This was scary

[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.