Access card expired I found a new job at university several days before chirstmas. On the first day I began working here, a secretary gave me an access card which could be used to open the door of my office and the building. I came to my office as usual today. And I was astonished that I couldn't get access to my office through my card. I told this to my colleagues and seek for help. They told me that there was a deadline for my card. Maybe two weeks. Normally, I should have a staff card which will be given to me after holiday. And that card will never expire. Oh. That's awkward. The first way I thought of was to borrow my colleagues' card. I borrow lots of cards, but they were useless. They didn't have the permission to open my office's door. Then I went for help from IT service. Unfortunately, the staff were in holiday. Case is the same for secretaries. Suddenly, I thought of that the guard of my building may have the permission to open my office's door. Then I went to the guard's office. No one was there. I was sure that they must be on work. So I waited outside of their office surfing the Internet. It seemed half an hour had passed. My phone was going to run out of power. Only 5 percent of power left. At that moment, I decided that I would go home if there were still no one came back within one minute. Luckily. Someone just came back and helped me to open my office. What an amazing day.