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| Posted: 17 Apr 2006 00:41 Last Edited By: AllOneTrip | ||
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Here's a friendly piece of advice for bar owners and managers. Clean restrooms matter!
Warning This Article Not for Children I'm not talking about the dive bars, the ones where you expect to find shit on the floors, piss on the walls and no toilet paper in the stalls. The real problem is the supposedly upscale bars and nightclubs. I live in Calgary, where we try hard to be Toronto, which in turn tries desperately to be New York. But I’m sure the clubs frequented by Moby and Madonna don’t have shit smeared on the restroom walls. I was in a nightclub here about a year ago that was supposed to be pretty fancy. There was even a paid attendant in the bathroom. Anticipating relief, I was surprised to find a steaming mound of shit two feet in front of the urinal. I’m sure it’s great fun to shit and piss simultaneously while standing at a urinal. Amazingly, the perpetrator was discrete enough to avoid the watchful eye of the restroom attendant. I mentioned it on my way out, and he seemed genuinely surprised, like he hadn’t noticed the brown pile in the middle of the white tile floor. This upscale club has since closed its doors for good. I can’t imagine why. More recently, I was touring some clubs on 17th Ave when I was attracted to a small joint playing some solid dance music. I was looking for a dance floor and found a very classy looking night spot. It had two well desinged and attractive floors, beautiful people and great music. I was drawn in by its atmosphere. Not long after arriving, I headed downstairs to find the little boys room. The rude combination of vomit and urine covering the porcelain throne, combined with the wet floor, was enough to convince me to find another bar. While this might be standard fare in many nightclubs, that doesn’t make it right, and it’s especially galling when you find it in an upscale, posh establishment. I’ve worked in the industry. I know it sucks to clean toilets. But the more expensive the drinks are, the cleaner the restrooms need to be. Give the cleaning staff a raise. Call it danger pay. Pay them based on how often they clean the toilet. I don’t care. Just keep the restrooms clean, or your fancy club won’t last. Submitted by: Derek Gour DerekGour.name __________________ AllOneTrip:
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