Paperwork

This is kind of a part 2 for “Keeping Track” but thought it would work better on it’s own. We have to keep track of our galleries. Are the cameras and motion detectors working? Any damage to the art? Any unclaimed packages?

These are the things we have to look for daily while opening our galleries. Every gallery is different and comes with other things to check too, but it’s really just nit-pick crap. None of this is really monitored later, or notes made.

Only the Security Room knows if the motion detectors are working. Only the Art Handlers know if the cases are secure. If anything on these sheets is incorrect, and our names are on them (which they always are), we are screwed. Luckily we all take solace in knowing that they are not actually checking it.

I learned from an inside source, long ago, that no one actually checks the Gallery Officers’ paperwork. They do not actually check the Relief Officer sheets either. Where does it  all go? It goes into a drawer, then at the end of the week it is shredded.

Do you think THAT is insane? Hang on it gets better. A couple people that work in my department that the paperwork very seriously. They will even go as far as arguing until blue in the face about it being done right.

Another guard wastes her time writing whole short stories (not actual short stories but they are very detailed). Going into great description every single work day. I once tested my boundaries by being silly with the answer to “Do you smell any unusual smells or odors?” and I got no backlash so… Sheet on it.