Bathroom attendants: tip or not?

[RogerLodge]

not really

[lapoker17]

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always - wtf, it's a dollar.


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This rationale is why poker is such a great game.


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if you play .50/1.00 then i guess.

[Lazy Meatball]

I thought the idea was the attendant also kept the bathroom clean. So you are tipping on the condition of the bathroom, not just being handed a towel. I still ain't tipping [censored] though.

[Escape]

In holland you pay up front. Usually something between 0.50-1€. I seriously hate it when the toilet is all messed up and you have to pay a damn euro. I usually complain, because those POS aren't doing their job right.

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[samster]

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I believe most still get paid by the restaraunt, so it is not like they are making money and not like they are really doing anything anyhow.

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Couldn't the same argument be used to avoid tipping *anytime*? I mean, waitresses sometimes don't even bring you your food or beer now... some other lower person will. Does that mean you dont tip?

[soilworker_24]

No washy hands. Pee is sterile, though poo is not. If i somehow poop myself, I give a dollar, wash my hands, take a blowpop a condom and a ciggarette (I don't smoke either). At that point it clearly becomes worth the dollar. Moral:
Poo on your hands next time you are in a bathroom with an attendant to make the dollar worthwhile.

[AncientPC]

I wash my hands regardless and only tip if I ever use any of the items he brought (which is rare).

[z28dreams]

Nothing pisses me off more than these people.

Do I really need an attendant to help me wash my hands? Unless I'm really drunk and feeling generous/sorry for the guy, I don't tip. I still wash my hands.

Yes, I'm a cheapass. I tip 20% for restauarants, and where it's deserved. This is not one of those times, IMO.

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they are a serious pet peeve of mine. i feel obligated to wash hands when they are present otherwise handwashing is a very rare activity limited to the messiest of loads.

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Dude, that is SO WRONG. You wash mainly because they are watching? Why do you think you and other people get sick sometimes? Voodoo?

The attendants shouldn't be handing you paper towels, though--it kind of defeats the purpose, right? I'll take the paper towel they hand me just to be polite and use it to wipe up the sink area in front of me, then I'll wash my hands again and get my own paper towels. Maybe they'll get the point. If there is an exit door that requires opening, you can use the last paper towel you dried with to open the door then toss it in the trash.

Don't ever touch anything you are going to eat, like a sandwich, with unwashed hands--use a free napkin to pick it up and hold it. Money and chips are literally swarming with germs.

Dude, someday you are going to get SOOOO sick with hepatitis or something.

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No washy hands. Pee is sterile, though poo is not. If i somehow poop myself, I give a dollar, wash my hands, take a blowpop a condom and a ciggarette (I don't smoke either). At that point it clearly becomes worth the dollar. Moral:
Poo on your hands next time you are in a bathroom with an attendant to make the dollar worthwhile.

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The pee isn't the point to washing hands. Washing hands is to reduce the huge concentration of germs which you have picked up handling chips, money, and maybe the handle on the restroom door.

Almost all illnesses, from colds to plagues, are caused by germs entering through your mouth, nose or eyes. This is why touching your mouth, nose or eyes with unwashed hands while out in public is not such a good idea.

Washing your hands when you are in the restroom anyway reduces your chances of getting sick (perhaps seriously sick), and you also make it less likely that you will spread germs to someone else and thereby make them sick.

Cardroom germs and restroom germs are not your friends.