I walked outside this morning, and there was no doorman. I had to open the door by myself!
Clearly, in the aftermath of this apocalyptic storm, the New York area is returning to a primitive pre-industrial state where people have to open their own doors by themselves.
The doorman is looting you, bro.
Posted by: Turambar | October 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Look for a week of MSNBC having Ray Nagin on as a "disaster expert."
Expect Maddow and Nagin to do lots of finger pointing revolving around how racist Romney's handling of the storm situation would have been considering that he had the gall to suggest that disaster relief should be based more locally (rather than sitting back and waiting for the feds to come in and cure your incompetence).
Don't expect any appearances by Haley Barbour or anyone involved in the Nashville flood cleanup. (yes, Nashville had deadly floods in 2010)
Posted by: Camlost | October 30, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Is your arm sore after this traumatizing event?
Posted by: CamelCaseRob | October 30, 2012 at 12:43 PM
can I just suggest that "Frankenstorm" might accomplish an Romney popular vote win.
I dont think it is going to flip any in play states.
But arent NY/NJ people going to have better things to do than vote in a meaningless election?
If Obama has to win, him losing the popular vote by 2% would be quite defanging.
Posted by: Turambar | October 30, 2012 at 01:09 PM
How does it not bother you to *ever* have someone open the door for you? We stayed in a hotel in Toronto last year where the staff kept opening the door for me, trying to carry my luggage, etc. I was like, what is this? We're not freakin' royalty.
[HS: Honestly, I don't particularly like it, but that's reflective of my prole upbringing, as Paul Fussell said, the mark of the lower classes is not being comfortable with having servants.]
Posted by: Samson J. | October 30, 2012 at 02:14 PM
I was thinking this might be nice Karma for Irene, when people in the rest of the state were flooded out of their homes and businesses so that New Yawkas wouldn't have to be distressed by seeing their water level go almost part of the way up to the lowest point of the Hudson River Greenway. Oh, and then the New Yawkas got to talk about what a joke it all was.
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Posted by: MoreSigmasThanYou | October 30, 2012 at 02:36 PM
HS, what do you think of Christie apparently trying to throw the election to Obama? I guess he sees an opportunity for himself in 2016.
Posted by: Peter A | October 30, 2012 at 03:13 PM
"How does it not bother you to *ever* have someone open the door for you?"
LOL, I trained my son to always open the door for me everywhere we go. Now he just automatically walks ahead of me and opens the door, waits for me to go through and then comes in. Its normal.
Posted by: not too late | October 30, 2012 at 06:03 PM
Isn't annoying having a doorman? Seeing him every single day and having to make some sort of small talk each time you see him? Your rent - or your maintenance fee if you own - pays this guy decently to just basically annoy you.
Posted by: Drole Prole | October 30, 2012 at 10:43 PM
"Isn't annoying having a doorman? Seeing him every single day and having to make some sort of small talk each time you see him? Your rent - or your maintenance fee if you own - pays this guy decently to just basically annoy you. "
In NYC that's a small price to pay for keeping riffraff out of your building. By talking to each resident, that doorman should get a feel for who does or doesn't belong.
[HS: The doormen do indeed prevent the people from public housing projects from freely wandering into your building. They are also useful for keeping the lobby and front of the building clean and accepting packages. Although all of these things could be accomplished with a less labor-intensive approach.]
Posted by: Camlost | October 31, 2012 at 09:18 AM
Staying at a hotel in Midtown now, and there's a flyer in the room saying housekeeping will be "light" for the next few days, presumably for the same reason your doorman wasn't there.
"Isn't annoying having a doorman?"
There are advantages: they can sign for packages for you, for example. And women tend to feel safer with them. But they do add to maintenance costs.
Posted by: DaveinHackensack | October 31, 2012 at 09:42 AM
"Clearly, in the aftermath of this apocalyptic storm, the New York area is returning to a primitive pre-industrial state where people have to open their own doors by themselves".
I believe this storm isn't as bad as people make it out to be, that is for those who live in Manhattan. For them, it's a case of overreaction just like Hurricane Irene last year. But then, the idiots underestimated the power of Sandy and overestimated the one of Irene. This being said, if our country could invest infrastructures in disaster prevention, we wouldn't problems with leveling off of suburban homes, power outages and flooding.
Posted by: Just Speculating | October 31, 2012 at 01:44 PM
You were lucky to be above 40th Street.
I had a doorman but no electricity or water from Monday until tonight.
My doormen and porters actually walked up 30+ flights of stairs to bring water and check on the residents (quite a few old people in my building).
The front door to my building is electric though so my doorman doesn't actually open the physical door but just sits in a pulpit overlooking the entrance.
Posted by: Steve Johnson | November 02, 2012 at 10:05 PM