subbing at a night club, what to bring?

[bluefoxicy]

I'm covering for the washroom attendant at a night club tonight, and he said to bring some of my own stuff. The age range is like 21-25 mostly, so I was wondering what to throw.

My own collection includes a few things from SCS and Mama Bear's, and I was thinking to bring Dragon's Blood and SCS Bay Rum. I'd bring Black Code and a Gary sargent White Tie but I don't have them. Probably an Axe body spray would please the crowd, but ick... even if you get a good scent, they spray a full chest spray 20 times, ugh.

I've also got Mama Bear's Masculine Musk, Aged Spice, and Ye Olde Barber Shop... YOBS I think I can skip. Pinaud is a favorite of mine but they don't make a cologne form with good sillage.

Thoughts?

 

[Go West Young Man]

Since you're working for tips, you need to cater to your crowd. You know exactly what they want, unless you want to walk out poor lay out the mass-market classics.

 

[michiganlover]

Since you're working for tips, you need to cater to your crowd. You know exactly what they want, unless you want to walk out poor lay out the mass-market classics.

+1

No need to waste your good stuff on an audience who is unlikely to appreciate it anyway.

I can't be led to believe that someone who willingly covers themselves in a heavy overdose of Axe really has an appreciation for the finer things in life.

 

[RichGem]

+1

No need to waste your good stuff on an audience who is unlikely to appreciate it anyway.

I can't be led to believe that someone who willingly covers themselves in a heavy overdose of Axe really has an appreciation for the finer things in life.

+1. Bring the stuff that's inexpensive to replace and/or you don't like and/or you just want to use up and get rid of. No sense in wasting the good stuff.

 

[bluefoxicy]

Since you're working for tips, you need to cater to your crowd. You know exactly what they want, unless you want to walk out poor lay out the mass-market classics.

See this is a 20s crowd, but the other attendants brag to me about putting out their $80 and $120 bottles of blach orchard and arimani and gucci and whatnot. Some of their $80 bottles smell like watered down aqua velva musk to me.

Brut, Axe, AV Musk (hey, hold on, I actually like this) are the mass market cheap crap that I thought 20s guys liked. Maybe I'm just surrounded by arrogant egonauts trying to self-manipulate.

Of course, I'm the only one that can competently discuss colognes in terms of fragrance components, balance, influences, category... and I tend to talk.

 

[michiganlover]

See this is a 20s crowd, but the other attendants brag to me about putting out their $80 and $120 bottles of blach orchard and arimani and gucci and whatnot. Some of their $80 bottles smell like watered down aqua velva musk to me.

So, that really begs the question, how does a washroom attendant working for tips afford $80-$120 bottles of cologne??

I wonder if they are feeding you a bunch of lies; the equivalent to the "9th green @ 9 O'Clock" (ala Happy Gilmore) trick (aka let's see what we can get the gullible newbie to believe).

If you haven't see them put out the high priced colognes yourself, I wouldn't be inclined to believe it as fact.

 

[Pumpkin]

You could always take a bottle of Lilac Veg...and see if any are willing to gamble on if they are chosen or rejected!

 

[bluefoxicy]

So, that really begs the question, how does a washroom attendant working for tips afford $80-$120 bottles of cologne??

I wonder if they are feeding you a bunch of lies; the equivalent to the "9th green @ 9 O'Clock" (ala Happy Gilmore) trick (aka let's see what we can get the gullible newbie to believe).

If you haven't see them put out the high priced colognes yourself, I wouldn't be inclined to believe it as fact.

I see them work, I usually cover for a friend or his coworkers if he's out just so they can take smoke breaks. One of his employees is screwing around though (getting drunk and starting fights on the job) so I'll cover a night here or there... it gets me $100 on a slow night and $300 on a good night, in 5 hours, and I fill time by reading so why not?

But yeah... I've seen them bring out Jean Paul Gaultier and stuff, it's like they're just showing off. Most of these I don't care to remember (except Gucci by Gucci, because I want Guicci Pour Homme). It makes no sense to me; this isn't a gentleman's club, there are no topless girls or high-dollar CEOs here (I used to be a CEO but not a high dollar one...made $10k ish a year lol...).

Hmm. I'll keep some Gary Sargent stuff around next time then, and bring a bottle of AV Musk (or Royall, lol...) in reserve. I'm tempted to keep a jar of Pinaud Styling Gel on hand instead of "Rockstar Hair Spray"

That leaves me, though, looking in the mass market for not-garbage...

 

[DolimiteB]

Throw out some John Varvatos Vintage and people will think you're the equivalent of Columbus discovering America...or some caribbean island close to it...isn't that where he really landed?

 

[DunEdinRanger]

You could always take a bottle of Lilac Veg...and see if any are willing to gamble on if they are chosen or rejected!

Yes!! This would be an excellent experiment!

 

[luvmysuper]

You could always take a bottle of Lilac Veg...and see if any are willing to gamble on if they are chosen or rejected!

If you bring a bottle of Lilac Vegetal, they won't come back a second time.
Easier cleanup at the end of the shift.

 

[galopede]

You have people hanging around in the nightclub bogs trying to sell you aftershave in the States? That would put me right off my business!

 

[michiganlover]

You have people hanging around in the nightclub bogs trying to sell you aftershave in the States? That would put me right off my business!

To be honest, the whole idea of a washroom attendant just really creeps me out. I am not sure what their purpose is, is it necessary to employ someone in a full time capacity to just restock the toilet paper, and hand soap dispensers?

The concept just is really creepy.

The only place I have run into such people is at a few local fairs, and the types employed in this capacity tend to be really rough around the edges.

From Wikipedia:

The attendant may turn on the tap and provide soap and towels. At the attendant's work station, an assortment of toiletries may be available for sale or free such as perfume/cologne, mouthwash, chewing gum or cigarettes. In North America, they are typically found at extravagant restaurants, night clubs, or bars.

Ok, seriously, if I ever become such a sloth that I am incapable of turning the facet on for myself, applying soap to my own hands, and grabbing my own paper towels, just shoot me.

further quote from the article:

Some bathroom attendants also provide services to the patrons, and keep good order by preventing drug-taking and fights.

So in addition to keeping the bathroom clean, I am also in charge of breaking up fights, and yelling at people who are doing drugs? Sounds like a freaking dream job, where do I sign up!!

 

[Ruck]

To be honest, the whole idea of a washroom attendant just really creeps me out. I am not sure what their purpose is, is it necessary to employ someone in a full time capacity to just restock the toilet paper, and hand soap dispensers?

The concept just is really creepy.

The only place I have run into such people is at a few local fairs, and the types employed in this capacity tend to be really rough around the edges.

From Wikipedia:



Ok, seriously, if I ever become such a sloth that I am incapable of turning the facet on for myself, applying soap to my own hands, and grabbing my own paper towels, just shoot me.

further quote from the article:



So in addition to keeping the bathroom clean, I am also in charge of breaking up fights, and yelling at people who are doing drugs? Sounds like a freaking dream job, where do I sign up!!

Ever visit The Old Shillelagh in Detroit, kinda between Greek Town and Ford Field? That's the only place I've ever seen a 20-something bathroom attendant, and probably the only time I've seen ANY bathroom attendant in this state. He was in an oversize, un-tucked polo shirt Phat Pharm jeans, and looked more like a doughy young "bouncer" new to the job and low-man on the totem pole. It was a very strange experience, having someone standing in the restroom with you whose presence does not involve actually using the restroom. In that particular bar, I could see his purpose being to prevent bathroom vandalism and keeping the peace, but still... very strange. He didn't have any good colognes, either.

 

[Will P.C.]

The only time I have seen a bathroom attendant they have been a Mexican or somebody who doesn't speak English.

At my golf course, the attendant has a can of Right Guard Spray Deo and some dollar store lotion.

Most places do not have cologne, but a few do. Usually it is some cheap mints and some type of deo or really cheesy body spray.

I would assume that most of the "club going types" are already loaded in cologne, and probably will not want what you have anyway.

 

[Barber-Eile]

Here in Ireland you would quite frequently see an attendant in the bathroom of night clubs. Even in less fancy ones (actually most commonly in the very mass-market ones).
I don't know what the attendant in the guys' room stocks but in the ladies room they have 3-4 perfumes, 3-4 spray deoderants, lollypops, tissues, sometimes make-up, tissues, hair grips/clips and chewing gum.

I HATE there being an attendant in any washroom I go to esp. the ones that hold the paper towels so unless you want to go out of there with wet hands you need to go to them to get a towel to dry your hands. I never tip for a paper towel as I think it's ridiculous but if I take a chewing gum or a quick spray of deoderant I'll throw in about 20 - 50 cent.

Also I would think that drunk twenty-somethings wouldn't care too much about what they spray on themselves... plus what if a bottle were to get broken?

 

[ouch]

Just find a few empty bottles of popular crap and fill them up with swamp water.

 

[orchestrion]

If you have a TJ Maxx anywhere near you, it may be worth it to look in the mens fragrance aisle. You can usually find small bottle of more mainstreams fragrances for anywhere from $9.99 to $19.99. I've bought a few bottles of adidas colognes for under ten bucks. The small size means you're not paying for too much. If you like the scents yourself then keep them once you're done. If not, you can keep them around for next time you sub. Good luck!

 

[galopede]

I HATE there being an attendant in any washroom I go to

I've never got used to the old ladies that sit in the toilets in some European countries charging for use of the bogs. Seen them in France and the Netherlands!

 

[Go West Young Man]

I've never got used to the old ladies that sit in the toilets in some European countries charging for use of the bogs. Seen them in France and the Netherlands!

It's a custom in posher US clubs (and some less posh places trying to seem posher than they are) to have an attendant in the washroom to hand you towels, keep the sinks spotless, dispense mints and colognes, generally make a nuisance of themselves in exchange for tips. It's pretty well understand in a lot of places that they're really there to discourage the kind of shenanigans that nightclubbers get into in bathroom stalls.