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Toilet attendents?.

  • 20-12-2008 9:36am
    #1
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭


    I was out with the works Christmas party on Thursday night, great night.

    During it we hit the Arlington on the quays (Dublin). Crap boozer, but there ya go that happens.

    My biggest problem with this place was the toilets. They weren't especially dirty, male toilets are usually cleaner than the wimmens anyhow.

    But - IT HAD A TOILET ATTENDENT!.

    An African lad offering aftershave lotions, sprays, tissue etc.

    Frankly, I find this embarressing and very annoying.

    I know the lad is making good money, one club I work in the hubby and wife bragged of making over €500- a night between them.

    I rarely if ever return to a bar with toilet attendents.
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  • #2
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,917 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Just do what I do and ignore them. Hardly the most irritating thing you'll come across on a night out.


  • #3
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,723 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Depends on the bathroom to be honest. Usually an attendant is around the corner and isnt just blankly watching people at urinals or coming in/out of stalls.


  • #4
    preilly79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 627 ✭✭✭preilly79


    I think they play on your desires to not be seen as rude or unkind. hence it's hard to refuse the tissue they hand you after you've washed your hands. even harder to accept it and walk away without acknowledging his 'effort' by leaving a tip.

    No need to ignore, just say no thanks :)


  • #5
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    If a busker displays no talent or plays Wonderwall, I don't give them a cent. Same goes for toilet buskers. Unless you're going to juggle or tell a few jokes, you'll not see a thing from me.

    I've noticed less of them turning off the hand dryers and removing the original soap etc. I'd say people got pissed off with those tactics and pub management had a word.


  • #6
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭Trinity


    I find it quite a degrading job for some reason. I always throw a couple of euro in whether i use anything or not which can turn into an expensive night cos once ya wee once ya know yourself, ya cant stop :D


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  • #7
    mallubear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭mallubear


    You feel like your privacy is being intruded on

    Well I do anyway


  • #8
    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Hate toilet attendant , don't like them . They do not do anything , one accused me of taking some chewing gum once and tried to make me give him some change so I told him to go f**k off(I am not easily p1ssed off but the cheek) .
    Nah I don't like them .

    Also they play on the embarrassment which is what they were trying to do to me when I didn't give any change


  • #9
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    preilly79 wrote: »
    I think they play on your desires to not be seen as rude or unkind. hence it's hard to refuse the tissue they hand you after you've washed your hands. even harder to accept it and walk away without acknowledging his 'effort' by leaving a tip.

    No need to ignore, just say no thanks :)

    Just give them your best smile , and tell them they are doing a great job.
    Leave.


  • #10
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,723 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    random chatbox wrote: »
    Hate toilet attendant , don't like them . They do not do anything , one accused me of taking some chewing gum once and tried to make me give him some change so I told him to go f**k off(I am not easily p1ssed off but the cheek) .
    Nah I don't like them .

    Also they play on the embarrassment which is what they were trying to do to me when I didn't give any change
    in fairness he should keep his chewing gum stick under the toilet seat. shame on you for eating it though - thats disgusting.


  • #11
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Trinity1 wrote: »
    I find it quite a degrading job for some reason. I always throw a couple of euro in whether i use anything or not which can turn into an expensive night cos once ya wee once ya know yourself, ya cant stop :D

    Nice one, you pay top buck for drinks,probably well over €5 a pint or 330 ml bottle that you could buy for €1 in an offie,and then you feel the need to toss in "a few euro" when you use the facilities!!!
    Then you probably tip the taxi driver on the way home and pay the babysitter if needed.

    You pay for everything at top buck and then feel the 'need' to toss in more:eek::eek::eek:

    Ever think you are taken for being bit 'soft'????


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  • #12
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    The pubs do not pay them a penny. They expect them to clean the toilets and supply their own stuff.

    Degrading job. A friend of mine(NO not me) onced used the soap and the hand papers that were handed to them and the guy asked for money. They asked him for his work permit to work in Ireland. He said he did not have one. My friend argued that he should not pay him to perpetuate the problem.

    I just ignore them and when they block the paper or hand dryer I just wave them out of the way.


  • #13
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭Trinity


    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    Nice one, you pay top buck for drinks,probably well over €5 a pint or 330 ml bottle that you could buy for €1 in an offie,and then you feel the need to toss in "a few euro" when you use the facilities!!!
    Then you probably tip the taxi driver on the way home and pay the babysitter if needed.

    You pay for everything at top buck and then feel the 'need' to toss in more:eek::eek::eek:

    Ever think you are taken for being bit 'soft'????


    Yes I am soft, i'm a sucker. I'd feel bad not putting money in. And i always tip taxi drivers, delivery men etc.

    Fortunately for my pocket i dont go out much anymore.


  • #14
    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    Don't worry, the way things are going, that type of excess will go the way of hi vis vests in the deli, ever ascending drink prices (except in prime locations, as ever), and easy access to personal credit.

    No bloody harm either. Its about time we stopped screwing each other over, or allowing other parasites to do it for us.


  • #15
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,975 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Mairt wrote: »
    I rarely if ever return to a bar with toilet attendents.

    Me too.

    I was in a pub in Swords a couple of years ago and didn't tip the attendent for the hard job of handing me a paper towel and some asshole (another customer) informed me I was a racist. :rolleyes:


  • #16
    Pighead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Bouncers are worse. Toilet attendants never judge Pighead by the footwear he wears on a night out.


  • #17
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Me too.

    I was in a pub in Swords a couple of years ago and didn't tip the attendent for the hard job of handing me a paper towel and some asshole (another customer) informed me I was a racist. :rolleyes:

    You should have cupped a hand full of water from the tap and thrown it right at this crotch.


  • #18
    themadchef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,813 ✭✭✭themadchef


    Toilet attendent, *one thing you will never find in a culchie toilet :D



    In fact, in some establishments, toilet roll is a bonus!






    *Must add to the reasons i'm proud to be a culchie list


  • #19
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭Trinity


    themadchef wrote: »
    Toilet attendent, *one thing you will never find in a culchie toilet :D



    In fact, in some establishments, toilet roll is a bonus!






    *Must add to the reasons i'm proud to be a culchie list



    My fondest memory of a culchie pub is the sign on the door saying push, so i pushed and pushed and pushed but it wouldnt open so i tried pulling and low and behold you did in fact have to pull.

    I was attending a funeral so it was a much needed laugh


  • #20
    themadchef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,813 ✭✭✭themadchef


    Trinity1 wrote: »
    My fondest memory of a culchie pub is the sign on the door saying push, so i pushed and pushed and pushed but it wouldnt open so i tried pulling and low and behold you did in fact have to pull.

    Thats a standing secret joke on the foreinders, and the Dubs ;).

    Culchies have to get their kicks somewhere. If no strangers show up to give us a laugh, someone usually starts a fight for the sake of it. Wimmin are the most entertaining. I usually hide.


  • #21
    Wacko
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭Wacko


    Toilet attendants are just a way for a bar/club to have someone in the toilets keeping an eye on what is happening without having a bouncer in there all the time. Which would you prefer a saying no to a toilet attendant offering a towel or dealing with a bouncer staring you out of it while you try to relieve yourself !


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  • #22
    Lafortezza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,806 ✭✭✭Lafortezza


    I got a hug from the toilet guy in Doyles on College Green last weekend after I tipped him. I did notice that he was better dressed than every customer in the place.


  • #23
    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Wacko wrote: »
    Toilet attendants are just a way for a bar/club to have someone in the toilets keeping an eye on what is happening without having a bouncer in there all the time. Which would you prefer a saying no to a toilet attendant offering a towel or dealing with a bouncer staring you out of it while you try to relieve yourself !

    if they don't expect a tip , then bouncers


  • #24
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭Trinity


    lafortezza wrote: »
    I got a hug from the toilet guy in Doyles on College Green last weekend after I tipped him. I did notice that he was better dressed than every customer in the place.

    You sure he was an attendant? COuld have just been a punter that ran out of money so ran into the jacks and stood there with paper towels in hand waiting on suckers like me to throw money into his hat :D


  • #25
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,723 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Trinity1 wrote: »
    You sure he was an attendant? COuld have just been a punter that ran out of money so ran into the jacks and stood there with paper towels in hand waiting on suckers like me to throw money into his hat :D
    ...define Toilet Attendant again?


  • #26
    badinfleunce
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭badinfleunce


    I love toilet attendants. I think they are such an important part of our lives. Lets face it if they werent around it could have a detrimental effect on the economy. People would not be spending when they go to the loo and this could lead to all sorts.
    I think the introduction of this practice was a stealth strategy by FF to increase spending in the "jacks" to compensate for the eventual downturn in the economy. Rumour has it that part of the new masterplan to be unveiled will definetly focus on tax breaks for The "toilet attendant industry" to ensure their survival and encourage further development.
    Frankly this is where we are headin and in an attempt to soften the blow the toilet attendant will give us all a spray of our favourite cologne before we see our little country being flushed down the loo:D.


  • #27
    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    lafortezza wrote: »
    I got a hug from the toilet guy in Doyles on College Green last weekend after I tipped him. I did notice that he was better dressed than every customer in the place.

    Happened me once in Liverpool actually!

    In my defence, I was drunk and gullible, so the fucker got five pound out of me.

    Cue bemused stares from the other punters...


  • #28
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Wacko wrote: »
    Toilet attendants are just a way for a bar/club to have someone in the toilets keeping an eye on what is happening without having a bouncer in there all the time. Which would you prefer a saying no to a toilet attendant offering a towel or dealing with a bouncer staring you out of it while you try to relieve yourself !


    No its not, your Wacko.


  • #29
    kickupthehole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭kickupthehole


    Pighead wrote: »
    Bouncers are worse. Toilet attendants never judge Pighead by the footwear he wears on a night out.

    why did that post get a thanks? :confused:


  • #30
    Pighead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Mairt wrote: »
    No its not, your Wacko.
    Ah c'mon Mairt he's right. If you had a daughter and if she were ever to marry, would you rather she wed a meathead who wouldn't let her wear trainers or a gentle kind soul who always ensured she smelt nice and that her pretty hands were dry?


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  • #31
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭Trinity


    Overheal wrote: »
    ...define Toilet Attendant again?

    Someone who attends to you while you are using the toilet facilities? Where did i go wrong with the post was it the hat :D

    Why whats yours?


  • #32
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    kickupthehole wrote: »
    why did that post get a thanks? :confused:

    Feeling left out? There I thanked yours. Now everybody's happy.


  • #33
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Some of the ones in ladies take out all the toilet roll so you have to take some from them before going into the cubicles. Thankfully I always have tissues in my hand bag.
    Hate it tbh.


  • #34
    Iang87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Iang87


    i hate toilet attendants its so degrading to them i think and you. its kinda like what did we do to dry our hands before there was a big ****er to hand you woilet roll in the jacks.

    I really think we need to unleash a cheryl cole on these toilet attendants she'll sort them out


  • #35
    kickupthehole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭kickupthehole


    javaboy wrote: »
    Feeling left out? There I thanked yours. Now everybody's happy.

    no I just hate the way certain boards users feel the need to thank pighead for every post he makes despite the fact it not being funny, interesting or thanks-worthy in any way


  • #36
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭Trinity


    kickupthehole wrote: »
    no I just hate the way certain boards users feel the need to thank pighead for every post he makes despite the fact it not being funny, interesting or thanks-worthy in any way


    You've 11 posts and you are bothered by something :eek:

    I found it funny. What people do with their thanks is their business.

    Save it up for something worth getting pissed over ffs


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  • #37
    Pighead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    kickupthehole wrote: »
    no I just hate the way certain boards users feel the need to thank pighead for every post he makes despite the fact it not being funny, interesting or thanks-worthy in any way
    Listen here sunshine. Pighead put a whole lot of effort into that post and for that alone it was worth a thanks. You come in wearing your negativity like a cowboy wears his stetson trying to ruin Pigheads weekend. Why would you do that? What's your angle kickupthehole?

    And for the record you failed to ruin Pigheads weekend as he only hurts when people with over 20 posts say nasty things about him.


  • #38
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    kickupthehole wrote: »
    no I just hate the way certain boards users feel the need to thank pighead for every post he makes despite the fact it not being funny, interesting or thanks-worthy in any way


    Now, you know that half the board will have to scroll up to thank Pighead just to annoy you now, just like I did.

    Thanks Pighead, and I thanked you further up too.

    Every has to thank pighead now thanks to you :mad:


  • #39
    oq4v3ht0u76kf2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,028 ✭✭✭oq4v3ht0u76kf2


    Doesn't anybody remember The Slate's infamous 'Blacks in the Jacks' article? I believe Ms. Mumba herself commented on the piece... allegedly. :P

    Oh how I miss the Slate.


  • #40
    midlandsmissus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,838 ✭✭✭midlandsmissus


    Mairt wrote: »
    I was out with the works Christmas party on Thursday night, great night.

    During it we hit the Arlington on the quays (Dublin). Crap boozer, but there ya go that happens.

    My biggest problem with this place was the toilets. They weren't especially dirty, male toilets are usually cleaner than the wimmens anyhow.

    But - IT HAD A TOILET ATTENDENT!.

    An African lad offering aftershave lotions, sprays, tissue etc.

    Frankly, I find this embarressing and very annoying.

    I know the lad is making good money, one club I work in the hubby and wife bragged of making over €500- a night between them.

    I rarely if ever return to a bar with toilet attendents.

    Have you never come across this before? My local club has had a toilet attendant for the last 5 years I'd say. God, it really must be the worst job in the world. Imagine standing there all night, while everyone falls in pissed around ya. I do feel bad for them. The one in our club is shocking crafty though: hands ya things like even a bit of paper, and once you've used it then she pounces for money. People are so embarassed 9 times out of 10 that they give it to her.


  • #41
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    kickupthehole wrote: »
    no I just hate the way certain boards users feel the need to thank pighead for every post he makes despite the fact it not being funny, interesting or thanks-worthy in any way

    What an odd thing for someone only registered this month to notice. Were you a lurker for ages before? Or a rereg?
    Mairt wrote: »
    Now, you know that half the board will have to scroll up to thank Pighead just to annoy you now, just like I did.

    Thanks Pighead, and I thanked you further up too.

    Every has to thank pighead now thanks to you :mad:

    Now I'm thinking maybe it's an alt account of Pighead's designed to get just that kind of reaction. To the conspiracy theories forum!


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  • #42
    Red Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,986 ✭✭✭Red Hand


    Hmmmm...maybe it's my imagination Mairt, but did you start a thread on this subject this time last year or the year before?

    I don't like toilet attendents-I'm well able to find the hand-dryer and paper sheets myself.

    It's funny-you gotta pay over the mark for filling up on liquid at the bar and then they want to charge you when you empty that liquid in the toilet.

    You're just renting the water!:pac:


  • #43
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »
    You're just renting the water!:pac:

    You get to keep the hangover.


  • #44
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »
    Hmmmm...maybe it's my imagination Mairt, but did you start a thread on this subject this time last year or the year before?


    Ok, I'll admit it. She only lets me out once a year :o

    Tbh, I don't know if I posted a thread about it before. But I know its been discussed before and my opinions haven't changed.


  • #45
    Shacklebolt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Shacklebolt


    The lad in the GPO toilets sells lollipops as well.... My friend got in trouble for trying to steal them.


  • #46
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    kickupthehole wrote: »
    no I just hate the way certain boards users feel the need to thank pighead for every post he makes despite the fact it not being funny, interesting or thanks-worthy in any way

    :eek:

    jaysus!!! 11 posts in and you are jousting with the Pig.

    You better be good son.


  • #47
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    :eek:

    jaysus!!! 11 posts in and you are jousting with the Pig.

    You better be good son.

    Clearly the noob missed the thread on whether to keep or get rid of the thanks button.

    There should be a slap button for those under 25 posts. :pac::pac:


  • #48
    Epic Tissue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Epic Tissue


    preilly79 wrote: »
    I think they play on your desires to not be seen as rude or unkind. hence it's hard to refuse the tissue they hand you after you've washed your hands. even harder to accept it and walk away without acknowledging his 'effort' by leaving a tip.

    No need to ignore, just say no thanks :)

    Or just take the paper/soap and not offer a tip.


  • #49
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    Just dry your hands on his shirt.


  • #50
    Phenomenon123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Phenomenon123


    the ones that work in shopping centres all day every day and just stand in their deserve an award imo

    i could'nt do it


  • #51
    big b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭big b


    Shacklebolt wrote: »
    The lad in the GPO toilets sells lollipops as well.....

    One of many reasons I don't go clubbing in Galway.

    Some geezer stands around while you whip your mickey out, then asks you if you'd like a lollipop? :eek::eek:

    I thought those lads had their own nightclub.


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