Re:The rise of the pointless job
by ytwySXpMbS on Friday May 04, 2018 @11:06PM
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I've never seen this in my life in the UK. There is a guy watching over the people in the toilets in the clubs near me, but you don't talk to him and he doesn't hand you anything. Even if he did hand you something, you don't have to have a conversation with him.
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Really? Just about every club I've ever been in has this. Selling chewing gum, after shave ("no spray, no lay" etc). But they are there mainly to make sure people aren't doing drugs, or fall asleep on the toilet.
There are quite a few in London. Here's an article about them http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7335315.stm. I think they are mostly to stop people doing coke in the cubicles.
OTOH last time I was in St.Pancras there was a guy collecting the fees to use the washroom and keeping things tidied up. People in the US would be outraged to pay for using a bathroom under those circumstances.
Japan can be even worse. I’ve seen it at hotel seven when you’re eating at the hotel restaurant.
OTOH last time I was in St.Pancras there was a guy collecting the fees to use the washroom
The toilets at St Pancras are free and always have been. He was just some random guy you gave money to!
Maybe was another a London station. Recall there being a turnstile.