Johnny On-the-Spot
chandler
Blue Ridge Foothills
I had to share this, given some of the talk lately about rating your experience vs. rating the club. It comes from a recent review of a new club in downtown Detroit. Now I know bathrooms mean a lot to some people, but come on, isn't this dude getting a little carred away?
>Let me also make note of the restroom at this time. I found it clean (although small) and extremely well-staffed. The gentleman attendant was quite good. So much so that I found myself without tip money for him, so I went all the way back to our table, grabbed a dollar off of "the stack" and went all the way back to the restroom to tip him. He turned the water on and off for you, and was johnny-on-the-spot with paper towels.<
>Let me also make note of the restroom at this time. I found it clean (although small) and extremely well-staffed. The gentleman attendant was quite good. So much so that I found myself without tip money for him, so I went all the way back to our table, grabbed a dollar off of "the stack" and went all the way back to the restroom to tip him. He turned the water on and off for you, and was johnny-on-the-spot with paper towels.<
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I don't have strong feelings one way or another about bathroom attendants. I certainly don't need them, but I only resent them if the rest of the club is no good. They're pretty much a given in Detroit clubs, even the near-dives. What I don't understand is why they, and bathrooms in general, get so much in reviews.
Anyway, I don't like the notion of ANYONE working "just for tips" at such a demeaning job. That's why I always ask a dancer what her salary is ... :) ...
No, seriously, I dislike the bathroom trolls. I find them an imposition, a kind of "we'll get money out of 'em EVEN WHEN THEY PISS" milking of the cash cow. There's already a parking lot surcharge, a front door surcharge, a waitress surcharge, a couch surcharge. What next, rental price for tables and ashtrays? "I'm sorry sir, you'll have to walk to the next room to tip the ashes off your cigarette. Ashtrays are only available in the VIP. That'll be $20 for 5 minutes, please."
But if there is a troll, then I try to think of HIM and not the SYSTEM that employed him. No doubt, the dude has a rough life -- can you think of a worse job to have to take, than getting tips from the hands of dudes who have just wiggled their weenies? imagine the smelly stinkpot that he has to call his "workplace"! OSHA probably has hazardous-gas regulations that his employer is in violation of! So, I do tip, about $1 every other trip. I never take the cologne, prefer to turn on and off the tap for myself (though, do note, this service does save patrons the unhygienic act of cleaning their hands but then touching the tap that someone else has touched before cleaning his hands), and basically say "hello" to him as though he is a decent chap. He deserves it, as do all humans. Kinda makes ya tear up and get all weepy, the humanity the humanity!
Yeah, why DON'T they have female attendants in the men's room? :)
One of the reasons I dislike bathroom attendants - I've noticed that fewer guys wash their hands when there's a restroom attendant because they want to avoid the guy. So people's hands (and therefore everything else in the place) are likely to be dirtier there. Just a thought.
I too like the idea of female attendants. But I see a problem with it - the bathrooms would always be crowded.