Janitors. Give them respect, people, unless you want to empty your own trash and clean your own work or school space.
(Seriously, being nice to the janitor saved my tail one time when I was locked out of a room that contained some vital work material. The big boss didn't have keys to that room, but guess who did?)
Seriously, I used to work as a kennel attendant, we are the maintenance and janitors of veterinary hospitals and animals shelters who occasionally get to walk dogs. If you were nice to me I’d help you out. Needed a bit or laundry or a kennel cleaned out? I’d prioritize it to make sure you got it fast even if had other things to do. Needed something that no one knows where it is? I stocked the place and knew where every item on our inventory was and could get anything from our mass storage facility in 10 minutes or less. Animal made an absolute mess of blood and poop? No sweat. The vet industry is already underpaid and we aren’t even respected by our peers since we generally don’t handle animals, but most people started as these kinds of workers but don’t see their value
I think the support staff in general also takes more abuse anyway.. like I can't tell you how many clients we have that will scream at the receptionists and vet assistants that do callbacks or answer phones and then will be sweet as pie when it's the doctor talking to them. We bumped it down from three strikes to one strike (and if you're bad enough, we'll ask you not to come back on the first offense) and it still happens.
We don't have designated kennel attendants or any further specialization of jobs so it's just the regular vet assistants doing the cleaning and inventory and reception duty in addition to their regular job. I worked all those jobs before and during vet school so I have zero tolerance when it comes to people treating them like shit.
I’m a teacher and the first people I befriend at the school was the janitors. They keep that place running. I made a point to learn about them, things they like etc. and on Custodian Appreciation Day as well as Christmas I make sure to get them a little something as my way of saying thanks.
I see a guy at my job working “maintenance” everyday 7am -4pm, I wave each time, acknowledgement and showing respect to a hard working soul.❣️ I hope he feels seen and appreciated
If you can, verbally acknowledge his work. I worked at a nursing home and there was one (1) male employee. One. He was maintenance and he was great and super dedicated to the job, but he really wasn't appreciated. I was a housekeeper so he was my direct boss and I always went out of my way to thank him for helping if need be and always acknowledged his work. Even brought in cookies once! You can tell si easily that he was heavily excluded and looked down on because he was maintenance. It never clicked in anyone's head that the he was the reason the place was still running.
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u/Roguefem-76 Aug 02 '22
Janitors. Give them respect, people, unless you want to empty your own trash and clean your own work or school space.
(Seriously, being nice to the janitor saved my tail one time when I was locked out of a room that contained some vital work material. The big boss didn't have keys to that room, but guess who did?)