I remember when I first started the equipment cabinet was in the fitting room closet and the operator had the keys to sign in/out equipment for people. A few months after that they moved it up to TSC where it's been ever since, and the LODs had to unlock it for TMs, which lasted all of a month before they just "pretend locked" it. Every now and then they'll randomly start enforcing keeping the cabinet locked, but it never lasts more than two weeks, tops. I don't usually sign my stuff out because they can see it on workbench, and I always forget/don't care.