I usually just leave mine in my bag from the day before...

I've not forgotten it in the two and a half years I've been working here...

This is a good thing, as it often takes the overzealous security men a good hour to agree to give out visitors passes...

I have a similar method as the one Ian Dulley, except for the fact that it resides in the cubby hole in the bottom of the drivers side door, next to the sunglasses.

I do not retrieve said item from said cubby hole until I arrive at the outermost gates at my workplace. This is because I have to swipe the damn thing to get my car into the car park. Had I previously attached the pass to my neck (via the Oakley lanyard, purchased for a grand total of £3.95 from eBay as BT are too cheap to supply them), a la the method of the one Ian Dulley, I would have to do a manouevre of ungodly contortions to reach the swipey machine.

Thusly I arrive in the car park. At this point I really should attach the pass to my neck but always I cannot be bothered and make my way through the two swipey doors to my desk. At this point, and expressly against all the known security laws, I discard the pass to the surface of my desk. Usually when I leave my desk for my mid morning cup of tea and cigarette combination I forget to take my pass with me, thus I arrive at the door out to the smoking area with a cup of tea but no pass. "Bollocks, not again," I exclaim as I leave my tea by the door and make my way back to my desk in order to retrieve the sod. I then stubbornly wear the pass around my neck for the rest of the day.

Here is a picture of my pass hanging from the door handle as of this morning.

You will notice that I have used a permenant black marker to block out the company logo, I have done this as an email from security told us we are not allowed a company logo on our lanyards.

They think that if we loose our passes with lanyard in tow, it could be discovered by an unsavoury character who will know where the pass works if the comapny logo is displayed. I think they are paranoid.

mine used to go into the bowl next to the front door when i walked in and collected from there on my way out, however this was by no means reliable, i would say i forgot my pass about 5 or 6 times. one of those times i lost for about a week and a half...