A Young Widower's Tale
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Government security and a writer's dream Every time you go into a government building, you’re probably wondering if there’s away to avoid those security checks. This week I found out just how to do that. (Please note that I do not normally try to avoid security checks at government buildings nor do I think people should try to avoid them. I just happened to find a security flaw that probably needs to be fixed.) Last week I took some Flash classes up at the University of Utah. During the lunch breaks another coworker and I would walk around campus and check out such sites as the art museum, the football stadium, and basketball arena. During one of our walks we both had to use the bathroom. We walked to the closest building which happened to be one of the government building on campus. Inside was a desk with a security guard signing people in, checking their bags and photo IDs. After passing inspection he would give each guest a big red “VISITORS” badge to wear so people would know you were in fact a visitor. “Can I help you?” the guard said as we approached the desk. “We need to use the bathroom,” I said. At this point I expected him to 1) ask us for photo ID, leave our backpacks at the desk and sign in or 2) find a more public building to use the restroom. Instead the guard waved us past those waiting to receive their official “VISITOR” badge and told us it to walk down the hall to his right and enter the first door on our left. That’s right. No bag check. No watching us to make sure we entered the bathroom. We could have kept walking down the hall or headed straight to the elevators and no one would have noticed. Makes me feel a hell of a lot safer and very grateful I don’t work there. When we walked out, the security guard waved at us and wished us a good day. *** Marathon Girl gave her two weeks notice last week. Amazingly her supervisors tried to talk her into working part time even though they know she’s upset with the way she’s been treated there the last year. Their pleading was too little too late. Not that it would have made any difference if she had been treated better. Plans were already in place for her to stay at home. So last week she brought home a big box of books including all of her CSI books. There were books on blood splatter, drug analysis and preparation, and ballistics. Just having reference material to stuff like this is any writer’s dream. Marathon Girl was going to throw them all away but I told her I wanted to look everything over first. I’m probably going to keep a few of the more interesting books to reference from time to time. I can’t wait to dive into them and see what treasures I can uncover. The one thing I will miss is Marathon Girl coming home every night and telling me about the interesting things she had to analyze. ~sighs~ In a perfect world, I’d be able to trade jobs with her. You Can Now Purchase Room for Two - 2007-08-31 |
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