Apparently when it snows they shovel snow but apart from that I'm not sure what their purpose on earth is. Mum can testify to this.
Sometimes (read: when they're bored) they get up from behind their counters and spin the door for you (why do they have so many spinny doors here?), which is maybe useful if you have a broken arm or the strength of Mr Burns.
But then, when you are most likely to need their help , when you're laden down with groceries, or trying to hail a cab in the rain, or need to leave something at the desk for someone to pick up, suddenly they are very busy with their clipboards, or having loud conversations about building politics or the handymen and janitors who don't do their jobs properly.
My building is 21 floors, and over 1000 people live there. You have to say hello to them every time you leave and enter the building, and they give you a vacuous smile and you know they have no idea who you are. They tell you off when delivery dudes don't do as they are told in reception and ask you to order your food from another place in the future (you have to be kidding!). And you tip them at Christmas time.
I'm jack of 'em.
2 comments:
Reminded me of this classic from The Chaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5inlXT2MYg
Its not far from the truth. Check out this tipping quiz to check your etiquette knorwledge: http://www.expertrating.com/quizzes/Tipping-Etiquette-Quiz.asp
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