Comments on: Public Safety enacts stricter GOCard swiping policy

By: Vox Populi » Confessions of a Student Guard takes guard desk boredom to a meta level

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:01:58 +0000

[...] The Wire season 4 for the third time (without headphones, of course). Oh yeah, and sometimes they swiped cards. And while getting paid to do homework, watch TV, or twiddle your thumbs sounds like the easiest [...]

By: Vox Populi » Twuesday Tweetacular: Sleepin’ on the job

Vox Populi » Twuesday Tweetacular: Sleepin’ on the job — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:02:10 +0000

[...] Mastroianni would be happier if the new COCard swiping policy provided energy drinks for all [...]

By: Not good enough

Not good enough — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:23:58 +0000

I lived in Copley last year, and was a victim of the new policy when it went into effect at the beginning of the Spring. It contributed to the laziness of the guards, and their inability to do their jobs properly was made even more apparent. Some guards still made you swipe yourself in (to an upside-down GoCard reader, which is more annoying than you may think), others held out their hands after 30 seconds of fiddling with their computers/eating, and the rest were too busy looking at the picture to notice the 10 people sneak by and run through the door. If they really want the buildings to be more secure instead of putting on a ridiculous (less safe) show, Public Safety should install the New South “turnstiles” everywhere. Annoying, yet effective.

By: Chad Brochill

Chad Brochill — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:38:20 +0000

@charlie

Are you going to have your personal assistant take care of it?

By: Brosef Stalin

Brosef Stalin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:28:43 +0000

“escalate avoidable situation(s) to ones of anger and annoyance.”

- which won’t amount to anything besides you writing a snide post on your wordpress blog that no one reads.

By: typical

typical — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:37:06 +0000

A well-intentioned decision whose only results will be a few parents being made to feel that their children are more safe and longer lines to get into dorms. Imagine what will happen when a “freshman herd” walks back into New South. Come to think of it, the scanner at New South is about 10 feet away from the guard desk…

By: Zac

Zac — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:52:18 +0000

I live off campus now so it doesn’t really affect me. But having to wait in a 4 minute line each time I want to get into my own building is in a lot of ways more senseless and annoying than CAG.

By: charlie

charlie — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:50:24 +0000

looks like the fake gocard business will become a good investment piece in my portfolio

By: jake

jake — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:57:40 +0000

Please someone remove this rule. Everyone will just be irritated and it will escalate avoidable situation to ones of anger and annoyance.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:19:26 +0000

I appreciate the effort, but this will probably just be a lot of hassle for not much good.