right on bro!

My local Washington Mutual branch has the worst new security system I’ve ever seen.

Long version:
In order to get into or exit the office, you have to go through a series of two doors, each of which has a set of two lights, one red, and one green. Only one person can enter at a time, even if you’re coming to the bank with someone else. You wait for the light to go green, then enter through the first door. Then you wait for the first door to close, and then the light on the second door to turn green, and then you pass through the second door and into the branch. Oh yeah, there’s a metal detector/scanner thing in between.

Short version:
The process for entering/exiting the bank is very much like the white room at the entrace to SD6 in Alias.

Anyone heard of this system before? It’s called prison. Not that I’ve ever been to one (knock on wood), but that’s what it looks like on TV, and TV is never wrong. The new system is incredibly slow and feels really, really unwelcome.

I wonder if my local branch has got hit before, but I doubt it. They’ve also had major problems with being way too crowded all the time. This is certainly going to make it worse. Nice work!

In other news: Dumped off a bunch o’ crap at Goodwill yesterday, ran some errands, had dinner with an old friend. Can’t believe I’ve been in LA for so long.

Also got the new Karate album, “Pockets.” It’s really, really good.