Security

Just sitting in the bar with the laptop here while my room is cleaned (they forgot to do it today...)

The Sheraton in Pretoria is the sort of best big hotel in Pretoria, so because of that and the fact that Pretoria is the governmental capital of SA (and the embassies, etc are here) it tends to be the place all the world leaders, ambassadors, etc stay when they are here.

I think something or other must be on this week, as the hotel is fully booked.

I've been watching them set up a conference room at the end of the corridor opposite the bar.. security folk, etc all setting up... so they have this security metal detector thing.. you know the sort of doorway thing, folk have to walk through and it beeps if it detects metal, etc...

So they set it up in the middle of the corridor in readiness for the conference delegates.

They spend the next 10 minutes testing it by walking through it again and again with various metal objects... so talking it all seriously.

Finally, the staff all arrive (20+ people) and need to get in. So.. the security guard has a bit of a brain wave and clearly thinks:

"hold on, this security barrier will hold up all the staff, so I'll just lift it up and move it to the side so they can all get in".

Once they all pass, they put the barrier back up.

class.