(Umzekeliso: Veronica Grech)
Bukela abantwana bam. Hamba inja yam. Paka yamimoto.Oogosa abatsho ukuba hayi-banqwala nge grimace.
EManhattan, ejongene nenqanaba elinyukayo lobunewunewu bokuhlala, umgcini-mnyango wangoku uhlala ecelwa ukuba adlale i-concierge, i-valet kunye nesicakakazi-nakwizakhiwo apho kunikwa khona abasebenzi, kuxelwa iminyango yonke Umbonisi waseNew York .
Ikhula kuphela ngexesha lokubhabhayisa kunye nokuqhayisa ixesha leholide. Iipakethe kunye nezihlwele zeqela ziza kwaye zihambe, njengokuba kwenza imisebenzi enkulu yokukhupha; umcuphi omnye owayemi kwiUpper West Side wakhalaza kanobom malunga nokuba ucelwe ukuba athabathe umthi weKrisimesi awuse kwindlu.
Ngelixa indima yendoda esisicabha ibisoloko inemisebenzi eyongezelelekileyo-kukujonga abahlali abalupheleyo, ukunkcenkceshela izityalo, okanye ukwenza iivenkile kubahlali-inkcazo yomsebenzi echanekileyo iye yaba yingxaki njengoko ukunyuka kwexabiso lepropathi yaseManhattan kuye kwakhokelela ekubeni abahlali banelungelo.
Ngexesha lakhe njenge-doorman kwi-co-op yaseGreenwich Village, uGarrett UMcGrath wathi ukuxelelwa ukuba bahlambe iifestile, bathathe ukutya kwabemi okanye bahambise ifanitshala yabo yinto yesiqhelo-kwaye yayihlala incitshiswa.
Ngesinye isikhathi, i-doormen kwisakhiwo sakhe yacelwa ukuba ihambise i-slab engama-800 e-marble yase-Italiya kwindlu. Ngenye ixesha, wathunyelwa ukuba ayokuhlola umhlali osele ekhulile wamfumana eswelekile, utshilo.
Ukufumana abantu abafileyo kwenzeka ngaphezu kokuba ucinga, wongeze uMnu McGrath, obhale amava akhe kwisincoko esikwiwebhu. Ngokulandelanayo . Uninzi lwe-doormen endikhe ndasebenza nayo ndiyifumene.
Yonke imigudu eyenziweyo iye yabekwa kwindawo yesiqhelo kwaye kulindelwe ngaphezulu okanye kancinci, ugqirha ongumsebenzi osesebenze kwimbumbano yegloves emhlophe kwi-Upper East Side kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo, kwaye wakhetha ukuhlala engaziwa , wachaza-wongeza esithi akayikhathalele imisebenzi eyongezelelweyo.
Ndiyacelwa ukuba ndihambe nenja ngamanye amaxesha, ngaphandle kokuba abahlali banakho ukufikelela ekuqeshweni kwenja, utshilo. Abanye babafana abayi kuyenza, kwaye abahlali bahlala beqonda.
UChris Russell, igosa elisebenza ehotele eMidtown, wathi ngamanye amaxesha, umntu othile ngokwenene phezulu phezulu.
Ngesinye isihlandlo, umntu wasemzini othende kakuhle wacela iqabane likaMnumzana Russell ukuba liyokumthengela iipakethe zecuba ezintlanu kunye nebhafu yeVaselina — ubusuku obulandelayo. Wayenyanzelekile kwaye wafumana i-100 yeedola kwimigudu yakhe.
Ndiza kukuxelela into efanayo a doormen ezininzi ziya: konke malunga nemali, utshilo uMnu Russell, ngubani Iiblogi malunga nobomi bakhe obunemibala njengomgcini-mnyango. Ukuba undazisa ukuba uza kundikhathalela ekugqibeleni, ndiza kwenza nantoni na oyifunayo.
Kwaye umanyano, i-32BJ SEIU, ngekhe iphikisane. Ikhontrakthi yemanyano kunye no-doormen ayiniki nkcazo ngokusesikweni ngemisebenzi yakhe ngaphandle kocango okungenani iipesenti ezingama-50 zexesha.
Doormen yenza iitoni zezinto ongenakuze uzidibanise ne-doormen, utshilo uKyle Bragg, unobhala-unondyebo we-32BJ SEIU. Esinye isithethi somanyano songeze, Akukho misebenzi ithile yenzelwa ukuba kungenwe ngenxa yesivumelwano semanyano. Ngokwenene ulawulo lwesakhiwo olubeka ulindelo kwisakhiwo ngasinye.
Nokuba uxanduva oluphambili lommisi-ukugcina ngaphandle abangeneleli-kunokuba nzima kunokuba kuvakala.
Xa ndiqala, ndaxelelwa nje ukuba ndingavumeli nabani na ukuba ndingamazi, nto leyo ehlekisayo kuba ndingazi mntu, utshilo uMnu McGrath. Kwakufana naloo mboniso ukusuka Seinfeld apho uJerry ngugcini-cango. Ubuza ukuba uyaphi omnye umntu, aze loo mntu aphendule, 'Ndihlala apha! Ndiza kukugxotha. ’
Phezulu kwintengiso yentengiso, musaNdilindele ukuba umgcini wedolophu athathe indawo ye-concierge. iyunithi yokuphinda kabini yokuthengisa ithengiswe ngaphezulu kwe- $ 90 yezigidi, irekhodi laseNew York.
Belangazelela ukwahlula phakathi kwe-co-ops ezixineneyo kunye neminyhadala, ii-condos zokunethezeka sele zineminyaka ngoku zibonelela ngeenkonzo ezinqabileyo ezifumaneka ngaphandle kweehotele ezintlanu. Inkonzo yegumbi, ukulungiswa kwezilwanyana zasekhaya kunye nokucwangciswa kweminyhadala konke kuyafumaneka kwi-snap yeminwe.
Ngokutsho kukaNks. Ronick, abahlali bezakhiwo ezibalaseleyo ngekhe bathembele kwinto engafundiswanga yomgcini-ndlu osebenzayo ngemisebenzi abayiphosa kwigumbi lokugcina iimpahla.
Andinakuze ndicele umntu oza kuncedisa emnyango ukuba andincede ndifumane umntu oza kumgcina umntwana, ndibekele indawo yokutyela okanye ndicwangcise iholide. Ndingaziva ndingonwabanga, utshilo uNksk. Ronick. Andazi nje ukuba loluphi uhlobo lwezixhobo onokukwazi ukunikela ngazo. Andiyi kunika ikhadi lam letyala kumgcini-mnyango.
UNks. Ronick wongeze ukuba ukucela u-doorman ukuba agqithe kwinkcazo yomsebenzi wabo kungakhokeleli kwinqanaba lokuziqhelanisa nabemi, kodwa ikwanazo neziphumo zomthetho ezixhalabisayo.
Sinesakhiwo esinye sobunewunewu eCentral Park South apho abaphathi baziva ngathi oonogada bafumana ubuhlobo obuncinci emva konyaka onesiqingatha, kwaye ayiziva ingcali kwisakhiwo esineeflethi ezingama-40 ezigidi, utshilo. Iminyango iqala ukwenza izindululo malunga neenkonzo zeemoto kwaye abo bathengisi abaqinisekiswanga. Ukuba kukho into eyenzekileyo, ibhodi ye-condo inokumangalelwa.
Ubuncinci kukho ukuhlawulwa okuthile kulindelo. Izipho zeholide ezivela kubahlali abathile ziqala malunga ne- $ 75 ukuya kuthi ga kwi-500 yeedola, ngokophando oluninzi olungekho sikweni. Kodwa unyaka wenkonzo elungileyo awusoloko uphela ngokufumana inzuzo.
U-Billionaire uDavid Koch kuthiwa unika oonogada bakhe itshekhi engama- $ 50 ekupheleni konyaka, ngokukaMichael Gross, umbhali wencwadi Ipaki engama-740: Ibali leSakhiwo seNdlu esiTyebileyo seHlabathi .
Ukuva abanye oonogada beyixela, inesisa. Kukho abantu abaphatha abasebenzi babo njengodoti, kwaye abantu babaphatha njengabasebenzi abantu, kwaye bayawazi amagama abo, kwaye babakhathalele ngeKrisimesi, utshilo uMnu Gross kudliwanondlebe lwe-PBS. Ipaki Avenue: Imali, Amandla kunye nephupha laseMelika . Zonke ezi zinto ziyinxalenye yobume boluntu olwenza isakhiwo.
