So Jose goes to me, “Teddy, In this business there are two doors that you use, you’ve got your regular door for people who have bags, and your revolving door for people who DO NOT HAVE BAGS, and what this means is, if a person comes down with a bag, it is your job to step up promptly and open the regular door for them. But, if they do not have a bag, you must graciously swing them through the revolving door so they don’t have to push it. This is company policy and it saves energy. Now, we’ve got some people here who do not like to use the revolving door, that is why it is important when you see them come out of the elevator, you step forward quickly and BODY BLOCK them into using the revolving door. This is company policy and it saves energy.” So then Jose lays this trip on me, “Let me tell you a story about 29G.”

So Jose tells me this story about 29G who was also a stubborn old Puerto Rican man like Jose. But unlike Jose, 29G was a self-made millionaire who was used to getting his own way.

So one day 29G comes down to the lobby and he decides he wants Jose to open the regular door for him without a bag. Jose is like, “Look, if you have a bag, I will be more that happy to open this regular door for you, but since you do not have a bag, it will be my pleasure to swing you through the revolving door so you don’t have to push it, this is company policy and it saves energy.” But 29G is like, “NO, I want you to open the regular door for me now!” and Jose is like, “What’s the matter -- I just explained this to you -- didn’t you understand?” Like this was something that was possible for Jose, in his mind, not to understand, he was that stupid. But 29G is like, “I UNDERSTAND, I DON’T CARE -- OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME!” So they’re both standing there, arms folded, legs spread apart, two old Puerto Rican men stubborn as hell, and Louie, who is the superintendent of the Marbough House, he comes down and he can’t believe what he’s seeing and he’s like, “Jose, what’s going on here, open the door for this man!” and Jose is like, “No, I’m not gonna do it -- he doesn’t have a bag.” So Louie is like, “I don’t care if he doesn’t have a bag, he pays his rent here and he plays a lot of money, he wants the door opened for him, you are the doorman, so OPEN THE DOOR FOR HIM!” But Jose is stubborn, he’s just not gonna do it! So they have to call in a porter (which is what they call janitors in luxury apartment buildings) to come down and open the door for 29G so he can leave for the day. After he’s gone, Louie is like, “Look Jose, in the future, if 29G wants you to open the door for him, you’re gonna have to do it. O.K.? I don’t want to have to write you up.” Jose is like, “WRITE ME UP NOW -- I’m not gonna do it, I’m not going to open the door for him without a bag!”

So the next day it’s the same shit all over again. 29G comes down to the lobby without a bag, “Open the door for me!” “No, I’m not gonna do it!” Louie comes down, “Jose, open the door for this man.” “No, I’m not gonna do it!” So they have to, once again, call in a porter to open the door for 29G so he can leave for the day. After he’s gone, Louie writes up Jose and goes, “Look, Jose I don’t want to do this, but the next time you don’t open the door for 29G, I am gonna have to call in the union” and Jose is like, “CALL IN THE UNION NOW! I’m not gonna do it, I’m not gonna open the door for him!”