couples coming in here. right, getting married. yeah. they would sit out here we and we would take them back. anybody can open the store right now? now they can, yeah. okay, so you open the door. and then? now, at least there s a block. for, you could just walk. this was open before? yes. we had that little swing door to keep kids from running all the way to the back. because people would have their little kids in here. [laughs] they would take off. so now, when did you install this? less than a year ago. and then you have cameras? they just got wired yesterday. in fact, i don t think these are on yet because they have to do something in a closet. and then there are panic buttons throughout? yes, yeah. and can you locked the door remotely? no, although it does look at four. but no. we do have the ability to just block it, like old school. but you physically have to go and do that. yeah. so what we would do is just
it was so easy for people to just come in and jump the counter before. so number one, now at least we have a barrier. but we do have panic buttons all over now. that is a new feature. you have panic buttons? oh yeah. i just, i mean, i just have to stop and note that, like, this is the county clerk s office. and you have plexiglass and panic buttons. like, what has happened to america? yeah, it s not a good sign. there are people, these are people who are involved in the running of government and elections. like, this requires a totally different set of skills to: manage, a an incredibly situation but also resolve it. that is a lot to ask the clerk. what is the general emotional, like, ten or if people who come here and are really angry. i would assume they were all, kind of yeah, so this office we didn t get, we haven t gotten much of that. it was the recount that was really on full display. yeah. they were, like, they were closed arms. red faced. yelling. not listen
escalating the crisis. do you have a secret signal? well, part of it i was having that plexiglass so they can just hold in here. that was, since the whole. it was so easy for people to just come in and jump the counter before. so number one, now at least we have a barrier. but we do have panic buttons all over now. that is a feature. you have panic buttons? oh yeah. i just, i mean, i just have to stop and note that, like, this is the county clerk s office. and you have plexiglass and panic buttons. like, what has happened to america? yeah, it s not a good sign. there are people, these are people who are involved in the running of government and elections. like, this requires a totally different set of skills to manage, a, an incredibly situation but also resolve it. that is a lot to ask the clerk. what is the general emotional, like, ten or if people who come here and are really angry. i would assume they were all, kind of to this office we didn t get, we haven t gott
well, part of it now is having that plexiglas so they can t just waltz in lahere. so peopleca for people to come and jump a counter before. number one, now we have a barrier. but we do have panic buttons all over now. that s ans new feature. you have panic buttons? oh, yeah. i mean, i just have to stop and note this is the county clerk s office. and you have plexiglas and panic buttons.ic like what has happened to american democracy? yeah. it s not a good sign. there are people these arl people who are involved in the running of government and elections. like, this requires a totally different set of skills to manage, a, incredibly stressful situation and, also, resolve it. right. that s a lot to ask of a clerk. what is the generalf emotional like, tenor of people who come here and are really angry? i assume they re all kind of, like to this office. we didn t get we haven t gotten much of that. the recount was really on full
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