The Toilet Attendant

Skyfall wrote: »

You sir are a rascist bástad

In all seriousness, and I can't speak for Skyfall here, but if I considered someone to be genuinely racist, I would tell them so, tell them why so and definitely wouldn't call them 'sir'. So for now I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it was just a joke.

athlonelad wrote: »

That sounds like a john Terry defense

Sitec wrote: »

I know of a place where the person in the toilet actually turns off the hand dryer, so you're forced to use hand towels! The pub has one of them fancy Dyson hand driers so why would I want to use towels?

What do the pubs/nightclubs actually get out of this?? Do they feel sorry for the person or think it adds a level of sophistication?

I've seen that myself in Dublin. I just switched it back on and took the longest time standing there with the blower goin and yer man glowerin at me. Feckin parasites they are tbh.

I once had a great conversation with a Nigerian taxi driver who told me that Nigerian men think it's unseemly to do any sort of physical labour - they'll stand and watch the women do it usually. He said, for that reason, you'll never see a Nigerian in a building site or running around behind a bar. You're more likely to see them sitting in a taxi (as he was at the time) or sitting in a toilet, being handed money for doing nothing.

And please note this is nothing to do with colour - it's purely a man from a specific country talking about his countrymen.

Does this happen in ladies toilets?

I was in a well-known club that's accross for Trinity a few months back and handed the guy in the jacks 20 cent and i don't think he even did anything to earn it (can't remember now really). Anyone who knows this place knows there is no room in there for a guy to be standing around handing out paper towels as it is fairly cramped.

Anyway as i walked away he threw the two 10 cent coins on the floor in my direction! I picked them up and confronted him and he said he didn't want them. Before things got ugly another guy who was just on his way out said you hold onto that friend (refering to the money) he's not worth it and motioned me to the door.

I reported the attendant to the bouncers who seemed astounded but probably didn't give a **** all the same. As far as I know the guy is still working there so watch out.:(

Last time i'll hand over money for washing my hands.

about 8 or 9 years ago i shared an apartment with a toilet boy. He was an African guy and he had been shared his income with Nigerian mafia. Don't think something have changed since that time. You can tip them, but your money will go to support organized crime in Africa.

Promac wrote: »

I've seen that myself in Dublin. I just switched it back on and took the longest time standing there with the blower goin and yer man glowerin at me. Feckin parasites they are tbh.

I once had a great conversation with a Nigerian taxi driver who told me that Nigerian men think it's unseemly to do any sort of physical labour - they'll stand and watch the women do it usually. He said, for that reason, you'll never see a Nigerian in a building site or running around behind a bar. You're more likely to see them sitting in a taxi (as he was at the time) or sitting in a toilet, being handed money for doing nothing.

And please note this is nothing to do with colour - it's purely a man from a specific country talking about his countrymen.

Yeah, right.
There's a peculiar smell wafting through this thread, the unpleasant whiff of public toilets perhaps?
No. More pungent than that, could it possibly be our old friend 'racism'?
No. We're Irish, we're not like that, we've experienced racism ourselves, and anyway blah, blah, blah.

I repeat.
Give the man a few coppers, and don't be such a cu*t.

Sappa wrote: »

I remember when they first started in Temple bar,I has seen the practice in the states before and usually tipped only if I used the service.
This time it was when the euro first came in I I was chatting to a Nigerian fella.
At the end of the conversation he just said what u got for brotha,I flipped 1 euro into his jar and he went mental no this is not enough I told him it was up to me what I give,the guy called security and tried to get me kicked out,they told him where to go and he just sulked,last time I gave anything tro them.

I've no reason to doubt you, but really, the anecdote floodgates will soon open with every crank, crackpot and racist diving in for a good aul soak.
Already 'Promac' has inferred that you'll only see women toiling away on the building sites of Lagos.

"I had a Nigerian bloke in the front of me Taxi once, and do you know what he told me, yada, yada, yada,.........

9959 wrote: »

Yeah, right.
There's a peculiar smell wafting through this thread, the unpleasant whiff of public toilets perhaps?
No. More pungent than that, could it possibly be our old friend 'racism'?
No. We're Irish, we're not like that, we've experienced racism ourselves, and anyway blah, blah, blah.

I repeat.
Give the man a few coppers, and don't be such a cu*t.

What a monkey. You're really getting the most from your new phrase. Use it before them coppers get phased out.

Don't tell people to pay someone to watch them piss, it's weird.