tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311037477621350510.post2381902156633057338..comments2023-10-05T10:02:15.684-05:00Comments on I Tell Stories. It's What I Do: No Man Is an Island, But Sometimes He Should BeTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126750605069711353noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311037477621350510.post-8432066341801868422011-01-22T16:01:06.518-05:002011-01-22T16:01:06.518-05:00Your writing reminds me of Nichson Baker's.
...Your writing reminds me of Nichson Baker's. <br /><br />I have never found a valet in my restroom, not sober anyway. I think I may have had one once, who offered me a towette of some kind at the door. <br /><br />Sober, I would turn and leave if this happened.John Mystehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263634313238599515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311037477621350510.post-68400520488885206082010-12-31T14:29:28.726-05:002010-12-31T14:29:28.726-05:00Thomas-
Just had to click over to your blog to say...Thomas-<br />Just had to click over to your blog to say I loved this comment you left on another blog site...<br /><br />>>I am now motivated to write a series of short stories all called "Book 3," each with a different subtitle. <br /><br />"Book 3, part 2: the return of part 1."<<<br /><br />Very funny!<br /><br />And now that I've seen your blog, I'll have to read more of it. Good stuff. Feel the same way about valets -- well, come to think of it ANY valets, especially ones who want to take my car somewhere! And loved your post about the holidays/winter -- very provocative. (Have to say, though, that it is harder to read white on black background than black on white -- sometimes there's a reason for the traditional.)<br /><br />I'll look around your spot, but I'm wondering about book length stuff you've written (yeah, already, after reading only 2 posts!).<br /><br />Jim Snell<br />billyclubboy@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311037477621350510.post-68858244338037754772010-12-29T15:07:12.132-05:002010-12-29T15:07:12.132-05:00Ha! The first time I walked into a restroom in a f...Ha! The first time I walked into a restroom in a fancy restaurant and was offered a towel (a fancy one, not paper) and perfume and all, I felt like I was being hit on. Not my cup o' tea AT ALL! Not to mention I was escorted by one of the hosts to the bathroom (he even held the door open for me). I was weirded OUT!<br /><br />I don't care how fancy a place is I agree that we should do some of these basic (and rather private) things for ourselves. Next thing you know they'll want to walk in the stall with us and help us wipe. Not cool.Ileanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200869126695231050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311037477621350510.post-7184465813006416382010-12-28T16:02:06.746-05:002010-12-28T16:02:06.746-05:00Lewis Black should use that restroom you're ta...Lewis Black should use that restroom you're talking about. In one of his skits he was saying that if he had so much money that money was no object, he'd hire his own personal ball-washer.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7311037477621350510.post-80862781541520492010-12-27T10:15:30.280-05:002010-12-27T10:15:30.280-05:00I agree with you on these points for the most part...I agree with you on these points for the most part. My experience with places that have lavatory valets is more from bars and clubs, where you're likely to spend more time than in a restaurant. My exception to the dislike of having someone wait on me as if I were a toddler or an idiot is that sometimes it IS nice to be able to pop into the bathroom for an aspirin or some saline eye drops if I need them. And in the current job market, I'm not going to grudge anyone a relatively honest job.<br /><br />Another side of the bathroom attendant is the benefit to the restaurant staff, not the customers. When there's an attendant, people are more self-conscious about just throwing paper and towels on the floor, and making other messes. They're also much less likely to do other things that can present a problem. At one of the bars I worked at in Myrtle Beach, SC, we had attendants to stave off the twits who think a bathroom stall is a perfect place to do a line or do business. That was a result of the city charging the bar with aiding and abetting after a dealer got busted. I seriously doubt that municipal officials monitor their own employee bathrooms, but that's how enforcement rolls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com