When I do it, I thank Dog I get to my office before anyone else on the floor. The sense of frustration and growing anger resonates especially well with me.
Okay, I'll admit I have a car. But it doesn't have a "button." You have to put the key in and turn. Then the little knobs pop up. There is no electricity involved. When others are riding along, I have to remind them to lock their doors when we get out because otherwise they assume a magic button will do it for them.
This reminds me of the old story of the Calculus student in the early class who pulled a VCR remote out of her book bag instead of a scientific calculator.
Yes the story is that old....who the Hell still has a VCR?
We use the magnetic strip on our campus ID cards to open our office doors. More than once I've pulled out my ID card as I approach my car or home's front door. Embarrassing.
@Beaker Ben. That's some hi-tech office door. But I fear that at my campus someone--as they say--on a higher pay scale would want to see who's in, how often, etc. Or do they do that already where you are?
TPP: That was one of their ideas until them realized how much the monitoring would cost. Now it's just an electronic lock, which breaks periodically and needs to reprogrammed regularly. Since we have them in all the new buildings, it takes two staff members spending an entire day to maintain the locks. Yes, we are quite proud of our spiffy new locks.
I haven't done that, but after spending years working at "Business School with Snappy New Facilities" I would go to conferences and wave my hands under faucets increasingly angrily before I realized that I had to TURN THE HANDLE rather than just waving my hands to make the water happen.
I confuse office and apartment keys, usually early in the morning. My car key, like Slave's, doesn't have a button (and doesn't always work all that well in the 19-year-old lock for which it's designed, but that's another story; actually, though I wouldn't mind a car with new(er) components, I don't want a button -- just one more thing to go wrong, and require time and money to replace).
Office door? No. It happens at home.
ReplyDeleteWhen I do it, I thank Dog I get to my office before anyone else on the floor. The sense of frustration and growing anger resonates especially well with me.
ReplyDeleteI routinely mix up my office key and my home key. They're different shapes, sizes, and colors, so I have no excuse...
ReplyDeleteAll too often at home...
ReplyDeleteOffice?! Car?!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'll admit I have a car. But it doesn't have a "button." You have to put the key in and turn. Then the little knobs pop up. There is no electricity involved. When others are riding along, I have to remind them to lock their doors when we get out because otherwise they assume a magic button will do it for them.
I mix up my office and home keys quite often. But I'm pretty clear about the car key...
ReplyDeleteOh wombat, I love this.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the old story of the Calculus student in the early class who pulled a VCR remote out of her book bag instead of a scientific calculator.
ReplyDeleteYes the story is that old....who the Hell still has a VCR?
We use the magnetic strip on our campus ID cards to open our office doors. More than once I've pulled out my ID card as I approach my car or home's front door. Embarrassing.
ReplyDelete@Beaker Ben. That's some hi-tech office door. But I fear that at my campus someone--as they say--on a higher pay scale would want to see who's in, how often, etc. Or do they do that already where you are?
ReplyDeleteTPP: That was one of their ideas until them realized how much the monitoring would cost. Now it's just an electronic lock, which breaks periodically and needs to reprogrammed regularly. Since we have them in all the new buildings, it takes two staff members spending an entire day to maintain the locks. Yes, we are quite proud of our spiffy new locks.
ReplyDeleteOnly pointy-headed administrators get actual offices with doors that lock at our fine institution. The rest of us are condemned to cubicle hell.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done that, but after spending years working at "Business School with Snappy New Facilities" I would go to conferences and wave my hands under faucets increasingly angrily before I realized that I had to TURN THE HANDLE rather than just waving my hands to make the water happen.
ReplyDeleteI confuse office and apartment keys, usually early in the morning. My car key, like Slave's, doesn't have a button (and doesn't always work all that well in the 19-year-old lock for which it's designed, but that's another story; actually, though I wouldn't mind a car with new(er) components, I don't want a button -- just one more thing to go wrong, and require time and money to replace).
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