One of the changes I’ve had to deal with when I migrated to Minneapolis is management of security cards. Yes, I have received no less than 3 security cards which get me in to and out of places I need to be. I have the following:

The waver – This little blue card gets me into the parking ramp. I wave it in front of a black metal pad and the gate goes up for me.

The swiper – This speckled blue card gets me into the office building and up to the appropriate floor. To my surprise, not only do I need this card to enter the building but the elevator won’t even budge unless I swipe the card through the reader. This card gets swiped through a red/green lighted reader.

The magentic wallet – This card gets me actually into the office after I exit the elevator that required “the swiper”. I’m not sure the color or current location of this card but it must be somewhere in my wallet because all I do is hold my billfold up to an unmarked black pad and the door unlocks.