Dealing with Rude Doormans

Hi All, curious for those who petsit living in big cities. How do you deal with rude doormen especially for your regular clients who you petsit for? A lot of times I have no problem with the clients and their pets, but their doormen often give me such a hard time whether it’s them being rude or giving me a hard time when picking and dropping off the keys.

A lot of times because the encounters are so unpleasant it does make me wonder if it’s worth just not continuing booking the client in the future. For example, this one doorman will sometimes recognize me as I come 2-3x a week and when I arrive he yells at me “what do you want” with attitude, when he clearly knows I’m just here to pickup the keys from him to start the dog walk. I’m sure a part of it could be due to some of them looking down on the pet sitting profession. Although I’ve also had a lot of positive encounters with other doormen.

Edit: Not sure if this is relevant but I’m based in NYC and some of the luxury buildings don’t use keys but a card where I tap the card when going up the elevator and tap again to access the client’s home. Which is why I can’t ask the client to make an extra copy of the key. Also, some nyc landlords are strict about key copying