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The amount of bell ends I see with their passes on when not at work is quite staggering...why would you want to have your pass on when not at work ?
Are you one of these bell ends that partakes in this 3rd world problem ?
For the record I don't have a pass and have avoided having one for the last 10 years at work and no one ever asks !
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Our passes contain a chip that lets you through doors so there is no option but to carry it. Many wear theirs, mine stays in my wallet where I won't forget it. Doesn't really bother me that other people wear theirs as we are supposed to have them visible at all times.
I often have my ID round my neck but hide it in a pocket to stop it swinging around.
It also stops someone recognising where I work and trying to steal it to gain access etc etc
We just have un-marked RFID cards which let you in doors, no IDs.
We have to have ours on a lanyard round our neck. Part of the dress code, has to be the company lanyard too. ID card with name, job, photo, ID number and an RFID chip and barcode for different systems. Can't open any doors, or get into the offices otherwise.
Never occurred to me that someone outside the office would get wound up by it?
We are not allowed to have ours on view outside the site.
Cos everyone wants to break in to HMRC....
We need passes to get in and out of the office and have to have it on display (so security can see where you should be based on colour coded lanyards), if I go out at lunchtime etc I don't take it off as I forget its there and don't want to lose it. I'm not sure how that makes me a bell end? 🙄
pass for our office lives in my wallet - just touch my wallet on the sensor to get in the door.
I also have a pass for a Navy base - which is on a Jagermeister lanyard.
We're not supposed to wear them off-site.
I went to my daughters parents eve the other night - amazing how many other parents turned up still wearing various work ID lanyards...
I've always thought it very odd that people don't take their lanyards/passes off when they leave work - surely they flap around in the wind and get very annoying?
I have to wear ID which is also a pass. I wear it outside of work as I go home sometimes.
3rd world problem
Think its quite low on the list of[i] third [/i]world problems.
Ranks quite highly amongst Second World problems though 🙂
Shouldn't really have it dangling about when you're off-site. Security risk.
There's a couple of companies with HQs near us that do naughty things and occasionally get protestors outside. Pretty sure their employees hide their passes.
Half the time I forget to wear mine when [i]in[/i] work.
I was issued with a lanyard but for the work I do it's in the way and a borderline health hazard (see also, ties). I swapped it for a clip, much better than some daft dangly thing flapping in the breeze.
surely they flap around in the wind and get very annoying?
Mine's nice and heavy and stops my tie flapping.
If I took it off, where would I put it?
In the car, then it inevitably get's forgotten if I walk/cycle to work the next day.
In a jacket pocket, inevitably wear a different/no suit the next day.
Trouser pocket, on top of keys, wallet, phone, I'd need a stronger belt to hold them up.
Goes in the pot in the study with keys and wallet ready for the next day.
OTOH, I suppose to a lot of people, their work is part of their identity, so wearing a works pass to parents evening is no more weird than people who wear 5.10 trainers and Singletrack T-shirts off the bike.
I used to work for what should have been a very security conscious arm of government, but the number of people who would wear their passes in public was staggering. Even worse was the number of photos that were published showing people with their passes on full show! It can't have been beyond the wit of anyone who so desired to knock up passable copy.
We are required to have our passes on display at all time when on site. They don't work if they are in your wallet and you have to use them to move around the buildings.
Mine is clipped to a belt loop on my trousers so I tuck it into my pocket when I leave work. Almost everyone who works in an office in the area has a pass so you see a lot of people in the shops on the way home with them hanging out.
Wearing your pass has become so normal for most it is a bit like wearing shoes. You can get by without them but your day is pretty rubbish...
I did once work on a secure site which had a permanent group of protesters out the front and they said we should not identify ourselves as employees, then gave us project polo shirts which identified the company and the project.. 😯
Only wear mine to-from and in work, once home it's off and in the draw. Hangs on an extending recoil lanyard from my belt. Have to wear in work, secure entrance/floors and additional security in the foyers, has a photo and chip in it and also has a chip for loading money on for restaurants and coffee/cafe's in the building.
You see a lot of folk wandering around during the day throughout Canary Wharf wearing these things, most places here are set up similarly for security.
Also, we get checked from time to time entering CW, security gates on all entrances and often we're asked to provide passes as confirmation that we're here to do something called [i]work[/i]
Most certainly not a badge of honor..
We are asked not to have the passes on display when off the premises.
When I used to need one off at the gate. I know what it was worth so not worth pissing about with
From this thread I would guess the OP is quite an angry man and also sees himself as a bit of a rebel. Probably plays Guns n Roses in his Audi on his way home from work.
I have a pass/ID card. I need it to get into the building and clock in and out again (I work flexi time).
Sometimes I need access to restricted (plantrooms) areas, pass let's me in some of these.
If I go out to certain sites (which might have children and/or vulnerable adults) I usually need to show my pass to get/speed up entry.
If I forget it at the main office they make use a temporary pass before they let me in (despite them saying hello to me most mornings).
However, as soon as I leave work, the pass goes in my jacket pocket.
For the record I don't have a pass and have avoided having one for the last 10 years at work and no one ever asks !
That's cos you've worked there for ten years and everyone knows you're a.......long standing employee.
People really will talk about anything
TooTall - Member
From this thread I would guess the OP is quite an angry man and also sees himself as a bit of a rebel. Probably plays Guns n Roses in his Audi on his way home from work.
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Sometimes I go out to lunch or home and forget I have it on. Now i know that is so offensive I might pay more attention in future, or less attention since anyone this angry deserves to be riled at any possible opportunity.
I wear a pass for work. It's presence hasn't previously impinged on my thought processes in any way but now I realise it makes me a stooge for the Man.
We have passes which give us access to numerous areas on-site depending on our level of authorisation, when off-site we are to keep our passes hidden and secure so wearing it seems the logical thing to do.
On lanyards being a hazard, do you not get issued with the break away type?
I do find it a bit weird when people wear them away from work. Mines always gone in a pocket and I've forgotten it a handful of times in the last 10 years.
Some really cool stories in this thread
Yep have a pass for work. Need it to gain access and for internal doors. In theory you're supposed to wear it all the time and it be visible but mine lives in my wallet otherwise I forget it or the kids steal it at home. Fortunately it's a medium organisation and I've been here too long so my face is recognised.
Im dead important and wear my pass as an outward indicator of my importance
I wear mine clipped to my belt, need it to get in and out the building. When I leave for the day I don't always remember to detach it from my belt and put it away because I'm such a bellend.
I wear mine clipped to my belt, need it to get in and out the building. When I leave for the day I don't always remember to detach it from my belt and put it away because I'm such a bellend.
Im also a bellend.........an important bellend
No and I turn my work phone off too.
Unless I'm just nipping over the road to Greggs or Waitrose.
Greggs or Waitrose
C'mon, which is it? It can't be both. You're either with us or against us.
You're doing it wrong, what you should have done is add a snipining insult at the end there.thisisnotaspoon - MemberNever occurred to me that someone outside the office would get wound up by it?
e.g. Never occurred to me that someone outside the office would get wound up by it, are they all stupid freaktards?
It not only shows that I think that they are different from me, but that I am somehow superior even though I don't fully understand. 😛
nobody is allowed to know what I do for a living, so I keep my badge in the pocket of my ninja suit
no, wait - ah, bollocks !
Like many others, I need mine for access to the office, and internal doors, plus it enables access to stuff like follow-me printers. It's required to be on view at all times, so I and everyone else wears it on a lanyard. Different colours on the id indicate if you're a permie, contractor, client, etc, so you know how to engage with unknown people.
I'd also get disciplined if it was on view at any time outside the office, as it's a security risk. Beats me why people have them visible outside of offices, just advertising where you work and for someone to half-inch it.
Like many others, I need mine for access to the office, and internal doors, plus it enables access to stuff like follow-me printers. It's required to be on view at all times, so I and everyone else wears it on a lanyard.
Likewise. I could wear it on a clip on my belt but then people checking my name would see if my fly was open, or I had a stiffy, or I'd wet myself. I don't wear it out of work because I don't want Joe Public to know my name, not because I think it makes me look like a bell end.
no, wait - ah, bollocks !
You still had time for a ninja edit when you wrote that
My face is my pass, so I don't need one. And yes, I'm a bell-end.
Between this and suits with trainers i'm not sure what is worse
My face is my pass, so I don't need one. And yes, I'm a bell-end.
Don't get confused and try using your bell-end as your pass!
JEngledow - Member
[list]My face is my pass, so I don't need one. And yes, I'm a bell-end.[/list]
Don't get confused and try using your bell-end as your pass!
Wouldn't matter - they look the same.
Do you also see the lanyard race to clock in when people are late?
I flat refuse to work anywhere where I have to clock in/out.
Have to wear ID at work (school) and I usually keep it around me neck until I get home to save me losing it.
People who have to wear pases obviously arent high enough up the company to be recognised as a boss,
ive found walking round with a high viz vest and helmet along with clipboard, you can get in anywhere .
ive found walking round with a high viz vest and helmet along with clipboard, you can get in anywhere.
I used to think that until I was carrying out a condition survey on some office buildings (while wearing PPE and carrying a clipboard) in a nuclear research centre, it turns out the British nuclear police don't have much of a sense of humour (but at least I had my ID around my neck)!!
I spent some time in one US facility where passes had to be on display all the time one was on the premises. We were meant to challenge anyone whose pass was not visible, even if it was just turned the wrong way round. Security used to wander around with their passes concealed just to see if you challenged them. If you didn't, it cost you $ 100.
It's an absolute requirement that everyone in the company where I work, regardless of their position, wears a pass card with name tag, the same goes for visitors, agency staff and contractors. Lanyards are different colours, as are the name tags, and the permanent staff passes are coded to restrict access to certain parts of the building, if they want access they have to ring a bell and wait to be admitted, they have to sign in to the high security area and be accompanied to wherever they're going. I have full access to all but one area, which is customer care, I work in the high security area, and I can challenge anyone I see without a pass, regardless of status, and escort them out of the area.
If anyone forgets their pass, they're forced to sit in reception until HR collects them and issues a replacement pass, and too many of those mistakes gets a warning.
Mine usually sits inside my bag until I get to work, but I sometimes wear it under my jacket to save having to dig around for it. I can quite understand why people in my situation wear them all the time if they don't habitually carry a bag, and may not wear a coat/jacket out of the office in warmer weather.
We get regular audits to check security procedures are being adhered to, and to highlight any possible issues/areas for improvement.
The company has to comply with Gambling Commission/Payment Card Industry Level One rules, along with the highest level of Data Protection.
They really don't mess about.
If the OP thinks that wearing what is a very important part of our day-to-day procedures at all times makes me a bell-end, then all I can say is get a life, jackass, when I want your opinion, I'll give it to you. 🙄
People who have to wear pases obviously arent high enough up the company to be recognised as a boss,
Mine would need to have RFID implants to open locked doors without a pass, I'm sure they prefer just carrying a pass like the rest of us
If the OP thinks that wearing what is a very important part of our day-to-day procedures at all times makes me a bell-end, then all I can say is get a life, jackass, when I want your opinion, I'll give it to you.
Ooo look at you...
go change your
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The post was light hearted...I also didn't say there was anything wrong with wearing one at work...
No real issue with wearing a pass out of work, it pales into INSIGNIFICANCE when compared to the occasional sad individual who thinks its cool to wear their NHS ambo uniform when socialising with their friends in a well known cheap and cheerful chain restaurant. I really did see this. I was gobsmacked. Each to their own I suppose.
The last time someone wore a "security pass" (burglar pretending to be security person) to break in my place of worked (caught by me and he tried to tell me he was security etc), I nearly gave him a good hiding had it not for me to remember I was in "civilised" UK. In Borneo I would beat you senseless first then ask questions later. We like preemptive strike. We do. 😛
I have worn work passes while popping to the shops etc. Never really bothered me as I know how to behave properly. I also have a work branded umbrella, which I do use fairly regularly, but then I am always very conscious that in a people/service business the firm's reputation is linked to its peoples behaviour so I act accordingly. I get a free brolly, the firm gets a free advert...win,win.
Having said all that it's amazing how many mouthy what's names, rude people, sweary people etc. are prepared to advertise who their employer is when in the pub after work (security cards, company t-shirts, branded bags etc.).
Mine slides into the back of my works iphone case, much easier to find and slap it on the card readers when your hands are full with toolboxes etc. Still easy to get to when a customer asks to see it once every six months or so! Technically I am meant to wear it round my neck, but I have a manual outdoors job so most of the time thats impractical.
I've only read the OP but I just can't go any further with this...
third world problems
Ha.
There is no reason to have them on public display outside of work, and if you can't remember where it is unless it's wrapped around your neck..hmm
I suspect some see them as an indicator of social standing/self importance.
As one of the posters above said we were obliged to challenge anyone on site with no visible pass or even one turned round the wrong way. It's also really useful when your not good at remembering names. Off site we were also obliged to challenge anyone wearing one, if they got aresy then security were happy to hear about it.
Only if there's a chance of an NHS discount
I suspect some see them as an indicator of social standing/self importance.
While some might I think the majority are just lazy or forget it's there etc.
i had one i lost it three years ago so i just get the receptionist to open our one pass card door for me or go round the back and use the pin code door. I do suspect that a lot of out of office visible wearers want to create the impression they have a job like countzero's when in fact the truth is more low key . I had a colleague who used to eat in the local hospital canteen and make sure his pager was clearly visible even though he was not in any way a Dr.
Only if there's a chance of an NHS discount
Nandos!
I put it around my neck after brushing my teeth in the morning, odd little habits but this is the order of the day.
I then need to have it electronically read at 3 different security checkpoints to make it as far as the company's underground car park, and then present it once more and enter my security code to actually make it into the building. It must of course be displayed at all times in the office.
At the end of the I need to present it once more to leave for the day.
Forgetting my pass for work is a real PITA. Although then actually getting in the office is easier than getting out!
I tend to leave it on all the time from morning until I get home. No big deal
Never required id on site. Only very occasionally require it off site. So it lives in my wallet for years without ever seeing the light of day. However I am an important bellend.