The Hit reality TV show “Undercover Boss” on CBS features a candid look into a high-level executive performing the everyday job duties of a lower-level staff person. Some apartment supervisors might consider what their maintenance team endures and remember to express their appreciation.
Following are 10 of the least desirable duties for these technicians.
- Clean, repair or replace the kitchen garbage disposal.
- Replace carpet that has been continually used as a toilet by pets or children.
- Remove or clean out a clogged pea trap.
- Get in the attic in the middle of the summer to repair HVAC equipment.
- Respond to an emergency stove problem on their only day off with their family.
- Pick up garbage that fell out of the bin that is full of two days’ worth of maggots, all for the sake of curb appeal.
- Shimmy under the creepy crawl space that is full of spiders, rats and centipedes to try and find out why some random electrical or plumbing issue is present.
- Clean out an apartment after nasty eviction proceedings are complete.
- Replace a toilet flange.
- Find a dead body in the apartment and report it to the authorities.
Source: Jonathan Saar, www.TheTrainingFactor.com/blog