What Good Are Bathroom Trolls?
Ermita_Nights
Michigan
Sunday, January 29, 2012 5:47 PM
Why are there bathroom trolls? Nobody likes them, so they wouldn't be there if they weren't bringing in money. Given the way clubs operate, I assume they're contractors paying a fixed rent plus a percentage. No one is going to sit in the bathroom all night for less than $50, so they must be bringing in at least $200 a night. I've never known anyone who has ever tipped one of these guys.
So what's the deal? Make-work for the owner's brother-in-law? Punishment for dishwashers who steal from the owner? Sports star comes in once a month and tips $5000, covering expenses for the month?
So what's the deal? Make-work for the owner's brother-in-law? Punishment for dishwashers who steal from the owner? Sports star comes in once a month and tips $5000, covering expenses for the month?
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Really? I can't stand those guys and I've never bought their gum & mints (I bring my own) or cologne but when they hand me a paper towel after I wash my hands I would feel like the world's cheapest bastard if I didn't put a dollar in his jar. Call me weak.
Maybe some guys tip more but they aren't making much on a buck
Nights thanks man ;b
I'm pretty sure they're there to keep the place tidy and keep the bathroom sex to a minimum. I reality it seems like most of them them sell dope and talk in a random foreign language to someone who apparently does mind the background noises (loud music, pissing, shitting, farting, cursing, negotiating the sale of drugs, etc).
I'm always baffled that someone would be willing to talk to them will all that going on in the background, if I hear a flush I'm terminating the phone privileges of the caller immediately and probably permanently.
Like Jackson said, the point is to make the club appear/look more "fancy".
The club that I frequent the most, Follies, has one. This poor old guy is so feeble and disoriented that I have to wonder if he really understands where he is. Yes I toss a buck in his basket. Poor bastard probably really needs it.
But as Rod says "I usually toss $1 in the basket. It's a small thing and in the context of what a night in the club costs, is next to nothing"
I agree. Most clubs that have these guys are rather high end clubs that have valet parking, expensive cover charges, and Diet Cokes that cost a freaking $8.75. Sure, I can get my own towel, but to avoid washing one's hands to avoid spending a dollar comes across as immature and petty -- not too mention unsanitary.
I do wash my hands, I just don't tip the guy.
I once knew a guy who was so cheap, he wouldn't even tip his hat.
And one more... A Harvard man and a Yale man are both in the bathroom. The Harvard man starts to leave without washing his hands. The Yale man says, "At Yale, they teach us to wash our hands after we pee." The Harvard man responds, "At Harvard, they teach us not to pee on our hands."
How do you KNOW that there are not ANY?!? LOL