Toilet attendants, how do you deal with them?

I ignore them. Nothing to stop you drying your hands.

I had a toilet guy in Sin E in Dublin come after me and put his hand on my shoulder trying to get me back in to give him money - after him doing nothing for me.

I politely but firmly told him to get lost.

Pure cheek.

Bonito wrote: »

True story. I was in the club the other wknd. New lad in the toilets. He called in the bouncers to deal with the lads who wouldn't wash their hands. He even grabbed one by the shoulder to pull them back from the door to wash their hands. He's lucky he didn't get a smack TBH.

While the lad in question sounds OTT, he's probably paid the management to set up there and has no doubt been allowed to form the impression that he'll pull in a certain amount of money. The fact that he's trying to get the bouncers to intervene suggests this too.

Can anybody confirm that these guys pay the management for the right to set up in their clubs?

People should complain to the management and say they're not coming back as long as there are toilet attendants there instead of kicking off with the people in the toilets.

I don't mind when the jacks is busy but i hate going in when it's early in the night and it's empty. It's like having someone in your jacks at home watching your every move. I never tip them unless i actually use something other than the paper they usually force into my hands.

dont mind them meself some can be ott though but i usually just have a bit of banter with them ''story chief'' ''howeya horse'' just buzz of them and give them a tip, if i think some fella is an arsehole i wont tip them just tell them il sort them out next time im in(which i never do);)

Bonito wrote: »

Alot of people I know believe the toilet attendant jobs should be given to students in college!

It's just creating a job though when there is no job to do.

Maybe somewhere like the Beverly Hills Hotel where the place is gigantic and they give you expensive after shave and a hot towel or something but not some where like Vicar St or Copper Face fcuking Jacks ffs.

This country went and stuck it's head up it's ar*e for the past ten years.

I have some sympathy for them (well the nice ones at least) because it's a pretty shite job; can you imagine standing round a pissy toilets all night? But leaving aside that mitigating factor, they're really annoying. As OutlawPete said, it's a pointless job; a position that cannot justify itself.

We'd lose absolutely nothing if they didn't exist. Last time I checked people knew how to take paper towels from a dispenser. The little deodorants they sometimes sell are handy enough, but the clubs/pubs could could install a machine to give them out like they do with condoms, and cut out the middle man? If it they cleaned the toilets or fulfilled some other worthwhile role then I'd say fair play to them.

If the toilets tend to be a bit rowdy then send in a proper bouncer to keep an eye on things. Otherwise, leave them be. We managed for years without largely useless attendants, I'm sure we could manage once more if they were phased out.