Wearing work ID in public?

somefeen · 02-08-2018 12:30AM

vektarman wrote: »

If it's work kit why is it worn outside work? And it IS disrespectful to those who are not currently in work.

I used to use one to swat away the unemployed miscreants that dared encumber my path as I sauntered in to my place of gainful employment.

"Tarry away! Tarry away!" I used to shout as the wretched creatures cowarded from the brunt of my plastic security pass.
Occasionally I would encounter one who thought himself brave. Indignantly he would remain rooted to the spot.
In such instances I would twirl my ID about its lanyard for more force. Like David slaying Goliath with his sling, I would land several swift blows upon his shoulders. He would quickly recognise the futility of his stance and scurry forth to be with his own wicked kind.

I recall one morning bringing my son with me to work. He had recently come of age and I wished to show him the ways of the world and how a man ought to live. He is a dreadfully sensitive boy ( I blame his nanny's modern ways). He was upset by the mornings jaunt to the call centre and the swift punishments I had dealt to those we encountered.
"But their howling, father" he whispered that evening at dinner. "They seem scarcely human but I can't help pity them so"
I delivered a sharp smack across his head with my swipe card and that was that! I will not raise swine!

FBWT · 02-08-2018 12:31AM

vektarman wrote: »

No, my feelings are still not hurt.

Then why post about it then? You clearly implied that working people wearing items that identify them as being employed are somehow offensive to you...

02-08-2018 12:58AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

WW link broken but Twitter account just seems to flag seeing people with a lanyard.

Sorry Alf, seems to be because there's a bold word in the link address. Bless all our sensitivities!

Here's the satirical piece anyway for you;

DO YOU work in a job that requires you to wear a lanyard around your neck? Better make sure that you wear that at all times pal, you wouldn’t want anyone on the bus or in the queue for a sandwich to not know you’re a junior manager somewhere. Here’s a few helpful tips to make sure that no matter where you go, your swipe card and photo ID are always on display for all to see.

Get a rear-neck piercing

A heavy bar piercing on the back of your neck will provide a decent anchor point for your work lanyard. Simply loop the band through the piercing, and taking it off ceases to be an option! Now you can have a sense of superiority over the non-lanyard people on the train. The lowly fools!

Melt it onto your skin

You only ever take your lanyard off for a few minutes during the day, so why not fuse it to your skin and have done with? Get a friend to melt the polyester neckband with a cigarette lighter and then push it onto your neck-flesh. It might smart a bit, but at least you and your beloved lanyard are now one.

Nail it to your fcuking forehead

Nail meet lanyard meet skull. Bang. Now everyone can see that you’ve got a job. A good job; a lanyard level job. Or a job in a callcenter or whatever. Not all lanyards are the same. But at least you’re not a heroin addict, right? Those useless pricks don’t have lanyards. Ha ha ha!

con___manx1 · 02-08-2018 01:03AM

I wear one around my neck throw it on in the morning still in zombie mode half the time at 530am. Sometimes i tuck ot in others i forget because im half asleep. Often walk into a petrol station with it on view. Odd time i go out on break to supermaket have forgotten to tuck it in sometimes aswell
Its not a big **** you to anyone. : )

02-08-2018 01:08AM

con___manx1 wrote: »

I wear one around my neck throw it on in the morning still in zombie mode half the time at 530am. Sometimes i tuck ot in others i forget because im half asleep. Often walk into a petrol station with it on view. Odd time i go out on break to supermaket have forgotten to tuck it in sometimes aswell
Its not a big **** you to anyone. : )

You're a monster.

Proof :

con___manx1 wrote: »

I wear one around my neck throw it on in the morning still in zombie mode half the time

erica74 · 02-08-2018 07:42AM

I wear mine around my neck but turn my photo ID card around in the holder when I'm outside my workplace so nobody can read my name (and my horrendous photo!) but I just leave it around my neck all day as I use it as a door swipe also.

Hannibal_Smith · 02-08-2018 08:08AM

Mine is door swipe and a clock in thingy. If I forget it I can't get in and if I don't clock in I get called to HR 2 days later to explain an unauthorised absence. So to avoid forgetting it I chuck it round my neck and it stays there all day. When I leave the office for lunch or whatever I genuinely forget to take it off.

I don't get what the problem is with having it on outside of work? Or why anyone else would even notice It?

Try_harder · 02-08-2018 08:12AM

Also, I dont use a lanyard

jones · 02-08-2018 08:26AM

What a bizarre thread

ouxbbkqtswdfaw · 02-08-2018 08:26AM

I don't know what a lanyard is.

Big Bag of Chips · 02-08-2018 08:27AM

Why would it upset the unemployed to know that other people work? Surely it's obvious to everyone that some people in the country have to work? If everyone was unemployed how would that work?

Does an unemployed person get offended by the person who serves them in the supermarket (say for example they are not wearing an ID badge hanging around their neck) Or the petrol station? Or the call centre person they contact about their phone, or broadband, or electricity etc? (Without actually knowing if they're wearing an ID badge or not).

If you want an ID badge, OP, you can get a job with one too!
You can wear it with pride and let the unemployed know you have their backs.

Fanny Wank · 02-08-2018 08:39AM

vektarman wrote: »

And it IS disrespectful to those who are not currently in work.

It really, really isn't

Trolls are getting worse. Must really try harder

D3V!L · 02-08-2018 08:53AM

We have blank ones in our place, no company logo or name etc. I wear mine for most of the day and usually forget its there like other posters. Mine gives me access to the restricted rooms in the building so I can't work without it.

SirChenjin · 02-08-2018 08:57AM

erica74 wrote: »

I wear mine around my neck but turn my photo ID card around in the holder when I'm outside my workplace so nobody can read my name (and my horrendous photo!) but I just leave it around my neck all day as I use it as a door swipe also.

Same here.

Fanny Wank · 02-08-2018 08:57AM

andekwarhola wrote: »

The thought that it might annoy the student outrage sector is an unexpected bonus that hadn't occurred to me

This is true

Lollipops23 · 02-08-2018 08:58AM

My current company uses blank cards to access the building (and in my case I need mine to access the comms room too). I have mine clipped to my jeans and frequently forget it's there until I'm on the bus home, surrounded by other commuters also still wearing ID's.

Having been unemployed myself previously, I doubt I'd have even noticed someone wearing a work ID. It's hardly as if they're taking their payslip and waving it in someone's face, Loadsa Money-style.

namloc1980 · 02-08-2018 09:25AM

Didn't realise that work IDs were on the radar of the outrage brigade. Definitely going to make sure I wear mine visibly outside work now.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 02-08-2018 09:28AM

vektarman wrote: »

I notice that a lot of people wear their work ID in public, on buses, trains etc. what's the reason for it, is it to give two fingers to the unfortunate unemployed or maybe they're saying 'look at the lovely job that I have' f**k you'

I don't have or wear work ID as I'm in such a high powered job that I don't need one. I look down on all people wearing ID badges around their necks, they're lower class than me and doing menial low-grade jobs IMO.

_Kaiser_ · 02-08-2018 09:37AM

I hate those lanyard things with a passion so mine clips to my jeans/trousers.

Gets taken off and left in the car when I finish for the day (also handy as I need it to get in/out of the car park)

andekwarhola · 02-08-2018 10:02AM

Just walked down to get breakfast wearing mine. I apologise to anybody that was inadvertently triggered by the sight of the tiny plastic card on a piece of string.

sydneygolfdude · 02-08-2018 10:30AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

And not touch her EyePhone or EyePad?

how does this scam work exactly. The thief walks in, with the employes badge and non of their colleagues are not going to recognize that its not said employee, then the thief just fleeces their desk and walks out the door without any suspicion??? if it was this easy would you not just walk into every 2nd office in the country that does not require a badge for entry and do the same thing???!!!

griffin100 · 02-08-2018 10:49AM

It's one of worst nightmares to have to wear a work ID on a lanyard. When I do need access / swipe cards I carry them in my wallet / phone. Now though I'm going to wear my card on a lanyard made of my payslips and parade around in my salary funded finery blowing my nose in €50 notes and discarding them after one use.

corner of hells · 02-08-2018 10:52AM

sydneygolfdude wrote: »

how does this scam work exactly. The thief walks in, with the employes badge and non of their colleagues are not going to recognize that its not said employee, then the thief just fleeces their desk and walks out the door without any suspicion??? if it was this easy would you not just walk into every 2nd office in the country that does not require a badge for entry and do the same thing???!!!

Just roll with him , he'll eventually pass out in a fit of outrage or **** himself unconscious.

corner of hells · 02-08-2018 10:54AM

v2168q7cy5obwk wrote: »

I don't know what a lanyard is.

A lanyard is a derogatory name used by a person from Cork.

Example " go on ya Lanyard ".

Grayson · 02-08-2018 11:06AM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I don't have or wear work ID as I'm in such a high powered job that I don't need one. I look down on all people wearing ID badges around their necks, they're lower class than me and doing menial low-grade jobs IMO.

You drive a big digger?

02-08-2018 11:13AM

My BMI is too perfect to wear a lanyard

jcorr · 02-08-2018 12:25PM

It's not a lovely job at all. You just want to see the office politics in some places.

It would drive you to unemployment, so stop scowling

inforfun · 02-08-2018 01:15PM

vektarman wrote: »

If it's work kit why is it worn outside work? And it IS disrespectful to those who are not currently in work.

TIL my badge from work is a swastika.

Lux23 · 02-08-2018 01:17PM

I usually take mine off once I leave the building, on occasion, I will visit a dole office and wave it in the face of all the scroungers.

igCorcaigh · 02-08-2018 01:20PM

I keep my work card with my leap card and bank card. In my wallet of course.

Ever see anyone wearing leap cards around their neck? No.

Wearing work ID in public?

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