This was scary

[BillyMac]

Big cost around these parts is to pay a custodian to unlock, and lock, the doors of the school. While the games are going on, usually all day Saturday, and part of the Sunday, he sits in his little janitor room reading his little janitor newspaper, or watching football, or basketball, on his little janitor television. As a taxpayer I wonder: since he's getting paid overtime, can't he actually do some custodial work while on the clock? I also wonder: why can't the Park and Recreation Department get together with the Education Department to come up with a better system? Unions? Can't live with them. Can't live without them.

Now could somebody please help me down from this soapbox. It's kind of high up here, and I'm not getting any younger.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

since he's getting paid overtime, can't he actually do some custodial work while on the clock? ....

Better yet, why not get a part-timer to open/close things, so no OT pay is necessary?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Big cost around these parts is to pay a custodian to unlock, and lock, the doors of the school. While the games are going on, usually all day Saturday, and part of the Sunday, he sits in his little janitor room reading his little janitor newspaper, or watching football, or basketball, on his little janitor television. As a taxpayer I wonder: since he's getting paid overtime, can't he actually do some custodial work while on the clock? I also wonder: why can't the Park and Recreation Department get together with the Education Department to come up with a better system? Unions? Can't live with them. Can't live without them.

Now could somebody please help me down from this soapbox. It's kind of high up here, and I'm not getting any younger.

Nobody affiliated with basketball is trustworthy enough to have a key???

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Nobody affiliated with basketball is trustworthy enough to have a key???

Years ago, our Board members had gym keys and alarm codes and we would open and close the gyms on Saturdays. However, the school district stopped doing that because of insurance reasons. They found out they would have to add a rider to their policy and it wasn't cheap. Since they have custodians at the schools on Saturdays anyway, they just do that for us now (if they remember - but that's another story) and I'm guessing part of our rental fee goes to cover the cost of them being there on weekends. We actually asked about paying for the rider, but the talks never got anywhere.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Better yet, why not get a part-timer to open/close things, so no OT pay is necessary?

Originally Posted by just another ref

Nobody affiliated with basketball is trustworthy enough to have a key???

What part of, "Unions? Can't live with them. Can't live without them.", did you not understand? Remember, these are public service/public sector/civil servant jobs.

[rlarry]

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

Big cost around these parts is to pay a custodian to unlock, and lock, the doors of the school. While the games are going on, usually all day Saturday, and part of the Sunday, he sits in his little janitor room reading his little janitor newspaper, or watching football, or basketball, on his little janitor television. As a taxpayer I wonder: since he's getting paid overtime, can't he actually do some custodial work while on the clock? I also wonder: why can't the Park and Recreation Department get together with the Education Department to come up with a better system? Unions? Can't live with them. Can't live without them.

Now could somebody please help me down from this soapbox. It's kind of high up here, and I'm not getting any younger.

You really sound like a pompous conneticuit asswipe. God forbid the guy gets a little easy overtime after cleaning up after the little darlings all week.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by rlarry

You really sound like a pompous conneticuit asswipe. God forbid the guy gets a little easy overtime after cleaning up after the little darlings all week.

I belonged to a union for over thirty years before I retired (full disclosure: I now work in a nonunion shop). Unions do many good things for their members, but sometimes they go too far. That's why I said "Can't live with them. Can't live without them." I don't believe that sitting around for eight hours reading the paper, or watching the game on television, is a good use of my hard earned tax dollars. I can't suggest a better way, but there must be a better way.

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I belonged to a union for over thirty years before I retired (full disclosure: I now work in a nonunion shop). Unions do many good things for their members, but sometimes they go too far. That's why I said "Can't live with them. Can't live without them." I don't believe that sitting around for eight hours reading the paper, or watching the game on television, is a good use of my hard earned tax dollars. I can't suggest a better way, but there must be a better way.

I would be very worried if you saw a cadillac or two with Jersey plates driving slowly by your house!!!

[just another ref]

I guess this is a REALLY RURAL area thing vs. an everywhere else thing. Not sure if they still do it this way, but up until just a few years ago for our local kids rec league, here's how it worked. The principal lived just a couple of miles down the road from the school. She kept the gym key in a little box on the wall under her carport and made this known to all the coaches. When your team had practice, you went by her house and got the key, and returned it there when you were done.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by just another ref

The principal lived just a couple of miles down the road from the school. She kept the gym key in a little box on the wall under her carport and made this known to all the coaches.

How many computers and HD televisions do they have in that school? Should I rent the medium size, or large size, U-Haul truck?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

How many computers and HD televisions do they have in that school? Should I rent the medium size, or large size, U-Haul truck?

Read the fine print. gym key

As for the address, you couldn't find the community on a map, let alone the address. But, no problem. Just stop and ask anybody and they would give you directions.