Two Reliant Stadium security guards were fired for taking pictures with Tom Brady after the New England Patriots’ victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday.

Joel Williams told KHOU he and another guard were terminated when a supervisor saw them posing for pictures with the Pats’ quarterback after the game. Williams, who says he took his part-time job “very seriously,” said he was confused by the decision since he had completed his duties for the day.

A spokesman for CSC, the company that provides security for the Texans stadium, sent a statement to KHOU confirming the terminations. “It is strictly against CSC policy for its employees to request photos or autographs from players,” the statement read.

On one hand, you feel bad for the two gentlemen who lost their part-time gigs because they had the natural inclination to pose for a picture with one of the most photogenic men on the planet. (Although, if you’re going to pose, at least flash a smile or ask Brady to hold you like you were a goat.) On the other hand, you can’t have security guards pestering famous people for pictures all the time. Using the “but everybody else does it” excuse, as Williams does in his interview, isn’t a reasonable defense either.