Comment by Razengan
1 day ago
> it turns out the doorman was performing a number of other vital functions (customer experience, for example) which weren't considered.
That's just bullshit. And barbaric.
Making someone stand in place all day primarily to open a frickin door (or other menial tasks) for others is a degrading job.
What "vital functions" exactly?
Whenever I see someone in a job where they're not even provided a chair, I feel ashamed. Like doormen, guards, "traffic police" that act as meat-based traffic lights, standing right smack dab in the middle of exhaust fumes all day without even a face mask.. it all seems such a ridiculous and archaic ceremony
Should we also bring lamplighters [0] and phone operators [1] back?
Growing up, many apartment buildings had doormen sitting behind a desk in the lobby. Some of the functions they provided:
- Identifying suspicious people and situations.
- Helping people carry things through the lobby.
- Passing messages before cellphones.
- Receiving packages.
- Making sure people in the lobby behaved.
And probably more that I never realized as a child. Doorman doesn't necessarily mean "suited guy standing attention outside the building next to a door". The locks were also electronic, so they didn't even have to stand up to answer intercom buzzes.
There are buildings where the doorman sits behind a desk. Perhaps it varies by city.
And a lot of places, like hotels, they handle things such as luggage... definitely not just standing there all day just for a door, that's ridiculous.
> they handle things such as luggage
I thought bellhops do that, that's not just a "doorman"
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What about powerpoints ?