Card Key Gymnastics

As an employee at Minnehaha Academy, part of my job is to sit at a desk and watch a monitor that shows security cam footage of the front door. When people come, I have been instructed to click two buttons, ask then what they are at the school for, and then let them in based on how they reply. Then, if they seem to check out, I click another button to unlock the door and let them in.

However, this is not the only means for people to enter the building. Full time employees at Minnehaha are given card keys that broadcast a very short distance signal to the receiver on the side of the building, requiring the carriers to bring the key within inches of the wall. Often times, these workers will be carrying a purse, bag, or other miscellaneous objects, making it difficult for them to get at their key card. As a result, they will not bother getting it out, and will try to activate it without removing it from, say, their front pants pocket. Then, they will lift their leg up a little and swing their leg towards the wall to touch it to the receiver. Sitting here, watching the monitor, I've seen people: hip check the wall, turn around and poke their butts against the key card detector. Also, people have jammed purses, wallets, and bags against the receiver, and even hold it in their teeth bending over to waist-height to open the door. Because of this, I, almost sadistically, wait to see how they would open the door with their card key.

I'll prolly keep a running commentary of all the ways that people have "carded in."