Lift at Bank Bali Tower

Lift at Bank Bali Tower

I am an employee of a company which rents a space in the Bank
Bali Tower, Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta. Since our office
occupies the 15th floor of the building, like other employees
working above the ground floor, I have to use the lift everyday.

Recently, PT Yacolt Graha, the company that manages Bank Bali
Tower, issued a regulation which, in my opinion, is rather
inhumane in nature. The regulation requires that, as of January
16, 1995, the office boys, couriers, and drivers should not use
the lifts in the main lobby. They must use the service lifts
under the pretext that they want to improve their services.

The question that flashes in my mind is: Are the above
mentioned workers an obstruction to the company's efforts for
improvement? I know that the lifts in the main lobby are often
out of order, so that the lift services aren't very efficient.
Why does the regulation affect those particular employees only?

It is wholly inappropriate for the Bank Bali Tower Management
to enforce such a ruling, considering that this society has such
an awareness of the human rights issue. It reflects a narrow-
mindedness and feudalistic perception on the part of the
management. Any effort to review the rule would be highly
commendable.

ABI HASANTOSO

Jakarta