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Copies from Hell at the James V. Allred Unit

From my corrections consultant: One of my "pet peeves" has always been having to work with crappy 10th-generation copies of company forms. The Allred Unit, our very own male, maximum security prison, wins the prize for the crappiest copies that I've ever seen during my working life!

I worked in the front lobby of the central administration building (1-Building) on a visitation day. My job was to record the same information the visitor had just provided in the building (13-Building) just before reaching my building. And, by the way, at 13-Building, the visitor had to provide the same information they had just provided at the Highway Gate! Aren't we in the "computer age"?

The forms I had to use consisted of horribly wavy lines that were supposed to be straight. The wording on the form had faded away in many places, was written over using a pen, and more crappy copies were made by someone who couldn't care less about appearance. The embarrassing part for me was that these visitors were standing there watching me, a representative of a large state agency, using a form that a first-grader would have rejected as a scribble pad. I was so disgusted that I took the time to make new forms on my home computer and used them as new master copies.

In a related incident, I was taking count on one of the buildings. I was almost finished when I noticed that the last column on the count sheet had been cut off by some "lazy ass" making the copies. All I could do was shake my head and laugh. Tune in to the Allred Unit at 153.815 MHz on your scanner radio.