…and now I know why the doormen at my building hate me.
I’ve given up trying to keep up with who to tip here. I tip 15-20% for good service at restaurants, same for table service at a bar but everyone else can put their sweaty upturned palms down and get to f u ck.
It’s like when you check into a hotel and they just won’t allow you to take your own bag. I’ve carried the thing all the way up to this point, I know how to operate an elevator and I can find my room on my own. i never have any cash on me anyway.
problem is developers are exclusively only building doorman-buildings now because it’s a great way to add a markup to the condo/rent… and they can market the “amenities”… for the $500+/month portion of your maintenance/rent effectively is costing for some idiot in a cheap suit to open the door… they might as well offer white glove hand jobs… it’s a rip off…
obviously tenants think they cant live without them for Amazon packages because they have never had it any other way but the buildings with gate/elevator/no doorman are a better set up and I’ve never had a problem and you don’t have to sign book/ wait in line whatever… the rules in these condos are stupid.