Weird situation this morning.
I have a job coming up in Rockville and had a coordination meeting this morning on site, commercial building, not posted. This is the third time I have been on site and have always parked by the loading dock and checked in at the security trailer and come through the dock door into the kitchen.
This morning the trailer is locked, I buzz the kitchen and a nice gentleman comes out to let me in. My contact, the foodservice director is waiting for me in the manager's office in the kitchen. We exchange pleasantries and then he tells me that we will need to go to the front desk and have me check in.
At this point I'm thinking about the possibilities of a metal detector and what am I going to do if there is one since I am at work and carrying.
Sure enough we go upstairs and there is your typical front desk with two security guards and the arch of detection. My mind is racing at this time as I know that I can't go through the detector but I don't want to make an obvious scene.
I give the guard my ID while I am standing in front of the desk and then slip the tape measure that is clipped to my front pants pocket into my jacket and then tell them that I left my tape and my flashlight in my truck and I'll be just a moment. They tell me that I can go through the detector and then go back out the loading dock door and get them. At this point I tell them that I will just be a minute, make a quick joke about being forgetful, turn on my heel and head out the front door to my truck where I quickly took off my Glock and holster and then went back in.
Whole thing took less than five minutes, neither the security guards or my contact seemed to think anything was funky.
At the end of the day all is well but it was definitely a pucker factor moment.
So, right, wrong or otherwise, what say you? Flame on if need be, I've got my big boy pants on tonight.
I have a job coming up in Rockville and had a coordination meeting this morning on site, commercial building, not posted. This is the third time I have been on site and have always parked by the loading dock and checked in at the security trailer and come through the dock door into the kitchen.
This morning the trailer is locked, I buzz the kitchen and a nice gentleman comes out to let me in. My contact, the foodservice director is waiting for me in the manager's office in the kitchen. We exchange pleasantries and then he tells me that we will need to go to the front desk and have me check in.
At this point I'm thinking about the possibilities of a metal detector and what am I going to do if there is one since I am at work and carrying.
Sure enough we go upstairs and there is your typical front desk with two security guards and the arch of detection. My mind is racing at this time as I know that I can't go through the detector but I don't want to make an obvious scene.
I give the guard my ID while I am standing in front of the desk and then slip the tape measure that is clipped to my front pants pocket into my jacket and then tell them that I left my tape and my flashlight in my truck and I'll be just a moment. They tell me that I can go through the detector and then go back out the loading dock door and get them. At this point I tell them that I will just be a minute, make a quick joke about being forgetful, turn on my heel and head out the front door to my truck where I quickly took off my Glock and holster and then went back in.
Whole thing took less than five minutes, neither the security guards or my contact seemed to think anything was funky.
At the end of the day all is well but it was definitely a pucker factor moment.
So, right, wrong or otherwise, what say you? Flame on if need be, I've got my big boy pants on tonight.
