Ashe County Court House

Yesterday my son and  I went to the Ashe County Court House so he could renew his car registration.  Walking in the front door, we had to pass through a metal detector.  The 300 pound security guard was yapping on a cell phone and he motioned for us to walk by.  I sailed through without a beep, but my son didn't.  He mumbled something about having keys and started to take them out of his pocket.   The guard just asked him if he had a knife on him and when he said no, he waved him by.  While we were reading the directory to see where the registration room was, another man came to the door.  When he beeped, the security guard asked him if he was carrying a gun.  When he got the negative reply, he waved him on by.

It got me to thinking.  Why are they paying this fellow to watch the door if he is only going to let people by without checking their pockets or purses?  They could just hire a monkey.