True. That's what my hat is for (I'm in the Army): my phone goes in my hat, my hat sits somewhere near the boxes, and the name-tape on my hat helps me find my phone later (since all the phones are indistinguishable black rectangles).
There are either way more people who work in the facility than boxes, or nobody trusts that the cheap combo lock will work again when they need to retrieve their stuff at the end of the day. I've had to help a co-worker pry his box open and I was like, "why would you put your stuff in there?"
That same co-worker, by the way, later claimed that his ex-wife (or someone she hired) came to our facility and rooted his phone while it was sitting in our lobby next to the boxes. It turned out that he was deranged, but it made me think for the first time about the risks of everyone with a TS/SCI clearance predictably leaving a big pile of phones unattended.
Lol. We wear berets with trade badges, not names. I came out of a meeting once to find a Sgt standing by the lock boxes all mad about me using my beret as a "bag" for my car keys and three cellphones. He would be more mad if he saw my beret atop my microwave holding my ID badge, wallet, dog tags, car keys, work keys and wristwatch. When the fire alarm goes off, I just grab the beret-bag with the important stuff.
(Fyi, you can always spot the secret squirrels by their watch tans. Only those who work in places where cellphones are not allowed still wear wristwatches 24/7.)
There are either way more people who work in the facility than boxes, or nobody trusts that the cheap combo lock will work again when they need to retrieve their stuff at the end of the day. I've had to help a co-worker pry his box open and I was like, "why would you put your stuff in there?"
That same co-worker, by the way, later claimed that his ex-wife (or someone she hired) came to our facility and rooted his phone while it was sitting in our lobby next to the boxes. It turned out that he was deranged, but it made me think for the first time about the risks of everyone with a TS/SCI clearance predictably leaving a big pile of phones unattended.