Okay, so I couldn't resist...

[bogie]

Was walking in to my local Dierberg's to pick up dinner on Friday afternoon, and while walking past the security guard, I noticed he was wearing a shirt that said that he was a LT on the Pine Lawn MO po-po dept... FWIW, the shirt was also at least a size or two too small, and was quite overly stressed around the lower portion...

Now, I'd had a bad day, and felt like I needed a little comic relief... So I asked him... "Hey, do you have any idea if that fellow ever got his thousand dollar bill back?" - a guy had been picked up, and had a collector-item thousand dollar bill in his wallet, and when they returned his effects, there were 10 hundreds in the envelope... I remember the situation, because it actually made the national news...

He responded that that was the mayor's problem. I laughed, and headed toward the produce section... Well, I got a phone call from one of the real estate folks I'm working with, and I'm standing maybe 30 feet away from him, jawin' on my cell, when he walks up, gives my work ID the hairy eyeball, walks back to the door, and gets on HIS cell phone... Have no idea who he called, but I'm wondering...

 

[4v50 Gary]

Smart cops don't wear clothing or items that shout "cop" when they're off duty. Smart cops also know the safest overtime earned is in court. Smarter guys become firefighters, work 24 hours straight, have 48 hours off, a trade to work on the side and make more $ with less stress to show for it.

 

[bogie]

Well, walking away, I was sorta wondering if I might end up getting a 3 ayem no-knock visit from a few of Pine Lawn's finest...

I also asked the manager if they made it a point of having their security folks do the "hairy eyeball" thing on customers... Only I didn't quite put it that way...

"Yeah, I'm talking on the phone to my broker, and this fellow walks up, looks at my ID really hard, and then walks back and makes a phone call. Do you guys want to know my blood type too? And let's make sure you spell my name right..."

 

[larry_minn]

Take off your ID when not on the job. I always requested LARRY for my name. IF they mandated last name I put smily over it after first week. Never had anyone say anything. Course I also put it upside down on one job (so I knew who I was) That job was joke and nobody cared.
Of course I have NEVER changed the name on my ID. Or switched with female worker.....

 

[DigMe]

Any time I walk into Wal-Mart and forget to take off my work nametag people inevitably ask how much stuff is or where they might find the orange juice. One day I told a lady I don't work there and I heard her tell the guy she's with "If he don't work here then why's he wurrin' a nametag?!" I wanted to ask her if she's illiterate or blind as every other employee in the store seemed to have some blue wal-mart paraphenalia on and my nametag doesn't even halfway resemble a Wal-Mart name tag....but of course I didn't. Today it happened and so I took the name tag off. Then I was in the dollar store afterwards without any kind of name ID or abnormal clothing on and someone still thought I worked there! I guess I just have that "works here" look or something.


brad cook

 

[sm]

I had a bad feeling when everyone was "required" to have a badge or the Logo Shirt for dress code. Yes folks had "uniforms" LEO, Nurses, Labcoats for Dr.s and all. Yes a place for badges for LEO and the plastic ID Badges for...well lets be honest. Time clock. Nobody pays attention to the actual plastic badge.

So folks go to the Goodwill , Thrift Stores, or Internet and buy UPS, LEO, Utility company "uniforms". Printers are high - tech and make fake ID badges. With ill intent in mind.

So instead of folks using their noggin' and thinking for themselves, reading mannerisms, actually getting to know people that they work with, names, depts, and family...they blindly open the door and the BG in. They blindly "see" some kind of badge on a person and figure they are important, or have access to area.

Mom was talking about her work and the big meeting about 'improved security" with the new plastic ID badges. I went to visit her, and I know a certain area requires "proper ID" to access. They have a Professional/casual dress code [ no jeans]. I remove my "visitor" stick on badge, clip mom's ID Badge on, walk right in and get a file from another employee , ask for that file by name - no problem. I was in jeans and tennis shoes.

Security never checked or asked, employees never checked or asked. Only thing was " he is going to get written for breaking dress code". I do not have a female first name, I look nothing like mom's picture on badge.

I made a report for mom to give her supervisor. Mom actually received a [whatever they call it corporate-speak] accomdation, it was a good deal whatever it is called.

I "think" security improved for about a week...back to old "take it for granted attitude."

Kinda blew the 'big meeting" theory how the employess were being protected from terrorist's via the new plastic badges tho'.

So mom's co workers are content the terrorist will leave them alone...badges...symbol of false security for some folks it seems.

Maybe plastic interfers with common sense?