Call Sign May 06

Call Sign May 2006 Page 21
It was Friday 31 March and former
staff member Tracy
Morland was having a small
leaving party at the pub next
door to Brunswick House (see
elsewhere in this issue).
Among those saying goodbye
was DaC Chairman, Brian Rice,
who presented her with a bouquet
of flowers.
Nothing unusual in that, but when
Brian left the Three Crowns to make his
regular trip to Waterloo around 2 hours
later than usual, he first had to go back
to his Brunswick House office to collect
his briefcase.
He entered the building, said hello to
Francis, the new guard who had just
began his shift and pushed the door to
the canteen that leads to the rest of the
building. The only problem came when
Brian pushed the door, but the guard
would not release the catch.
“Can I go through, please,” said
Brian politely.
“No, you can’t just walk in here,”
replied the guard. “Who are you,” he
said, “I don’t know you?”
According to a witness, Brian looked
rather stunned. He looked for his pass
but couldn’t find it as no one over the
past 10 years had ever asked him who
DaC Security Guard
To Brian Rice:
“Who are you? You can’t come in here...!”
Francis, DaC evening security guard
he was!
“If you do not have a pass, then
you cannot come into this building,”
said Francis exercising his
authority.
Brian’s only hope was that Francis
would accept his business card that
shows his name and position under the
DaC logo. Fortunately for the
Chairman’s blushes, he did. Was the
Chairman irritated?
“Not in the slightest,” Brian told
Call Sign the following day, “I’m
delighted to know that we have a
security guard who takes the position
seriously. He was doing his
job exactly as he should have
been. He isn’t usually working
when I leave, so why should he
have known me.”
Call Sign spoke to Francis who,
although slightly embarrassed, said that
if he doesn’t know the person and they
don’t have a pass, he will not let them
through.
“I take my position seriously,” he
said.