I once had to get a clearance at Scotland Yard, as my work involved some sensitive shit (though in all fairness I never really saw anything that you couldn't have got off the internet)
My plan was to ride my bike there after lunch, then take the afternoon off around St James's Park as work wouldn't know how long it should take. However when I chained my bike up to rail outside it on the street an officer came approached and told me I couldn't leave it there. I said "I don't see any signs" and we argued briefly but he looked a serious individual so I moved it down a little and leaned it up against some bollards and chained the wheel to the frame. He approached again and this time other officers came out. Apparently this position was also disallowed and he wanted to talk to me inside. They made me wait for ages in their office, and took and photocopied all my id which i'd brought along for the clearance, just in case I turned out to be a terrorist with an exploding 10 speed then they'd know how to find me. They were just fucking with me for being difficult, the pricks, and by the time I left I was home late.
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 30 Mar 2014, 10:04, Reply)