Whenever someone without a security clearance visits our building, they must be escorted at all times.  The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the visitor doesn't breech security by entering unauthorized areas, taking pictures or videos, stealing documents, viewing classified material, and any other nefarious chicanery.  In a nutshell, the escort's job is to watch the visitor.

With that being said, I want to share an observation from today.

As I was walking past a new office being built, I noticed an escort sitting outside of the office.  There were carpenters inside the room, hence the need for an escort.  Upon further examination of the situation, I noticed the escort in question was Jill Adams.

You're probably saying to yourself - "ok, big deal, who is Jill Adams?"

Jill Adams is a very sweet lady.  She's always been nice to me and I have nothing bad to say about her.

Oh yea, she's also legally blind.

And she's serving as a security escort.

Did I mention she's blind?


I went to the security division and told them I had a security concern.  They got that "oh no, I might have to do some work" worried look on their face.  I proceeded to tell them about my observation, questioning the selection of a blind woman for escort duty.  They then breathed a sigh of relief, stating "oh, I thought you were serious!"  The matter was quickly forgotten.

Bob Smith had you   sign the copy of the hg112, do you have the copy of the hg112 that says you Received   in the laptop: with t he barcode of  G2342257 ???


I just sent your SST Mary the copy of the hg112  ,she asked me to send to her this AM,Gary, she should have it in her inbox,that is what the office has on file concerning this laptop, with G 2342257.

What laptop do you have paperwork on could I Please see that??? That you say is different then what we're looking for??? Thks.,

Charles VanBuren,JR.

Bob - What's the IP address for the website on our intranet to download the X software?

IT Supervisor - ftp://60.50.50

Bob - Umm, 60.50.50 what?

IT Supervisor - Yea.  60.50.50

Bob - I don't think that's going to work.

IT Supervisor - Try it.  I think that's it.

Bob - All I'm sayin' is you're completely missing an octet.  The chances of this working have got to be slim.

*Bob tries it*

Bob - Yea.  See.  Gonna need a 4th number.

IT Supervisor - Try 50.50.60

Bob - ....

Bob - No.  We definitely need a 4th number.

IT Supervisor - Ok, let me go look at my notes.

Voicemail from Darlene – “I can’t get to my email, call me back.”

Bob – “Ok, what’s the problem?”

Darlene – “I click on Outlook and it says ‘Outlook Setup.’ It works on my other computer in Annapolis, but not this one.”

Bob – “Ok, that’s because you haven’t set it up on this one. We can set it up, or you can just log in to your email from the internet. The internet is probably easier.”

Darlene – “Ok, what do I do?”

Bob – “First, open up Internet Explorer.”

Darlene – “Ok…let’s see….Internet Explorer….Ok, I opened it….sighhhhhh….my email’s not here either.”

Bob – “Yea, we have to actually go to the website.”

Bob – “I have two users, Jane Doe & Sara Smith, who need their FFS activated.”

Amy – “I don’t know who those people are.”

Bob – “They are contractors.”

Amy – “I’ve never heard of them. I’ll have to get back to you.”

10 minutes later……

Amy – “They are assigned to D.C. so I can’t change them.”

Bob – “No, they are here in Baltimore. I called both of them on our internal phone system here in Baltimore.”

Amy – “Ok, let me figure this out and get back to you.”

10 minutes later……

Amy – “I just found out who they are. They are the girls upstairs. They are contractors.”

Bob – “Yea…”

Amy – “I activated them and they should be good to go now.”

Bob – “Thanks…”