The_Swoley_Ghost t1_j78tx8e wrote on February 4, 2023 at 11:29 PM

Reply to comment by SRL5 in "Even a $7,000 Rent Doesn’t Guarantee Dogs Get to Walk Through the Lobby" In some New York City buildings, the four-legged pets are not welcome everywhere. Their owners must carry them or use a service elevator. by CactusBoyScout

I was one of those workers who had to use the service elevator. This was also a building with a full-time elevator operator. So the service elevator only worked during certain hours. One day I was leaving this particular building to go to another jobsite and I found out that the elevator operator was out to lunch or something. I couldn't wait 30 minutes for him to return so i took the normal elevator. The doorman started to YELL at me to get out of hte lobby and go back inside to use the service elevator to leave hte building. I tried to explain that the operator was not there and he very angrily told me that "workers are absolutely NOT TO USE the resident elevators."

He also informed me that he was banning me from the premises because I asked him "so you expect me to be late to my next job because your boy is out to lunch?"

I'm sure he can't afford to live in that building but he was sure defending the dignity of the residents like it was his own. Imagine the horror of seeing a lowly cleaner with a toolbox in hte elevator... the horror.

SRL5 t1_j78uanr wrote on February 4, 2023 at 11:32 PM

Ha. But I bet the person you were going to work for wanted whatever fixed immediately! I would have told that person exactly how inappropriate the doorman was to you.

Daurdabla t1_j7bc5pm wrote on February 5, 2023 at 3:06 PM

That’s not the point. It’s literally his job. Additionally most high end buildings have logs of people leaving and entering, including elevator used. The guy can easily get into trouble.