Soon after I leased my very 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 knocked my door clean off of its rusted hinges.
When I called my landlord he informed me that it would take two weeks to fix the door. Given that my office at that time was pretty much open to anyone I decided to buy a motion alert alarm to keep intruders out.
I purchased a small passive infrared alarm which was meant to monitor entryways and placed it facing the hole where my door used to be. My plan was to make use of it to alert the after-hours security guards to any kind of possible trespassers.
The motion-detecting alarm would sound anytime somebody walks by it. And it could even be set up to perform a basic two-tone entry chime for when you are at the office and dont desire the alarming to go off and contact the guards.
It was battery-powered so that meant I could mount it in any convenient place around my office doorway. I would not have worry about getting landlord approval to drill and also run wires through the walls.
In the weeks which I had this security alarm I activated the two-tone chime while I was in the office so that I would know anytime another person wanted to see me. I then changed it to alarm mode before I left for the day.
During this time the guards actually captured a few people trying to sneak into my office in the after-hours. These were mainly homeless bums off the street who were trying to steal whatever wasnt nailed down to sell it off for some quick cash.
It seems silly to have to go 2 weeks without a door however I was able to improvise a clever solution with a motion alert alarm. Rather than throwing the thing away I intend on keeping it and utilizing it at some point as part of a complete security system.
