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Original poster

those ID cards dangling around the neck on a dangly thing.

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DameHermione · 02/05/2012 10:29

they irritate me and make me feel stabby.

particularly if said dangly thing is covered with cartoon characters.

just clip it onto a pocket of something, stop waving it and jingling it on your cleavage and stuff.

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LadyBabsWalthamCuddles · 02/05/2012 12:28

yes, mine is purple too and with the breakable bit in case you get strangled. But without it, I would get stuck in the stairs (which has happened many a times, hence why I now wear it)

HarlotOTara · 02/05/2012 12:33

I wear one for work and hate it, unfortunately I need it for id as I am out and about a lot and also to let me into office etc. I also have one that breaks so I am not strangled. 'Tis a bugger if you wear a scarf (often do) and the colour always clashes with what I am wearing which causes me great pain

redrubyshoes · 02/05/2012 12:34

I wear a lanyard with a door opening clicky device as well.

We have lanyards for visitors - red is for escorted visitors and black for unescorted.

I get to decide who gets what.

It makes me feel powerful.

MrsHelsBels74 · 02/05/2012 12:42

I have a dangly one mainly because I don't always wear something with pockets, the clippy bit on my badge is rubbish anyway, & my handbag is like the tardis & I can never find anything in it. Sorry if it makes people stabby though.

Abzs · 02/05/2012 12:44

I have lanyard envy.

Especially when the pin fails on the crappy plastic name badge. And in my last job the name badges were posher, but spelled wrong.

confusedpixie · 02/05/2012 12:53

YANBU.
I used to have to wear one for work when I was an activity instructor (big site, lots of kids/strangers so everyone needed one). I used my 'lanyard' as shoelaces when mine broke and stuck the badge on my collar in the end as it annoyed me so much!

EdwardorEricCantDecide · 02/05/2012 12:56

I also have to wear one for work, have had a written warning for repeatedly wearing my badge clippe to a pocket because apparently it's not visible enough on a pocket

5Foot5 · 02/05/2012 12:59

I have a dangly thingy. We need it to get in the door and we are supposed to wear it so it is visble at all times otherwise you could be challenged.
There are three options:

clip on a pocket (don't have that as I am not always wearing something with

suitable pocket - also more of a pain when going through a door)

dangly thing - that's me
lanyard I think a lanyard is where you clip it to your belt but it has a long retractable bit of cord attached so you can extend it to scan you through the door etc. Again - not always suitable for clothing I wear.

TastesLikePanda · 02/05/2012 13:00

I have to wear one that has 'Library Staff' plastered all over it, because we don't have a staff uniform - the council tried to make us wear a uniform and we all bitched and moaned declined to buy it, so the lanyard was actually the lesser of two evils.

'They' want us easily identifiable so that customers know who to ask for help, now that we we do't have a desk to stand behind...

motheroftwoboys · 02/05/2012 13:10

I wear one not for ID but for my work keys. If I didn't have them round my neck I would constantly get locked out. Hardly ever have a pocket so no option really.

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DameHermione · 02/05/2012 13:11

It appears that the dangly thing (i still refuse to csll it a lanyard as it is not rigging) is linked to power.

'they' decide who wears what colour and who gets shot if the dangle isn't worn. It is most odd and, i suspect, a slippery slop towards us all being imbedded with ecplosive microchips.

The time to change this is Now! Burn your dangles before it is too late!

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haggisaggis · 02/05/2012 13:15

dh had a dangly thing but it was replaced with a stretchy retractable thingy that was too short (hope no-one takes this out of context..). Now he has it on a belt clip instead. That OK?

FunnyLittleFrog · 02/05/2012 13:21

I am a teacher. If OFSTED come and we are not wearing our dangly things we will FAIL.

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DameHermione · 02/05/2012 13:25

Because a dangle around the neck defines whether you are a good teacher.

Bonkers.

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shesparkles · 02/05/2012 13:31

I have one, and it also has my fob for accessing various areas, but I just chuck it on my desk once I'm in work. Despite it having a supposedly quick release clip I just about decapitated myself more than once when it was caught between my stomach and desk and I lifted my head...
I do have all my metal Remembrance Day poppies clipped onto it, a good few of our cops are ex-forces and a lot of us do that to show our support all year round

CharminglyOdd · 02/05/2012 13:32

DameHermione you may be onto something there. Our school dangly things used to be plain white, name in black and a normal chain and no one bothered to wear them. About a year ago they changed to the multicoloured ones I described above, with pictures and a rainbow-coloured background so it became immediately obvious if you'd been forgetful and left it at home, mere months before we (using 'we' loosely... I was an invigilator so had diddly-squat to do with Ofsted ) got bumped up to 'Outstanding'. Coincidence?

Sparklingbrook · 02/05/2012 13:33

Ooh anyone currently looking at schools then, go for the ones with lanyards.

letseatgrandma · 02/05/2012 13:37

I'm a teacher and we all have to wear them. Every time I bend over to help a child-they are at risk of being twonked in the head by the stupid thing!

Astr0naut · 02/05/2012 13:39

Funnylittlefrog do you have spot checks just in case?

We too will FAIL if OFSTED catch us without one.

THere are posters all over the school reminding the kids about, 'strngers'.

We're not sure what 'strngers' are though.

whomovedmychocolate · 02/05/2012 13:39

I worked at a university and we had to replace all ours with 'no strangle' type because people saw them as a target apparently

theodorakis · 02/05/2012 13:40

Hate it when I see A and E nurses in Tesco in their scrubs and dangles. Used to see them a lot in Dorchester so never bought anything that wasn't thoroughly packaged.

fatherchewylouis · 02/05/2012 13:44

We had danlgers at last job, I never had anything to clip it to (no pockets) and didnt like to wear it round neck so found myself having to carry it to toilets and leaving it by the sink or leaving it in desk drawer when going to lunch and getting locked out and other such inconveniences so, with hindsight, I should have just worn the damn dangler.

misslinnet · 02/05/2012 13:48

I have to wear one for work. I can't get through any doors in the office without one. The ones in my office are all colour coded so we know which muster point to go to in the event of a fire alarm.

If I leave it at home, I have to get a visitors one from reception and sign the naughty book. And if too many people do that, reception won't hand them out (still have to sign the book though) and you spend half the day banging on doors to try and attract colleagues attention so you can get where you're supposed to be and do work....

We're supposed to challenge people we see not wearing their cards.

The ones we have at work also have little clips to prevent us accidentally hanging ourselves with them

ProfCoxWouldGetIt · 02/05/2012 13:48

I have to wear them, it allows staff to differentiate between staff, visitors and people who shouldn't be in secure areas.

TBH - it doesn't bother me, but I wouldn't dream of wearing it when I'm not at work.

wonkylegs · 02/05/2012 13:50

DH wears one for work, every one he's ever had has a terrible photo of him on. The quick release clips were especially useful in A&E, as he is a big bloke he was always sent to deal with the difficult drunk patients, quiet a few of which thought it was a good idea to try to strangle him with it. It's one of the things that is good about working for a small private sector company no ID needed and we all open doors using .....keys! Its such a retro idea, I know

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