Today is Labor Day--a day I like to reminisce about the good ol' days when I worked for the City of Saint Petersburg. I will never forget what happened one quiet Sunday afternoon when everyone was off work in Leisure Services except those working special events. I had left a personal item at the work office and I decided to retrieve it that Sunday (though I was one of those who was off). Now the security system for the Leisure Services facility is top-notch. I thought perhaps a special events person would be there that weekend, and I could gain access to the building. My wife Kathy was with me, but she stayed in the car while I went around the corner to the back door of the building. I tried the door... and it was unlocked! I proceeded to enter and the alarm warning immediately started sounding. I panicked, bolted out the door, and quickly retraced my steps. (The proper course of action would have been for me to remain in the building, find a co-worker there, and have them disable the alarm timer.) As I say, I bolted out the door and hotfooted it out of the building, joined Kathy in the car, and sped away. Monday, I thought better of my actions and admitted what I had done to my boss Mark. Mark went directly to the video record made by the security camera equipment... and there I was like a weasel cravenly scurrying away. Jeff my good friend and coworker was also my political nemeses. We couldn't agree about anything regarding political affairs; and I too often came off as the liberal wimp. Well Jeff delighted in the video--my "profile in courage" as he called it. Lord, those were the days!
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