Looking for an ID pass holder

I've drawn a total blank on this so it's time to pick the collective
brains of UKRM.

I have started working at a company that checks ID passes on the entry
gate. Trouble is how do I keep it handy for inspection? I've tried two
techniques so far, neither ideal:

- on neckchain. Will get draughty having to unzip my leathers as winter
rolls in. Plus doing them up again could be difficult on the move[1]

- in tankbag. Two fumbles in 3 weeks even with summer gloves...


A suggestion from one of the other guys was to sew the holder onto the
arm of the jacket - but he has textile gear, and I really don't want to
do that to a decent set of leathers....but it got me thinking....

....is there some sort of passholder gizmo on the market that I could
use? An arm-mounted ski pass holder or something?

Anyone got any suggestions?

<thinks about the typical UKRM responses>
let me rephrase that....
"Anyone got any *sensible* suggestions" ;-)


Failing that, I guess it's a case of carrying it in the top of the
tankbag, and making sure the pass is firmly tied on for when I drop the
damned thing!

[1]They seem to be shrinking this year. Must be the hot weather we've
had, or something....

 

< snip >

If you come up with any bright ideas, let me know.

Our car park is protected by those rising ramps. During normal working
hours they're left down all the time, but at other times you're meant to
wave your pass at the detector so you can get in.

Sod that, when there's an easy way to ride onto the pavement and get
round it. Nobody around, so I don't see what the problem is.

Just about to walk into the building, when there's an announcement on
the outside tannoy: "This is security. Do you think you could manage to
use the roadway in future?"

Yeah, right.

 

Velcro it onto the tankbag if you always use the tankbag.

 

Eeewww....smegma...

Something like this

http://www.securityimaging.com/Key-Bak,1273.html

clip to a belt.

 

I wouldn't trust it to still be attached by the time I got to work -
however, you could use something like that attached to the inside of
tank bag pocket. That way if you do drop it, no fumbling needed.

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Dnc

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A6 2.5TDi V6 Quattro Sport
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Close. Found this.

http://www.securityimaging.com/Arm-Band,1196.html

Ta v much!

 

Slight problem...no map pocket. But thanks for the suggestion.

 

Buy one with a map pocket. Problem sorted.

 

Stop.

Unzip leather

Get pass out

Show pass

Put pass away

Re-zip leather

Drive off

No problem

The best solution to this I've found was when I used to wear a Belstaff
waxed cotton oversuit [1]; the pass was round the neck, tucked into the
outside top pocket; on arrival at work I popped the push-studs with one
tug and pulled the pass out with the chain with a second tug.

[1] Do they still make them? I'm starting to think that wearing waxed
cotton is a good idea.

 

There is at least one arm-mounted ski pass holder on the market, 'cos
I have one. The elastic's a bit worn, otherwise you'd be welcome to it
as I never use it. Try a ski or mountain sport shop.

 

I used to keep the garage door opener in a chest pocket. I'd give the
button a poke as I came round the corner and the door would be open when I
reached it. Great in the rain.

....until it catches fire.

 

A risk I'm willing to take

 

Yupp. Prolly got a couple of these hanging around somewher, although
my ability to go rooting around in the loft is a little limited at the
moment.

Basically it's just a plastic envelope with an elastic strap.
Thankfully most ski resorts are electronic now, so this sort of thing
is not required. The danger of them being that if you leave it on the
jacket and take the jacket off, hanging it, say, on your chair in a
mountain restaurant, you're quite likely to lose the whole thing.

Quite embarassing going back to the lift company office and getting a
replacement pass, when it was free in the first place ;-)

I usually[1] shove it, on its neck-strap, into the pocket of my
tankbag. Quite easy to get out by just grabbing the strap and pulling.

[1] Add past tense as required.
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we have the same thing. I put mine in the map pocket. I'm going to ask
for a spare unusable card [1] so that I can still leave it round me
neck but still get on site.

[1] ie a card that wont get me in through the electronic turnstile but
has the pic on it.
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Chris wrote

I have followed the thread and as yet no one has suggested that you
should treat this in the same way as you should treat toll collection
for bikes.

Bury what they need to see as deep as you can inside your protective
clothing and make the cunts behind you wait patiently in the queue while
you fish it out and put it all back again neat and tidy. It will
actually take you less than a minute to do all this but it will cause
such disruption and chaos at the barrier that eventually they will find
a way to remove you from the queue and allow you to ride through
unimpeded.

 

As it's a security gate, I doubt they will. More likely they'll let a
queue form behind you, or have you move to one side.


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Dnc

B12, ZZR11
A6 2.5TDi V6 Quattro Sport
MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003

 

DoetNietComputeren wrote

The whole point is to have a queue form and get other people to do your
complaining. Moving you to one side is discrimination and gives you
good reason to complain.

 

I did that at Motorola in Swindon (the old site) - the side gate to the
car park was controlled by ID badge but there was an always-open
pedestrian gate by it.

I always used to ride through the pedestrian gate until Security made a
formal complaint to my manager about it. Apparently I was
"circumventing site security". I pointed out that they knew who I was,
knew where I parked my bike (in the bike area surprisingly) and knew
who my manager was so obviously it wasn't that much of a problem..

That was the start of my feud with security at Motorola..

Phil

 

I suspect their main objection here will be that I shouldn't be riding
on the pavement, rather than any security issue.

I /think/ I can stay on the road and squeeze past the rising ramp, so
I'm going to give that a shot next time. Watch out for the "ZX-9R
Fairing Repair" post...

I've already got a hefty document drafted in case things escalate.