Fit to Print Volume 25 Issue 1 March 2016 | Page 26

Cath’s Other Hats

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inventories of supplies for the cleaning
staff.
PS: So the title “Maintenance Manager”
is entirely apt but your role seems to
be considerably more. “Facility
Manager” might strike closer.
CP: After a certain level of growth had
been reached, Ken and Cor found that
they needed a person who could be a
conduit through which questions and
the reports of problems could be
directed. You simply can't be getting
text and email messages from what
could literally be a couple of dozen
people all day long. That person
became me. I know who to call. I can
compare prices and order supplies,

BFFs: Cor & Cath

malfunctioning bike back online. It's a
challenge for me. It's to the point that if
anything breaks for my family in my
home, they call me up. I will fix things
with whatever tool is needed, even if it's
a steak knife or a paperclip. My nickname
at the Front Desk is MacGyver. If I can't
fix it, it bothers me. And, I mean, of
course sometimes I have to give in—I
can't fix everything. But I love to try to
fix it all, and I'd sure like to be able to.
Another aspect involves electronics, in
particular, stereo equipment. I've found
over the years that women aren't
especially comfortable with stereos, but I
like them. I enjoy having to figure out
how to hook them up. And when we got
into microphones—another thing that no
one wanted to touch—I was happy to do
it. I became the go-to person for stereos
and small electronics. These days, there
are t