At most workplaces today, each employee is required to have some kind of ID badge. Usually worn on a lanyard or clip, it has to be on your person at all times and can also be used to access certain areas of the office, or even provide access to the office itself. Essentially, they have become integral to our everyday routine. Here’s the kicker: Because they are so important to you, they almost always are difficult to replace. Following that logic, because they are so difficult to replace, it is inevitable at some point that you will lose yours. This brings us to the subject of this post: Funny ways to lose your badge.

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If you can’t guess from the title, I left my work badge at home today. Luckily it’s not a huge deal, but it also means I have to get my friend to let me into the bathroom, which is not the most fun of situations. This all came about because last night when I came home from work I didn’t put my badge in the usual place, which is next to my wallet and keys. Instead, for some strange reason, I just threw it on the table. This is why I forgot it.

The moral of the story? Put things like your badge, wallet, keys, etc. that you need to take to work in the same place each day and place them together. This way you won’t have to think about what you need to take to work in the morning and you’ll be much less likely to forget something.