Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

My recent letter to the editor seems to have been a hit, for at least some. I received an invitation to be interviewed to clean the grade school bldg.  So being that I will never know their process of hiring, due extensively to their mind set.  I have some observations and evaluations of my own.  First off the door I sat next to in the office waiting area is hitting the steel frame too hard and loosening in the wall. 

This can be repaired, not replaced. One of the downfalls of maintenance people is they do not follow building codes, and are ignorant of standard operating procedures (SOP). These are practices not necessarily in code that prevents recurring problems and faults in a system. A SOP for example, is not to run data cables on the outside of walls, in part due to their fragility. However they do make plastic channels that you can put these wires in and make them look as if they were some sort of trim and belonged in the place they are. Where they do not belong is tacked on the floor trim where a vacuum will cause damage. Lastly, I truly do appreciate the job interview, but here are my observations.

The custodian to my left never really looked up from his text of questions to ask me. The principal (not secretary) only seemed to brighten up and look at me with an answerer given about half way through the interview, and the head of maintenance well let’s just say, I never in 40 plus years of working ever got a job offer from someone that was nervous and intimidated like he was. Which reinforces my opinion that people in high places around here place others that do not belong in places that will only cost this community big money for poor results. My evaluation is now complete.

Kipha Valvoda