Comment by qarl2

Meh. Sysadmins are dicks. The system is secure or it's not. Poking at the locks is not a serious threat.

I know a similar story of a sysadmin who did the same, but went into the lab and sat down next to the student. And then put his handgun on the table.

Power tripping assholes.

Source: I was a sysadmin.