Hay Barnie Fife! Git Off Your Butt And Make Me a Badge FCS!!!

M.D. Holloway · 09-22-2009, 06:50 AM

In order to access building here at work we have card keys with our photos. I am now on my 6th one in 10 years - to make matters worse we have to pay $5 everytime we lose one and have to get it replaced. It takes less then 2 minutes to replace it but it requires the security guard to do it.

Last year they hired some retired Barnie Fife guy that takes this job way too seriously. He spends his mornings meeting and greeting folks as they walk in. He is not doing it because he is being nice, he is doing it to nab those who do not show the ID.

Last Thursday I lost mine so I had to sign in. I told Barnie Fife I lost mine and needed a new one.

"You have to go up to Treasury on the 5th floor South Tower and have them send me an e-mail only after you give them $5 for a new one then I can make you one."

So I trot up to Treasury on the 5th floor South Tower and explain the sitch. Of course the only bill in my wallet is a few $20 and they dont have change so I go back to my office and fine change and make it back to Treasury on the 5th floor South Tower and pay my dues. They send the e-mail. I also had them print off the e-mail that they sent. So I go down to the front desk to get the ball rolling.

"I haven't recieved the e-mail from Treasury on the 5th floor South Tower yet to confirm that you paid your $5."

"OK - here is a copy of the e-mail that they sent you."

"I can't accept that, it could be a fake."

"What? A fake? Why the heck would I go to so much trouble to scam the company out of $5? Seriously? You can call them, you know Treasury on the 5th floor South Tower? They will confirm it. I tell you what, check you e-mail again, it has to be in your in-box by now."

"I'm really busy right now. I will check it later."

I look around the lobby. Empty. No activity. I am sure the only thing this guy is busy with is being a dick.

So I come back down an hour later. "Yup, I got the e-mail. I should have your card tomarrow morning."

I come back in the morning and I get "I haven't had time to make your card yet you will have it Monday."

OK...so I comein Monday. "Oh, ya...I didn't get a chance to make it yet. I should have it Tuesday morning."

Tuesday morning is here. "I haven't had time yet, I have a stack of things to do." "A stack of things to do...really?" "Ya, this high (he makes a gesture with his hands indicating that he has about 8 inchs of something to take care of)."

I leave but stay in the lobby and talk to my Brother on my cell. I tell him what has happened and of course he thinks this is pretty funny. I look over and this guy is doing a meet and greet to all the folks walking in. I'm think that the 8 inches of work he has to do is going take the form of a broom handle up his ....

legion · 09-22-2009, 06:57 AM

Funny thing is collecting that $5 from you probably cost the company a few hundred dollars....

Does this guy work for Wackenhut?

stomachmonkey · 09-22-2009, 07:07 AM

Power Trip.

Had something similar when I worked for CA.

Group EVP was going to meet a customer and I was loading a demo onto his laptop.

He's running late so I tell him go get your car I'll meet you out front.

It's 5pm so there is a swarm of people leaving the building.

I have the laptop open making a couple of last second tweaks as I'm walking out.

I hear someone going "Hey, Hey" but don't pay attention since there are 100 people around me and i'm kind of concentrating.

Hand off laptop to EVP and come back into the building.

Some security guard starts yelling at me, "Hey I was calling you, when I call you then you stop"

"sorry, did not realize you where speaking to me. What's the problem"

"You can't leave the building with a laptop out in the open like that. It needs to be in your briefcase."

"Why?"

"To prevent theft!"

9dreizig · 09-22-2009, 07:08 AM

stage an email campaign and get his ass fired, the satisfaction will be worth the 5 bucks

Rikao4 · 09-22-2009, 07:11 AM

with all you have going on...
surprised you didn't..
lets just say after the email was sent & he is now 'busy'
get your boss on the phone NOW!

Rika

Heel n Toe · 09-22-2009, 07:18 AM

Yeah, Lubey... find out who his boss is and relate this whole story to him/her.

Do you have to swipe the card to come in the building or just show it?

If all you have to do is show it, from now until he gets your card done, don't stop at his desk and sign in... just walk right past him as if no card is needed.

When he hops up and says, "Hey you have to sign in!" ...just turn and look at him with a steely gaze and softly say, "Go fly a kite, Barney... or take a coupla more steps toward me... your call."

Gogar · 09-22-2009, 07:23 AM

Stop losing your badge, Mike.

He probably thinks it's his duty to "Learn You" that you need to

stop losing your badge.

TSNAPCRACKLEPOP · TSNAPCRACKLEPOP's Garage

spend some money at the frat house and get a fake ID

legion · 09-22-2009, 07:28 AM

I never lose my badge, but I do destroy one every year or two.

You see, the center console in my pickup truck is a great device for snapping my badge in half against my thigh as I slide into the drivers seat. (I wear mine clipped to a belt loop.)

Seahawk · 09-22-2009, 07:31 AM

He is just trying to fix Mike's behavior: "nip it, nip in the bud".

slakjaw · 09-22-2009, 07:32 AM

There is a guy like that here. We call him "Deputy Dog" He loves having power over people. He is also always busy even though there is always pr0n on his computer screen.

masraum · 09-22-2009, 07:36 AM

I think a few well thought out emails to the right people could result in this guy getting much more humble.

M.D. Holloway · 09-22-2009, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gogar

Stop losing your badge, Mike.

He probably thinks it's his duty to "Learn You" that you need to

stop losing your badge.

agh, wait a minute....another eye roll coming....

yup, there ya go.

NO SHYT! Seriously, I can't remember how to breath some days.l I lose my freaking keys every other day, my wallet finds new places to reside, my watch will take a vacation to Gawd knows where every week or so...either I'm losing my freakin mind or someone is really screwing with me!

Gogar · 09-22-2009, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

agh, wait a minute....another eye roll coming....

yup, there ya go.

NO SHYT!

I know; just havin' fun with ya!

Heel n Toe · 09-22-2009, 07:52 AM

You're under a lot of stress these days with the family situation, Mike... it's totally understandable that your brain doesn't have the resources to keep up with relatively unimportant stuff like badges and your watch.

Rikao4 · 09-22-2009, 07:52 AM

your Lady is hiding the stuff..

Rika

Tidybuoy · 09-22-2009, 08:02 AM

Look on the brite side, the $5 is most likely a deductable expense.

onlycafe · 09-22-2009, 08:03 AM

tell him............you know.

cmccuist · 09-22-2009, 08:05 AM

We had a guy kinda like that at the refinery where I used to work. We called him the keymaster. He gave out keys to just about every lock in the entire refinery - offices, trailers, buildings...

He used to jack with everyone and seemed like a bitter old man. One Christmas I brought him a nice pen and pencil set as a gift from my company (we were contractors). I thought the guy was going to weep right there. Apparently no one had ever done anything nice for him in his life. Turns out he wasn't bitter, just everyone treated him like dirt, so he responded in kind.

Lubey, your guy just sounds like an a-hole. He needs to be broken.

gassy · 09-22-2009, 08:09 AM

You, my friend, need a