You ever played team sports? Have you ever showered naked with other guys? Being handed a towel after I wash my hands is hardly bothersome relative to that.
There's a stack of towels and soap sitting right there on the counter. I feel bad that the poor guy is sitting there handing them to me. On top of which I feel like I'm being charged to wash my hands if I want to use the restroom.
Yeah, he is probably poor and all that. Doesn't mean I should be obligated to tip him because all he could get is a ****ty job.
Kinda surprised about the discourse over a bathroom attendant. First world problems. If you don't wanna pay him, you're not obligated (most of the time). If you feel cheap not paying, then pay him! Feeling helpless to the presence of a bathroom attendant is ridiculous.
I hardly ever have change or small bills, that's why I sorta don't like the bathroom attendant, not that I wouldn't tip but I can't a lot of the times.
I hate that. FYI, you are not required by law to show your receipt at Fry's or any other public store. Unless they have specific reason to suspect you and only you of wrongdoing (i.e. - security camera footage or an employee observing you shoplifiting), they have no legal right to detain you and ask for proof that you've paid. And you refusing to show your receipt is NOT reason to suspect you: the suspicion must occur before you exit the store. Thus, I never stop. And they never come after me. The most I've gotten was a call of "Sir!..." and I just politely said back, "No, thanks" and kept on walking. I'm sure they've been told to just let it go. I'm not trying to be a complete prick, but I'm not going to let WalMart or Fry's violate my rights as a consumer, either. Sam's, Costco, etc. may be a different story, due to being "member's only" stores and not open to the general public. I assume the receipt-showing is included in their member agreement somewhere. As for useless jobs: travel agent. The Internet has all but killed this formerly ubiquitous industry, and made the job borderline useless. Very much a niche market now.
I thought this too but I asked a bar owner and they are there to keep people from destroying bathrooms later in the night. Ever wonder how a toilet tank lid gets smashed or a urinal gets ripped out of a wall? People won't throw paper towels all over the place if a person is in there. Some places have them because if their bar is in a competitive area a rival bar can send someone over and flood a toilet instantly ruining business for that night.
maytag repairman and also pharmacists.....never understood why u need special training and a white coat to pour some tablets from a big bottle into a little bottle and stick a label on it
