Life In A Senior Affordable High-Rise

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Everything is so neat and tidy. The managers and tenants obviously care about your place.

For the most part, yes. There are areas and little-used corners in this big ole 19 floors building that are dusty and cluttered. Only 2 custodians are listed in the newsletter. And 2 maintenance workers and 1 maintenance supervisor. I think that whatever administration does not use (because they leave to go home everyday and are absent on weekends) can be somewhat neglected, unless tenants bring it to their attention.

I had been here 3 wks and had to report that our hand sanitizer machine at the 10th fl elevators was empty. Had waited everyday, expecting someone to check it in those 21 days.

There were 3 mud spots (about 3" round) in the hallway on the carpet outside my apartment when I came to view it. It must have happened recently, from someone's walker or shopping cart, or maybe maintenance dollies. The leasing agent was staring at them like me and my son were but she didn't comment. Neither did we. A week later when I moved in, they were still there. I don't know if the leasing agent asked for them to be removed. I don't know if any of the tenants on my wing reported them.

I decided to wait a week after I was living here and if they weren't removed, I would clean them. I was tired of looking at them and didn't want to make a complaint right away. I sprayed Awesome on them late one night then scrubbed with a stiff cleaning brush that I have. I then stepped on an old wash cloth I put on each stain to soak up the liquid and then threw it away. The stains weren't very deep and came up easily.

Was in the laundry room Saturday night noticing how dusty some things were, like the paper towel dispenser over the sink. I wondered how often the floor is mopped. Though I feel like I could/would do better if I was hired for the job, I've worked enough to know that it's not always that easy.

But overall, I'm comfortable with how the building and grounds are kept. I really don't think I can expect much more with today's work ethics and workplace culture in general. It's just not like it used to be. Employees are more apt to slack off and administration is more quick to turn a blind eye until corporate gets on their backs. Some senior properties are much, much worse, where you hate to come out of your apartment.