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Fucking Lanyards

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MrsMaxwell · 23/03/2018 20:13

I work for the LA and we have to wear an ID badge on a lanyard AT ALL TIMES as now cannot access any rooms without it or do any printing. I don’t really have an issue with it although I do find it bloody annoying to wear.

8 years I have been there and every now and then I change the actual Lanyard just to jazz it up a bit.

New boss yesterday asks me “do you have a LA lanyard” I’m like “I’m not sure maybe” she’s like “well you should be wearing one as it makes you more identifyable” FFS other than the ID badge and my actual face HmmAngry

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Rainatnight · 23/03/2018 20:29

Pist Me too, but we're never allowed to take them off. I'm wondering what happy land you're in.

ShinyMe · 23/03/2018 20:30

We have to have specific work coloured lanyards. One colour for staff, another colour for students, another for visitors. We all moaned when they introduced them but I do see the point, and it annoys me when I see people not wearing them, or who wear random sparkly personal lanyards that aren't the right ones.

But as someone else said upthread - all my tops have a bobby patch now just between my boobs, where my pass hangs. AND the hairs on the back of my neck are constantly catching in my scratch lanyard.

MagicFajita · 23/03/2018 20:31

@Rainatnight, are they the ones that attach to trousers/skirts? I only wear dresses and haven't found anything that works with them.

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MrsMaxwell · 23/03/2018 20:31

Ours just say “Children’s Services” so they can restructure us at any time without the expense of new badges Hmm

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Rainatnight · 23/03/2018 20:32

Magic yes. I aim for most of my dresses to have pockets so I can just shove it in there on those dress days.

starfishmummy · 23/03/2018 20:33

Our office introduced corporate lanyards when I wasn't working (term time worker) and when I got back they hadn't bothered to keep me one - had to have a manky one that had belonged to someone who had left. I can't believe the state it was in after just a few weeks. I refused to actually wear it until I had taken it home and put it through a boil wash.

TartanDr3ams · 23/03/2018 20:33

We just had new lanyards as we now need the quick release ones incase of client danger (i work with vunerable people)..its also recommended that we wear our hair up to avoid pulling etc... now the quick release clips pull on those sore little hairs on your neck on the hairline when its up in a pony tail!!

Hassled · 23/03/2018 20:38

I hate my lanyard too - not least because it gives me a rash on my neck if I'm not wearing a collar I can stick it under. So I take it off and leave it on my desk, then go down 3 flights of stairs only to realise I can't get out the door without it. That happens probably twice a day.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 23/03/2018 20:38

I tuck mine into the space between my zip and top press stud. It gets hidden behind my plastic apron though.

Polarbearflavour · 23/03/2018 20:40

When I was a student working retail, I used to envy the office workers (mainly council and NHS staff) who would come in with lanyards on. They got to work in an OFFICE away from customers, oh the glamour Grin

In my last job I purchased a lovely lanyard from the Naval museum in Portsmouth - for personal reasons and the place of work it was very appropriate. I still have it, it’s all silky and pretty.

Current job - regional office of a larger organisation. We have one room in an old building (also a former Naval site) and for the first time in my adult working life, no lanyard and ID card is needed!

Spirael · 23/03/2018 20:40

Surely corporate branded lanyards are a security risk? If your pass is stolen, for example during a house burglary, then the thief now knows exactly where to go and use it.

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MrsMaxwell · 23/03/2018 20:40

We can actually have one with a clip that clips onto your pocket so she is actually full of shit Hmm

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kabanner · 23/03/2018 20:41

A colleague calls them cow bells, we understand why we need to wear them. Mine sits on the desk as annoys me when working, is slung round the neck when walking around.

SocksRock · 23/03/2018 20:42

I work for the LA as well, we have to wear branded lanyards.

ApocalypseNowt · 23/03/2018 20:42

Hate my lanyard. I like to wear long necklaces but I can't now as they just get tangled up or you can't see them.

Also I have to use my pass to use the office printer and it's not quite long enough so I end up kind of yanking my head forwards towards said printer. I really don't need extra props to make me look stupid. I can do that by myself.

AND I think it gives a false security tbh. You see a lanyard on someone you don't recognise and assume they are meant to be there.

Humph.

MirriVan · 23/03/2018 20:42

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ghostyslovesheets · 23/03/2018 20:43

Ours just say “Children’s Services” so they can restructure us at any time without the expense of new badges

Ours just say '... Council' so they can move us where the fuck they like - I work in Children's Services but I might be on the bins next week!

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MrsMaxwell · 23/03/2018 20:43

Spirael

Yes and my pass gives me access to every LA building across the whole county Grin

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MrsMaxwell · 23/03/2018 20:45

Ours just say '... Council' so they can move us where the fuck they like - I work in Children's Services but I might be on the bins next week

Great isn’t it because that thing in your contract (which your have never received) the job description says any other tasks your have transferable skills for Hmm

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Sitranced · 23/03/2018 20:48

A colleague of mine who recently retired kept a coat hanger by her desk with dozens of lanyards of every colour you could think of to co-ordinate with her top.

I refuse and keep my pass in my pocket.

ItsNotJustMe · 23/03/2018 20:48

Teacher here. We have to wear lanyards all the time (makes you identifiable as staff so on and so forth..) Not going to lie, bloody loved my lanyard in my first year on the job. DP teased me because I didn't take it off when I got home. Hate the damn thing now. End up keeping it in my pocket most of the time where it trails around after me around like a sad long tampon string waiting for some wised up y10 to nick and make havoc with locked offices.

Still, there's nothing as satisfying as yanking it off at the end of the week (... the lanyard, that is) and declaring 'thank fuck it's Friday.'

PaulAnkaDog · 23/03/2018 20:50

They aggravate the skin on my neck (very sensitive skin). Ex boss used to be alright with me carrying it with me when away from my desk. New boss: ‘Can’t you just keep your scarf on and wear it over that?’ Hmm

Timeforabiscuit · 23/03/2018 20:50

I hate lanyards

Horrible having it bouncing around all day, and we are categorically NOT ALLOWED the pully stringy thingson the waist.

The cheap nasty plastic badge picture has distorted in the sunlight so now my picture is blotchy, the directorate no longer exists, the job title is not even adjacent to the role I now do - oh and the name doesn't match.

I'd ask for a new one, but I wear its shittiness with pride and its never been picked up on Hmm

KitKat1985 · 23/03/2018 20:52

I have a load of keys for the ward on my lanyard too (nurse here). It's not heavy per se, but after 14 hours around my neck it's like taking a dead weight off from round my neck when I get home.

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MrsMaxwell · 23/03/2018 20:53

I look like Myra Hindly on mine Hmm

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