Toilet 'attendents' in Pubs and Clubs

nikolaitr

They annoy the hell out of me. I know how to wash my hands, I've only been doing it the past couple decades....whats the point of them?

They seem a bit over the top in up market restaurants....but in dirty temple bar bathrooms its just ridulous!!

stovelid

Degsy is circling this thread like a Great White. I can sense it.

Rb

I've never had a problem with these guys. Any of them that I've encountered have been extremely nice people, just trying to earn some cash I suppose.

phantom_lord

Done to death.

abetarrush

I never give them money, so they dont bother me much

fish-head

I miss the Slate.

Faith

The unnerve me a bit, but they're harmless. I never know am I expected to tip them, or what.

el rabitos

yeah, heres a tip, go to college so u dont end up working in a toilet

scojones

Hello dupe!

jimmycrackcorm

I think they should be banned as it sends out the wrong message about our "African-Irish" residents. How dare they be more enterprising than the native Irish dole-takers!

wyndham

When one of them unzips me, holds my c0ck while i attend to business, shakes it 3 times, tucks it back in(on the correct side!) and zips me up again, then he can have a euro.

connundrum

<enter smart comment>

I like these guys, they're always on the ball with the smelly stuff - one of em turned me onto the fragrance I've been using for the last year so fair play to him!

If you don't wanna pay em attention then don't, I'm sure they're well used to being ignored anyways. On the scale of things I'd rather give them money than them thieving backstards who come round with the roses/flashy lights. Backstards

wyndham

connundrum wrote:

On the scale of things I'd rather give them money than them thieving backstards who come round with the roses/flashy lights. Backstards

They work on exactly the same premise, ie that you will be embarrassed into giving them something.

Steyr

The boyo's in Galway all have the same answer when ya ask where they are from.......( Insert thick Nigerian/African Accent ) I am from Donegal man....:D

fozzle

wyndham wrote:

They work on exactly the same premise, ie that you will be embarrassed into giving them something.

To be fair, they don't mystically appear in bathrooms, it's a management descision to pay a staff member to do the job. And in a lot of places they're really there to stop people taking drugs/drinking drinks they snuck in from the offie.

constitutionus

i ****ing hate them. not the people, theyre just trying to earn a graft. but the whole bloody premise of a servent in the jax.

ive spent 20 odd years trying to avoid male attention in the toilets, particularly those looking for payments afterwards so i dont see why i should encourage it now. i can understand in clubs where they double as scouts for security and can give em a heads up when someone passes out or starts a fight or something. but in your bog standard irish pub its beyond pretension. thankfully my local stopped it years ago. it actually puts me off going to certain pubs

wyndham

fozzle wrote:

To be fair, they don't mystically appear in bathrooms, it's a management descision to pay a staff member to do the job.

They don't get paid by the clubs afaik. Most of them couldn't be because they are of African/Romanian origin.

Jello

The one in Radio City is cool . I'd never pay them though, and their job seems quite pointless to me.

Chucky the tree

does it happen in peoples local? I thought it was jut town or pubs in temple bar for security reasons etc.

wow sierra

yeah, heres a tip, go to college so u dont end up working in a toilet

Some of the immigrants doing menial jobs in Ireland, (maybe not these exactly), did go to college - we just don't let them work using their qualifications. Don't they teach you about stuff like that in college?

Rb

Well I've only ever seen them in town, never in any of the local pubs. I can't see how people have a problem with them, its not as though they stick their hand out for payment and they don't react badly if you choose not to pay them. They're also great for security in the clubs/pubs and have probably made the bathrooms in clubs in town a safer place.

Wyndham wrote:

When one of them unzips me, holds my c0ck while i attend to business, shakes it 3 times, tucks it back in(on the correct side!) and zips me up again, then he can have a euro

You disgust me.

tbh

a mate of mine in the biz employs them and says they've paid for themselves because of a reduction in "slipped on a wet floor" compo artists.

stovelid

Surely there are wesbites to cater for these kind of urges without you having to resort to engineering chance meetings in public toilets?

wyndham wrote:

When one of them unzips me, holds my c0ck while i attend to business, shakes it 3 times,

fozzle

wyndham wrote:

They don't get paid by the clubs afaik. Most of them couldn't be because they are of African/Romanian origin.

And Irish companies aren't allowed hire foreigners?
I've done that job and I was payed by the bar, I've never heard of places hiring attendants in from outside.

Thrill

Just cos you start out working in a jax doesnt mean you wont end up successful. Look at George Michael. I believe he still tries his hand at it now and again, and will give you a good service for free.

Dave!

It's not something I really give a sh*t about, but I p*ss alot when I'm drinking, so I don't like thinking that the bloke is counting my visits ¬_¬

Dun laoire

What does afaik mean?

Smellyirishman

Dun laoire wrote:

What does afaik mean?

In future: www.urbandictionary.com

For now: As Far As I Know.

Capt'n Midnight

Steyr wrote:

The boyo's in Galway all have the same answer when ya ask where they are from.......( Insert thick Nigerian/African Accent ) I am from Donegal man....:D

An Bearnas Mor ?

thelordofcheese

I'll pay them once, just once a night, and thats it. If i'm really drunk, i'll pay some more, but i do the first payment out of politeness.

They do make me feel really uncomfortable though, i can sympathise with others in this thread that feel the same way, i dunno what it is, but it triggers something in the back of my brain that says "This ain't right".

Heisenberg.

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Karl Hungus

The Scientist wrote:

Its totally a Dublin Thing.

No it's not. You get them here in Galway too.

wyndham

fozzle wrote:

And Irish companies aren't allowed hire foreigners?
I've done that job and I was payed by the bar, I've never heard of places hiring attendants in from outside.

They are unlikely to be granted a work permit for a toilet attendant.

Pigman II

one of em turned me onto the fragrance I've been using for the last year

Eh ok.

So is this job something one needs qualificiations/experience for or are they just hiring people off the streets?

I'd hate to think I was getting advise on how to undermine my manliness from people who didn't know what they are talking about!

KamiKazi

at the end of the day, their just trying to make some money. their not getting paid by the clubs, they work solely for the tips that they get.

they keep the jacks clean, make sure noones taking anything in the jacks etc. etc.

i always give them a tip when im in a club

Karl Hungus

Karl Hungus wrote:

No it's not. You get them here in Galway too.

I remember the days they had them in the GPO .. I mustve given at least a hundred euros to them feckers when I was hammered.

Jules

They are only trying to make some money guys, which would you prefere, them keeping toilets clean and suppling deoderant.perfume/aftershave/gum and lollis or begging at traffic lights for a few quid.....

if you had no other way of making money im sure you would be glad of this job... majority of people on this thread are just snobs and look down there noses at people.

And there isn't just foregin people doing i have met a few irish people too!

mr_disc

I find them quite pointless, ... why pay a man to hand you a paper towel to dry your hands and offer you some cheap spray, while he tries to make small talk with you.... if they wanted to do something useful they could stand at your table 4 the night and bring you re fills of heineken when u are running empty

Dun laoire

Smellyirishman wrote:

In future: www.urbandictionary.com

For now: As Far As I Know.

Fair play ya smellyirishman. I taught afaik was "ithink" but pronounced with an east london accent. Close enough:D

Wacker

If I take any deodarant or aftershave or even a mint, I tip. Otherwise, I just try to get out of the situation as quickly as possible. I find the whole thing rather akward. Plus, two paper towles is not nearly enough to dry your hands when wet! I'd feel the need to tip if I asked for more, so normally I just run like an extra in a Godzilla movie.

shane86

Steyr wrote:

The boyo's in Galway all have the same answer when ya ask where they are from.......( Insert thick Nigerian/African Accent ) I am from Donegal man....:D

They must be mates of that guy who attended Jacks funeral on Father Ted.


Anyone know the way it works, like do they pay "rent" to the bar/club to be allowed to work the jacks? Take a large Dublin club like, say, Spirit, that holds something like 1400 odd people odd. IIRC there are 3 mens and 3 womens jacks, one in the basement, one near the dance music floor and one in VIP. The 3 male attendants serve toilets that, on a 50% average assumption, cater for 700 men per night, who might go 3 times. If we assume they give a average of 4 euro in a night, thats 2800 between 3 lads, close on a grand each. Fridays and Saturdays are packed out, so theyre making 2 grand on the big nights and maybe another 1000 combined Thursday and Sunday. 3000 per attendent in tips, surely the club must want a slice of this?

The ones who dont let you spray on your own annoy me, Ill tip if they let me blast 8 shots of CK White and another 6 of green joop Sex in a bottle that stuff.

Dave!

mr_disc wrote:

I find them quite pointless, ... why pay a man to hand you a paper towel to dry your hands and offer you some cheap spray, while he tries to make small talk with you.... if they wanted to do something useful they could stand at your table 4 the night and bring you re fills of heineken when u are running empty

Or just punch you in the throat all night for drinking Heineken in the first place

shane86

Tallaght tightarses

tbh about 90% of people seem to give money. By 4 euro I meant that they would give 2 euro on 2 occasions.

edit- DaveMcGs post i was replying to disappeared, how rather odd........

Dave!

shane86 wrote:

Tallaght tightarses

tbh about 90% of people seem to give money. By 4 euro I meant that they would give 2 euro on 2 occasions.

edit- DaveMcGs post i was replying to disappeared, how rather odd........

jayzis I've rarely noticed people giving them money. Maybe a poll is in order

Devrozex

I don't really see the negatives to them tbh. If you don't want to give them anything just avoid them, but if you want a bit of CK1 or even a lollipop, they're handy to have around. Good to talk bollox to them when your drunk as well.:D

Tar.Aldarion

Karl Hungus wrote:

No it's not. You get them here in Galway too.

Even in Sligo now. It was a husand and wife where I worked, lovely people.

Thrill

I bet they boil any money they get for at least half an hour in
industrial strength detergent. Lots of guys will take a leak and then
put their urine stained hands straight into their pockets to fish out some coin,
then leave without washing their hands.
Now that i think of it, i don't know where the coins i have in my
pocket were either.
Anyone know where i can get some industrial strength detergent?

Dave!

shane86 wrote:

edit- DaveMcGs post i was replying to disappeared, how rather odd........

Yeah I deleted it cos I thought I misinterpreted the fella I was quoting's post

Pigman II

Actually whilst were on the subject, how far do these guys services extend beyond offering aftershave and making chitchat.?

For example would they wipe my arse for me after I had a good shít or lets say I was at the urinal I had just been handed a newspaper on the way in would it be out of line for me to ask him to hold onto the ol' lad for a second whilst I read the headlines?

Aoife-FM104

People are being quite nice here.

If there were white boys from Wexford, would you still like them?

Personally they make me uncomfortable, but I don't blame then for trying to earn some cash. I tip them if I use their stuff.

Tar.Aldarion

I like people because of their personality, not their race and nationality. How about you?