public ActionResult ListByEmployee() { List <Quote> quotes; int userID = 0; using (var um = new UserManager()) { // any normal user can only see their own quotes var currentUser = um.ByUsername(User.Identity.Name); userID = currentUser.ID; } using (var qm = new QuoteManager()) { quotes = qm.ActiveByEmployee(userID).OrderByDescending(q => q.CreatedOn).ToList(); } ViewBag.Quotes = quotes; return(View("QuoteList")); }