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[Clubs] Annoying Guy That Works Mens Restrooms

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by percicles, Jul 26, 2007.

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  1. JuanValdez

    JuanValdez Member

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    I don't really understand why they are there. Does the establishment see some value in having them? Do they come in handy for the slobbering drunks who'd choke on their own vomit if the bathroom attendant wasn't around? Because, for the most part, they seem like a drag on the organization:
    * Tips paid in the bathroom removes dollars that could be spent on beer (does he tip out to the waitresses, etc?)
    * Raises the price of going out, discouraging customers on the margin
    * Causes social uneasiness that may push customers to other establishments that don't have an attendant
     
  2. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    Well you are entitled to your opinion. You are probably someone who gets CDs (even though it doesn't sound like you even do that now) for a handful of songs and don't even listen to the "non-hits" of that album. That's fine if that is what you want to do, but I buy CDs with the full intention of listening to every track on that album. All my sig is saying that there are plenty of good artists out there that include good songs as their album tracks on their albums besides the hits. Some of my favorite songs by artists like The Cure, The Who, Queen, etc. are the ones that weren't "Love Song", "Squeezebox", or "Bohemian Rhapsody". Instead they were songs like "Plainsong", "Tattoo", and "The Prophet's Song" - non-hits, but arguably better songs than the ones I named ahead of them.

    Pick up Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" or Radiohead's "Kid A" and listen all the way through those albums. You will then see why I stop the habit of buying an album or CD for one song or two and why I now buy - which is to hear the whole album in its glory. Not saying that there are some bad albums out there because even the great ones have some turkeys in their canon but you get a much deeper appreciation of the artists when you really listen to their albums - just not their hit songs.

    We live in a society today where people don't want to or don't care about how an artist got to where they are now. They just want what's "now" or what's "hot". Sorry, but I would rather go back and really listen to songs by bands like The Velvet Underground or Pink Floyd and really see what the fuss is all about with those groups. I guess that is why I like music so much because I put a lot of time and effort into it. So, yea it pisses me off to see people not respect the time and effort that these musicians are doing by downloading their stuff off the Internet instead of buying their full albums.

    Sorry to derail the thread - carry on as you were...
     
  3. SwoLy-D

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    Budweiser Presents... REAL MEN OF GENIUS...

    We salute YOU... Mister Annoying Guy That Works Men's Restrooms...

    It takes no skill to hand a paper towel and press the antibacterial soap thingie before you wash. Yet, you've made an art form of it...

    GUY: ["Heeeeeeere's your freakin' towel!]

    Why, Percicles would have to touch himself if you weren't there, o'master of the gum and cologne dispensing technique...

    GUY: ["Someone's spilling their beans inside, Wo-Oh!"]

    Without you, we would not say THANK YOU to anyone inside the restroom walls... much less TIP anyone at all...

    LADIES: ["Whoa, that's a BIG TIP!"]

    We salute you, Mister Annoying Guy That Works Men's Restrooms...
    GUY: ["Mister Annoying Guy That Works Men's Reh-heh-heh-ssstrooms..."]

    [ANHEUSER BUSCH, St. Louis Missouri.]
     
  4. Blake

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    Did you just make that up? Pretty good...

    and Manny...I totally agree, and am impressed with the Kid A reference...perfect example
     
  5. Hippieloser

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    These guys are annoying as hell but I'm not gonna get guilted into tipping them. Unless I piss on myself I never wash my hands at the bar anyway, and I sure don't need a quick spritz of Polo. They have one of these mother****ers at the Tavern. The TAVERN! There ain't no classy gentlemen or millionaires in that place!

    Then again, I'm the type of guy who will walk three blocks rather than use the valet, too.
     
  6. Stack24

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    Okay here's my take from someone who has a bar and actually has them on Friday and Saturday nights. There are a few reasons that we have them there and they end up working for us.

    First off they are not paid by us or anything like that. There are a couple of companies that have these people as a group and they send their people only on busy nights. The guy we have now is more independent because when you work like in a union style company that goes and finds the clubs for you to be in, they take a percentage of your tips.

    First off as you know when your in a bar or club people tend to get drunk and vandalize and break **** in the bathroom. Lord knows i have paid for enough urinals and repair bills to fix holes in the walls from people punching them. When you have the person in there, people are less likely to act a fool because there is a witness. This has honestly saved us a couple times. One instance a guy busted a hole in the wall while in the stall and the attendants notified us and we had the bouncer hold him till the cops came and he ended up paying for damages.

    Secondly he keeps the bathroom clean. You now how it gets when you go into a club and the bathroom is just a freaking mess. Not good for business so they take care of that as well.

    I don't think it's that big of a problem, most of the time they don't really expect a tip for turning on the water and handing you a towel. They make most of their tips when people want cologne, gum, cigarettes or anything like that. I don't think it's that big of a deal honestly. For washing my hands i don't tend to tip. When I borrow something then I will tip because that's goods they have brought in.
     
  7. WildSweet&Cool

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    Hey Stack.

    My dad used to own a sports bar (in fact, I painted murals on the walls) and he, too, had problems with people punching holes in the walls of the bathroom (a drunk guy's team would lose, he'd angry, he'd go to take a pee and punch a whole in the wall).

    So, after this happened once or twice, my dad replaced the wall area above the urinals with sheet metal covered by thin wood. It looked sorta like a bulletin board.

    Not only did no one ever again punch a whole in the wall, there were plenty of blood stains on the wall from people who tried.
     
  8. macalu

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    i'd tip for that.
     
  9. Lady_Di

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    I see women working in the restrooms at clubs/bars alll the times. I don't tip them because I am not going to pay for drying my hands!!!!
     
  10. percicles

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    That's an intersesting point and I can see why this service might be beneficial at strip clubs and some of those clubs/bars in downtown on the weekend. I don't go there but I'm sure that liquor and male dominant monkey muthaf*ckers don;t mix. But where I hang out the guys sometime wiegh less than the girls and wear little dorky hippster outfits. So I see no use for them.

    Again, conceptually speaking it seems like an excellent idea but in practice I find that thier presence hinders the sanctity of a man and his penis. Plus the whole tipping issue annoys me. I don;t need help thank you.


    For a while the only night worth going out on. It's like Numbers for those that grew out of that phase. Only place in Houston, besides scuMBERS, that spinns The Cardigans, The Smiths, Beck, Felix Da Housecat, Soulwax, Dandy Warhols, Peaches, Bloc Party etc....

    I suspect they made it on Wednsday to either weed out the riff raff or emulate London's now defuct Trash which was on a monday. Regardless of the nights sh*t set, you can't beat $3 wells & $2 beers plus hot 21-30yr old indie chicks who still work at Buffalo Exchange or Empire Cafe.
     
  11. Stack24

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    Yeah after that happened a few times we replaces the sheet rock above the urinals with 3/4 inch wood and painted like the walls. I hope someone tries to punch it.
     
  12. arkoe

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    Thanks Manny, you've convinced me to download entire cd's from now on instead of just singles!
     
  13. TeamUSA

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    To add insult to the injuries, they are ordinary guys.. they're g.ay.s. ;D
     
  14. Smokey

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    I don't know if I could stand in a room that smells of piss and **** for a couple of hours. I guess they gotta do what they gotta do to make money.
     
  15. professorjay

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    Just like any other guy in the bathroom, avoid all eye contact.
     
  16. GRENDEL

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    Whenever I go to a place with them, I'll usually tip them the first couple of times in there and that's it. Don't bother all that much and sometime so of these guys get a big pay day.

    When I first moved up to Dallas after college me and a friend of mine went up to a stripclub, The Clubhouse, and this place is frequented by quite a few sports guys. Anyway, this one time Michael Irvin was there throwing around money like it was going out of style. So I go visit the facilites and said Irvin is washing his hands, guy was drunk slash stoned out of his mind, this was back in 99' before he "found the lord". As I'm washing my hands he goes up to bathroom attendent and pulls out this wad of cash and gives him about 6 or 7 twentys as he stumbles out of the restroom back into the club. Needless to say I didn't feel the need to tip the guy after that
     
  17. DonnyMost

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    I make them dry off my c*ck.
     
  18. Supermac34

    Supermac34 President, Von Wafer Fan Club

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    I actually don't mind these guys. I like clean bathrooms. Bar and club bathrooms are usually gross. These guys help keep them clean and in good order. That's worth a buck or two just for that.

    When I went to the Voodoo Lounge in Vegas, their bathroom was way to small for the size of the club. It would have been an absolute mess, but the bathroom dude there ran it like a well oiled machine, letting people in line know when to go in, make sure the toilets/urinals got flushed, making sure the sink area wasn't sopping...totally worth it in my opinion to spare a couple bucks for a night's worth of using a restroom.
     
  19. SwoLy-D

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    WHOA. First time I hear someone does that. How do you fool the bouncers and get a rooster into the club? :eek:
     
  20. DonnyMost

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    he's a special breed.

    trouser rooster.
     

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