The building management is the worst!
It is currently 24 degrees celsius outside, but I am shivering and my students have had parents come and drop off extra layers of clothing because the air conditioning is BLASTING. When the building manager has been asked to turn it down a little he simply turns it off, and the units become too hot. The situation is the same in the winter, when he merely cranks the heat to max and leaves it. Despite many of the tenants trying to explain the issue to the manager, the problem persists, and is chronic in both summer and winter.
Beyond thermostat incompetence, he is also extremely rude. The two occasions I have been unfortunate to have dealt with him directly will hopefully be the only ones. The first was when one of the urinals in our floor's bathroom had been clogged with toilet paper, and he complained at length to our receptionist, blaming our students for the issue. I admitted, however unlikely, that it was possible one of our kids was to blame, but asked if he had also raised his concern with the other school on our floor, which consisted exclusively of teenagers who had, at that time, been in the process of noisily moving all of their office materials out of the building - presumably to one better managed. Instead of listening to or even acknowledging the possibility, he waived off my question and gave an insultingly patronizing brush-off response.
My most recent (and hopefully last) interaction with him was a month or two ago, when I arrived at the building to teach a class at 9am and the doors were locked, despite several of the units inside already being open. I saw the manager at the other set of doors, spraying down the windows, so I walked around and asked politely if he could let me in so I could teach my class on time, to which he replied: "The building opens at 10." I told him that I understood his policy, but since he knew I worked there, and it would be very inconvenient for someone to come all the way downstairs to let me in from inside, I asked if he could just let me in with the keys dangling from his belt. Instead of doing that, or even saying that policy prevented him from doing so, he dropped the hose and walked away while muttering to himself.
I don't know if famiy nepotism or blind ignorance on the part of the building owner is the reason this man is still employed, but the result is the same, and abysmal.
As to janitorial staff, I'd suggest they be replaced too, but I don't think they exist... read more
