Post #3482673
2026-06-29 15:33 UTC
I saw a guy wearing a nylon shirt and matching cargo shorts, both clean but faded from too many washes, a plain non-matching ball cap, black sneakers, about 30 tools clipped to his belt, and a couple of ID badges. He was a phone lineman, maybe an electrician, perhaps a fiber optic engineer, with a broken in outfit he’d worn to work every day for months.
The perfection nearly caught my breath. Guy dressed like that, there’s not a room in the country where a security guard wouldn’t buzz him in.
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@jamesvasile@fosstodon.org 2026-06-29 16:43
@tek@freeradical.zone With safety vest, hard hat, and clipboard, I entered a controlled site, tailgated into the building, gave a curt nod to anybody who made eye contact, picked the lock on the NEMA 3R cabinet (grumbling to the guy standing there that nobody ever leaves the keys where they're supposed to), and walked out with a server. Next day, I came back and did it again, this time re-installing the server.