Why do some bars have guys in the toilets offering to wash your hands?

rewind · 21/10/13 - 01:09

The ones I mean are those who turn the taps on for you, give you the soap and then give you paper towels to dry your hands. They are also normally selling aftershave or lollipops.

Why do they exist? I hate them. They make me feel uncomfortable. I am more then capable of washing my own hands, yet they still come over and do it. I never tip them as I don't think I should.

Do the bars pay them to be there? If so - what's the point? I have never known anyone who likes them. If they don't pay them, what does the bar get out of it?

Do they also only exist in male toilets? Females don't seem to experience similar situations.

Thoughts?

[Deleted User] · 21/10/13 - 01:11

I must be going to the downmarket establishments as I've not seen toilet attendants for years, unless you include the creepy looking guy who asks if he can have a lick of your lollipop in the pub bogs.

anne_666 · 21/10/13 - 01:11

As a female and never having encountered this service I am puzzled myself.

valkay · 21/10/13 - 01:13

Hugh Jboobs · 21/10/13 - 01:13

rewind wrote: »

Why do they exist? I hate them. They make me feel uncomfortable.

Cheryl Cole (or Tweedy as she was at the time, before her marriage of convenience) would agree with you.

rewind · 21/10/13 - 01:14

They do exist although are less frequent nowadays. It's always the same. They normally stand in the corner with their own music playing and then start turning on the taps as you approach the sink.

Surely I can't be the only person to experience them?

Pamthehound · 21/10/13 - 01:15

Always found it a bit creepy myself , having a pee and feeling this guys eyes piercing into ur ass.

anne_666 · 21/10/13 - 01:16

rewind wrote: »

They do exist although are less frequent nowadays. It's always the same. They normally stand in the corner with their own music playing and then start turning on the taps as you approach the sink.

Surely I can't be the only person to experience them?

I Was that one of them who Cheryl Cole smacked?

Gordie1 · 21/10/13 - 01:16

I have seen them a few times, mostly in clubs.

I would assume they are allowed to be there on a no pay basis, they supply their own toiletries etc, and their pay is any tips they get, but the proviso is they are responsible for the toilets being kept clean.

So i suppose both parties benefit.

rewind · 21/10/13 - 01:16

anne_666 wrote: »

I Was that one of them who Cheryl Cole smacked?

Can't remember if it was one of these or a toilet cleaner.

Armi · 21/10/13 - 01:16

Hanging around in the gents offering to squirt something into mens hands?

Where is George Michael these days?

Pumping Iron · 21/10/13 - 01:17

Most of them are quite big lads, who keep their eyes on the bogs for drug use.

anne_666 · 21/10/13 - 01:17

rewind wrote: »

Can't remember if it was one of these or a toilet cleaner.

Would she be discerning enough?:D

rewind · 21/10/13 - 01:17

Armi wrote: »

Hanging around in the gents offering to squirt something into mens hands?

Where is George Michael these days?

;)

KidMoe · 21/10/13 - 01:19

Pamthehound wrote: »

Always found it a bit creepy myself , having a pee and feeling this guys eyes piercing into ur ass.

I think you are doing it wrong.

rewind · 21/10/13 - 01:19

Gordie1 wrote: »

I have seen them a few times, mostly in clubs.

I would assume they are allowed to be there on a no pay basis, they supply their own toiletries etc, and their pay is any tips they get, but the proviso is they are responsible for the toilets being kept clean.

So i suppose both parties benefit.

To be fair, I had not taken into account the cleaning of the toilets factor.

Rare Groove · 21/10/13 - 01:23

I really hate them!! They are no different from beggars and those guys who try to clean you car window screens when you never asked them to.

Pippa 2 · 21/10/13 - 01:24

anne_666 wrote: »

As a female and never having encountered this service I am puzzled myself.

Me too.

[Deleted User] · 21/10/13 - 01:24

Yes, they get on my nerves, throwing paper tissue in your face. They sit and watch and say anything to get a 20p coin.

Sophie ~Oohie~ · 21/10/13 - 01:44

Who knows? Tradition? Creepy fetish? Or they just need the money.

Vast_Girth · 21/10/13 - 01:45

Ah you mean Bog Trolls. I used to hate them too. If they were doing some funny singing I would normally flip them £1 at some point and then ignore them after that as i had done my bit.

Thankfully i pretty much never go anywhere where they lurk anymore.