Whats the deal with doormen in apartment houses?
Does the Landlords think that when that tenants are so stupid to pay the high rent, they are too stupid to open the front door?
Why do you need a man to open the door for you?
Is it because you have no money left for a maid cause of the high rent that you need someone who opens you the door in order to give you at least a bit of satisfaction?
Maybe the lessor controls you with that doorman!
The doorman could tell him when you are a sloppy person and when you are not good for the image of that house…then you might get a letter with a cancellation of your lease.
So you should always behave well and be nice to the doorman. He has more power than you might think!
Has it ever happened to you that your doorman was ill and another man who you havenīt seen before did the job for him?
It luckily never happened to me!
It would scare the hell outta me!
I would feel like in one of those action movies…I would think terrorists took over the building and I would immediately call the police when I got to my apartment!
They usually have nice furniture and pretty carpet in the lobby. They even have a counter!
It looks like we are living in a hotel, but the doorman serves no drinks, so itīs like a hotel bar without the chance of getting something to drink.
Why you make such a nice room when you donīt get something to drink there?
You could sit down for a while drinking something and meet other people from your house!
But so there is no point of sitting down in the lobby.
You donīt say to your girlfriend:
“Honey, let us grab some crackers and something to drink and go down to the lobby and sit down for a while!”
So why have they put a nice furniture there?
I have never seen the doorman taking a nap on it…and there is no one in my house who I have ever heard saying, “I canīt stand waiting for the elevator for 5 seconds, I have to sit down!”
Well, now I know why they put a couch in there!
Have you ever dated a woman who went up to her apartment and told you via the buzzer that she will come down in a minute?
You know itīs a woman!
So you better get comfortable for a while!

© Andreas Plefka