I see these guys mostly at strip clubs, but I remember one at I believe Barbary Coast a few years back as well. I tip them a dollar a piss, but it irks me a bit to know that they probably make more money than I do. Think about it. If every third guy gives them a buck in a high volume joint with drinking going on? That's what makes me wonder whether they have to 'tip out' the establishment and/or are responsible for buying all the paper towels/toilet paper, etc. I can see it from the businesses' end that they are basically getting around the whole bathroom privacy thing with a de facto security guard in the bathroom, but you'd think they'd be getting a financial kickback as well.
In my city, we have them in most bars. I find it to be the most degrading job ever and I can't imagine ever doing something like that. How do they put up with the smell? I saw one person take soap from him, take papertowels from him and then sneered at him and walked out of the washroom without tipping. How demeaning.
