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May not be a solution. I had an encounter with a director of a Non- profit. I will not say which one because of the common attitude. We will refer to this Non- profit director as N.D.
N.D says they are tired of using sub - contractor for laundry because the health department runs out of vouchers middle of the month. N.D. says it would be less expensive to "have
our own machines". They don't know how expensive commercial machines are that they can't afford, they don't understand that residential or commercial machines, both are expensive to
fix, and they can break down easily even when relatively new. I tried to explain what a terrible track record non-profits have repairing broken showers (209a shelter shower number
2 has NEVER been fixed.) , sinks laundry a kitchen appliances . I explained to them if they spent money on machines the machines will break down social service providers are abysmal
at paying for for repairs. N.D. threw temper tantrum. They want machines without knowing cost/true cost in addition another asset to insure. Which means consumers walk in to more broken
utility services the contractors won't get fixed. It was quite an entitled rant considering no one is working on getting people into housing where there are currently empty subsidized
units. What to do? Cheers Maggie 🙂