Shortly after I leased my first office space at a local industrial compound the in-house cleaning staff had an accident. One of the janitors which attended to that floor slipped on a wet tile and bumped my door clean off of its rusted hinges.
The moment I phoned my landlord he advised me that it would take 2 weeks to fix the door. Given that my office at that time was pretty much open to any individual I made a decision to purchase a motion alert alarm to keep intruders out.
I procured a small passive infrared alarm which was made to monitor entryways and placed it facing the hole where my door used to be. My plan was to use it to alert the after-hours security guards to any possible trespassers.
The motion-detecting alarm would sound anytime somebody walks by it. And it can even be set up to play a simple two-tone entry chime for when you are at the office and do not want the alarming to go off and contact the guards.
It was battery-powered so that meant I could position it in any convenient location around my office doorway. I would not have worry about getting landlord approval to drill and run wires through the walls.
In the weeks which I had this security alarm I turned on the two-tone chime while I was inside the office in order that I would know every time someone wanted to see me. I then switched it to alarm mode before I left for the day.
During this time the guards actually captured some individuals attempting to sneak into my office in the after-hours. These were mainly homeless bums off the street that were trying to steal whatever wasnt nailed down to sell it off for some quick money.
It looks silly to have to go 2 weeks without a door but I was able to improvise a smart solution with a motion alert alarm. Rather than throwing the thing away I intend on keeping it and utilizing it later on as part of a complete security system.
