Busted by Security

Out here on the road this week, security has been all over me. At the Sioux Falls Airport, I got thoroughly searched because of the large of the number of electic cords in my bag. I made it though that ok, but the next tussle with security was nearly the end of me.

So I arrived here in Tennessee, and Monday morning I'm headed into the office and I'm headed to floor number 6 on this massive building. So, I get to the elevator, and scan the badge I was given, and bang, up to the 6th floor I go. I get to the conference room and set up my computer and settle in talking to the project manager. I haven't been in the building 10 minutes, and security shows up at the door, saying something to the project manager I'm working with. He promply points to me, and security is after me.

There are four of them, and three of them are bigger than me, so resisting is probably a bad idea. Three of them come storming after me, grab me and pin me to the ground while the 4th one pulls his taser. "Don't resist, or you'll get it." I'm thinking that's not good, so I am just lying there calmly, waiting to be accused of something horrific. The finally pull me up to my feet....

Ok, that last paragraph is a total fabrication, but it sounded cool in my head. So, really, there was only one security guy, and I could have taken him easily, but I already knew what he was after. He wanted my security badge. It was actually the one he'd given me on my last visit that I'd found in my backpack after arriving at Mitchell. When I arrived back at the office, I figured I'd just keep using it, but he (that sharp little guy) had flagged the badge number, so as soon as I used it, he knew it was in the building again. I was actually fairly impressed he found me so quickly, but I gave him back his badge as he told the project manager he should get me something more permanent. So, I went down and got my offical badge for the building now, and I don't have to worry about my fantasy above becoming a reality. I'm now a feared name though, all over the city of Chattanooga....