I was SDO when that duty required sleeping in Ops Wg HQ. In the middle of the night, the only other occupant, the WRAF Cpl on duty in the Comcen, burst into my bedroom, switched on the light, and announced that my assistance was needed urgently. She had been getting messages from Group that the PBX was out of action. The RAFP had been sent to investigate, but they couldn’t gain access, despite hearing someone inside the locked building. The Comcen cpl, who knew the WRAF in the PBX, was summoned to help, so could I look after the Comcen? With a friendly voice at the door, the PBX operator reluctantly opened the door, somewhat intoxicated and not very dressed. Further investigation revealed her boyfriend in the restricted building, in a similar state, having provided the distraction from phone duties.
In the aftermath, I wondered what might have happened if the drunken WRAF had been the one locked in the same building as me.