Stick 'em up

The Mumbai episode  rocked the country like never before and in the aftermath of that unfortunate but totally avoidable incident- enough has been said about the efficiency,or the lack of it, of the government et al - security checks have been beefed up everywhere. Hell i now have to be subjected to a strip search just to get a cup of coffee in the morning! Okie that's pushing it too far. But you get what i mean.

Anyway the place where i work is no different and it currently resembles an army base.However the methods employed there leave a lot to be desired.The policy makers have decided that bombs can only be in two places -underneath the car and in the boot.A mirror slides underneath while the security guard glances at it (setting his hair at the same time!) and then stumbles over to the back to peek inside the boot. He wouldn't spot a bomb if i had one in my lap with a big sign saying "BOMB" in large red text!

The two-wheeler inspection is even worse.Apparently one cant bring in bombs in the bag that most IT professionals have over their shoulders.Only an ID card check is enough and on any given day one can walk in by showing a credit card to the guard who seems only interested in seeing some vague plastic square thingy.

They should probably place a sign outside asking all potential suicide bombers to place all bombs in the boot or under the car.That should simplify things but then again considering the way they go about their work they should probably modify the sign requesting bombers to drop off their bombs outside the gate if its not too much inconvenience.

Though i work in a security firm it seems that knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.