Restroom attendant
A bathroom attendant, restroom attendant, toilet attendant, or washroom attendant, is a cleaner for a public toilet.[1] They maintain and clean the facilities, ensuring that toilet paper, soap, paper towels, and other necessary items are kept stocked. If there is a fee to use the restroom, it is collected by the attendant if there is no coin-operated turnstile or door.
Some restroom attendants also provide services to the patrons, and keep good order by preventing drug-taking and fights.[2][3]
Toilet attendants as service providers
The attendant may turn on the
In North America, they are typically found at restaurants, night clubs, or bars. Robots are starting to be used in this role at the toilets in Japan in motorway service stations. Each attendant machine costs about 3.5 million yen, about US$45,000.[8]
Notable people
References
- ^ Greenhouse, Steven (2004-10-08). "Spitzer in Effort to Get Wages for Valets". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ Cook, Daniel (2008-04-09). "Who'd be a toilet attendant?". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Confessions of a Vegas Bathroom Attendant". The Bachelor Guy. 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ "NYC's "Bill Gates of Bathroom Attendants" Brought Down by Justice". Scrivener.net. 2004-10-13. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ "Confessions of a Strip Club Bathroom Attendant". clevescene.com. 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ Khan, Maham. "It's a dirty job and they do it: life as a nightclub washroom attendant". ChicagoTribune.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ ""Bad jobs": a case study of toilet attendants". Employee Relations. 2019.
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