One of the greatest interferences that you can encounter in a government office is clipboards. I was working at a Port of Entry with my narcotics dog on the Mexican Border. A car pulled up with several suits with clipboards. As they approached the building, all of the Customs Inspectors followed behind them like little puppies looking for a treat. I was left alone in the secondary area. Unlike my coworkers, I was not drawn like a moth to the clipboards. Somehow, the inspectors thought that by showing their faces, they might move up in the organization. Me? I felt like I had a job to do, including, apparently, their job too.
A week later, our Port Director received a report chastising the officers for leaving their duty stations and leaving the work to the dog handler to perform alone. Sometimes you get the best attention by just doing your job.