Chip Bok | September 7, 2007

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Why does the bathroom attendant remind me of John McCain? ...must...fight...jibblies...
Bathroom attendants creep me out.
You ain't alone there!
I wonder, are there bathroom attendants in the ladies room?
Semi-funny, but off the mark. Even if it was a cop you having nothing to fear about a cop handing you a towel, nor could that be misconstrued as a crime. I find the possibility of a cop working as a bathroom attendant semi-funny. It's a more fitting job for many of the cops Balko has been writing about.
Euphemisms besides, what is an Attendant for, anyway? What's so hard about washing and drying your hands properly after taking a dump or a piss that people need help with it? Is there really a career to be made out of reminding people to dry their hands afterwards? What is going on here?
Last time I went somewhere with a bathroom attendant, he started laughing maniacally while I was at the urinal. I made sure not to go in there alone after that.
I just always thought it was bizarre that some people's work involves putting on a nice suit & going somewhere to sit all day & smell other people's shit.
The presence of bathroom attendants is proof that the place is a low class joint trying to act classy.
Wow. It took me forever to figure out the Craig angle. Thus not funny to me, becuase it lost all impact in the space between seeing and understanding.
Or they want somebody making sure there's nobody boinkin' or selling heroin in the stalls.
J sub D: Yes, there are attendants in ladies' rooms. They are usually there only to minimize vandalism and prevent the theft of toilet paper and paper towels. I last saw one in the rest room at the Hard Rock Cafe in Niagara Falls, a pretty nice restaurant. The rest room was nice, too. If there's an attendant present, they can keep stuff there like hand lotion, etc. It's amazing (and sad) how an informal type of policing keeps people in line.
The presence of bathroom attendants is proof that the place
is a low class joint trying to act classy.
For the last two years there have been attendants in the crappy
portable bathrooms at the freakin' Wisconsin State Fair.
I've never actually seen them do anything, but they become
extremely irate if not tipped.
I just always thought it was bizarre that some people's work
involves putting on a nice suit & going somewhere to sit all
day & smell listen to other
people's shit.
That describes my (former) job as a legislative
assistant.
For the last two years there have been attendants in the
crappy portable bathrooms at the freakin' Wisconsin State
Fair.
I'll wager you'll never find anybody claiming or accepting
responsibility for that decision.
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