Bye, Bye, Beto

In N.Y.C. a building live in superintendent does many tasks in order to facilitate the convenience of its occupiers.

Potrero or Superintendent: A person who is in charge of cleaning, maintaining, and repairing a building, normally lives in the building with rent free dwelling.
 
What is meant as "full time?" Is it someone who works 9-5 (L-V) in the building, but doesn't live there or someone who lives in the building and watches television in his rent free apartment all day? If the law says that a building with more than 5 units must have a full time portero, how can a 10 unit building have a "portero" who lives in the building next door?
 
We have a good portero also. He does everything that Nlaruccia's does, except for the car part. We don't have one YET. But I have seen him wash other people's cars.
Nancy

Let me clarify, he didn't watch my car for free. If you want to get in good with your portero it's all about tips and his Xmas (or Chanukkah) gift at the end of the year. Mine wouldn't accept money for watching my car. He asked me to bring him cologne, but he was smart and picked an $80 US cologne.
 
Let me clarify, he didn't watch my car for free. If you want to get in good with your portero it's all about tips and his Xmas (or Chanukkah) gift at the end of the year. Mine wouldn't accept money for watching my car. He asked me to bring him cologne, but he was smart and picked an $80 US cologne.
My potero asked me to bring him cologne too. What's the deal ? He just got divorced lately, if a bottle of tacky cologne is the solution, god bless him. What pissed me off is that he still wouldn't help me much after all the gifts I gave him, amazing.
 
We are two buildings with 12 depts each, we have a part-time portero who doesn't live here. Nobody knows what his working hours are, he shows up sometimes in the morning and leaves by lunch.

He is renting in black our parking spots, there is a white Polo parking in our building, each time in a different spot. We left two notes saying that the spot where the car was stationed belonged to our apartment and was up for rent, but 10 minutes after the note was removed and the portero was the only live soul around. Various tenants inquired with him about the car but he is playing dumb and gives answer such as "that is the car of the teenager daughter's bf in living in apt. 10", or that it is of someone who is new and doesn't know the parking rules, etc.

Finally, we took pictures and emailed them to the administrator... Then my bf cornered the portero and he said that it is his friend's car who works nearby. We told him our spot is up for rent (we don't have a car) and if he'd find a renter he would get a cut. After one week he found one and we might be renting our spot soon.

Anyway the guy doesn't even have the remote to open the garage door when maintenance has to come in with their flete.... I guess he gave away his remote to his "friend"...

I saw our portero going also into the building next to ours, I wouldn't be surprised if he is their portero as well, of course with the same working hours for both buildings!
 
Not sure why so many here are doubting my sincerity. I thought my reputation preceded me.
No worries, they are just teasing you. Plus, potero is the last guy you want to get lucky with, after the mail man. :)
 
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