the private investigators, its really striking as one has to be really, really dedicated and work religiously to be able to carry out his job.. right?
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
15 Feb 10
From what I have heard about this career path, it is not as fun as it seems superficially at all. You aren't always doing the exciting things like you see in the movies all the time. The majority of the time you are just sitting and waiting and that would not be a very fun thing for me at all. I can't imagine sitting in my car at night without the lights on to see if there is anything happening. It just doesn't seem like my cup of tea.
@icesmile (7160)
• Romania
14 Feb 10
Hi, yes I know a detective for many years, which has a firm so , is his profession , he earn from his work to living, but a funny story how I met him. Many years ago when I divorced, I noticed someone following me every day, and of course I checked several times if I saw correctly. That lasted about a month, and I saw my quiet life, work, children, but after one months, someone came to my office, the man who seemed to me that I follow, of course I was curious what she wants from me. And this man tell me all story, as my former husband had put him to follow me, but he was tired and not wanting to follow me, because I do the same thing every day ... but he can give evidence my husband cheating on me several years with another woman. Of course that i know about this woman, and this was one of reason to divorce, but i was shocked. I divorced many years, but we remained friends with this man and his wife visit me sometimes and laughing a lot, and he always tell me that if everyone were like me, he would die of hunger.Because he must to have reasons to follow somebody; i don t was a good"subject".