I facilitated quite a number of seminars in Washington, DC. The last time was probably the worst, because Washington had one of its infrequent snowfalls. Americans are not big on public infrastructure anyways, and since Washington DC enjoys a somewhat subtropical climate most of the time, they apparently see no need to prepare for their occasional snowfalls. But when the snow does fall in Washington, it really dumps. This particular snowfall dumped about two feet of snow on the city and surrounding area.
My flight itinerary, of course, was completely clobbered. I kept phoning the airlines, and rebooking my flights, which had been canceled, for later flights. Which, in turn, were generally canceled. I was stuck there for three days longer than he travel office had originally intended. I helped out snow shoveling for a couple of churches that I had attended during the time that I had spent there.
The last of the seminars that I did on this particular trip was a training camp type, with an extra day of review on the Saturday, and the exam held on the Sunday. I was still there on this Sunday, and so I walked over to the class to did them good luck. As soon as I walked in, the candidates started asking if I could stay for the exam. Now there has always been a separation between those proctoring the exams, and those doing the review seminars. But, at this point, the CISSP certification had, itself, been certified by ISO 17024. This is the international standard for certification, and one of the things that you need to do to obtain the standard, is to ensure that anyone who deals with the exams, does not have direct dealings with anyone who delivers any kind of training or review. So, I definitely was not supposed to stick around for the exam.
But another part of the standard notes that you need a certain minimum number of people to proctor exams. In this case, a number of proctors were supposed to have attended, but only one had been able to make it. She told me that if I didn't stay, they would not be able to hold the exam. So I stayed. This undoubtedly breaks the regulations, but I figured that the candidates deserved to have their exam. I also, although I was very sorely tempted, did not look at the exam questions themselves.
The one proctor who had been able to make it, had not been able to drive to the exam. She had not been able to get a taxi. She had, in fact, contacted a limo service, which had charged her $300 to get her to the exam. So, I told her that I would, after the exam, drive her back home, to save her another extortionate $300 limo ride. She did not live all that far from the venue. It didn't take me that much time to run her home. Even though, when we got near to her own home, I had to take a detour through a parking lot, in order to avoid a *fire truck* which had managed to get itself stuck in the snow. Washington DC drivers really do not know how to drive in the snow.
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