I used to be a field technician. It's really amazing how casually the front desks of important institutions would hand over telecom closet/server room keys when I asked. We wore company t-shirts, but that was it.
Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything for Free
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#32Except raves, obviously. And construction sites.. (works better to wear a suit jacket, strangely)
Interesting. Maybe a stray high-viz on a construction site would be suspected of slacking or needing a new task assigned. Whereas a suit is the boss's boss.
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#33I used to be a field technician. It's really amazing how casually the front desks of important institutions would hand over telecom closet/server room keys when I asked. We wore company t-shirts, but that was it.
a found a tool bag, some parts to waive around, and a long boring explanation (real or otherwise) of why you need to be there also helps - barring that, in some buildings a screwdriver is the only key.
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#34These posts always remind me of Todd Lappin's Telstar Logistics[1] in which he makes his personal vehicle look "official" and gets away with lots adventures with it.
[1] https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/0...
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#35These posts always remind me of Todd Lappin's Telstar Logistics[1] in which he makes his personal vehicle look "official" and gets away with lots adventures with it. [1] https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/0... [2] https://www.flickr.com/people/telstar/
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#36They also let you skip to the font of the line and get discounts: https://youtu.be/AWVxmbPKTp4?t=564
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#37A similar article said if you carry a backpack of vinyl albums, club bouncers will wave you through the door.
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#38Well, that's the end of that lurk. At least in Melbourne, and I assume Sydney.
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#39If you act like you belong, people will believe that you do.
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#40Except raves, obviously. And construction sites.. (works better to wear a suit jacket, strangely)
And a suspiciously clean white hard hat.