Is there anywhere as wankery as Fitzrovia?
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Numbers
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Fitzrovia used to be a good place for a drink, or maybe I was too wankered back then to realise how wankery it is. Seems different tho’.
tim
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I used to work on Mortimer Street and watched the relentless programme of poshing up the area, driven by the landlords, in particular the Crown Estates. The hardware shop next-door was moved to new premises; the cafe opposite was told to get fancy or close - they did the former and started wearing silly hats and stopped serving jacket potatoes or anthing lunchy under £6.00, the hairdresser became Psycle; a male grooming parlour opened; the pub closed; and somewhere selling very expensive cups of coffee opened. The company I worked for shut down after being told about the new rents.
alsoknownas
some bloke
I really hate those posh loos where there's a bloke selling mouth fresheners and a squirt of after shave and what-not. And he's handing you a paper towel so he's already done something for you, but I've got no intention of tipping him, but I feel fuckton sorry for him having to stand in that loo and hand rich fuckers a square of paper towel. And I'd rather just have a pee without you hovering over my shoulder... 
Johnny Doe
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Never seen this anywhere posh? Strictly places where the bloke shouts 'no splash, no gash, no Armani, no punani'.
alsoknownas
some bloke
There's a (slightly) more refined version of it. Still not exactly Reginald Jeeves-esque though.
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
Seriously though, there's no-one in the bogs at Nobu shouting 'wash your fingers for the mingers' is there?
alsoknownas
some bloke
Don't know, never been. But I imagine not, no.
Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
bog trollsI really hate those posh loos where there's a bloke selling mouth fresheners and a squirt of after shave and what-not. And he's handing you a paper towel so he's already done something for you, but I've got no intention of tipping him, but I feel fuckton sorry for him having to stand in that loo and hand rich fuckers a square of paper towel. And I'd rather just have a pee without you hovering over my shoulder...
Yossarian
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I really hate those posh loos where there's a bloke selling mouth fresheners and a squirt of after shave and what-not. And he's handing you a paper towel so he's already done something for you, but I've got no intention of tipping him, but I feel fuckton sorry for him having to stand in that loo and hand rich fuckers a square of paper towel. And I'd rather just have a pee without you hovering over my shoulder...
I think the virus might have killed off that profession - maybe there's some link between that and the Fitzrovia invasion of robot toilets.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Fitzrovia has been swallowed up by the Central London property market in recent years and some surviving pockets of community spat out. But that is just the story of London not of Fitzrovia. Its not the worst area of London and I would not say it deserves the adjective "wankery"
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
I really hate those posh loos where there's a bloke selling mouth fresheners and a squirt of after shave and what-not. And he's handing you a paper towel so he's already done something for you, but I've got no intention of tipping him, but I feel fuckton sorry for him having to stand in that loo and hand rich fuckers a square of paper towel. And I'd rather just have a pee without you hovering over my shoulder...
This was a thing in Dublin, 15 or 20 years ago. Many of the attendants were from Nigeria and it wasn't long before Dublin slang described them as "the blacks in the jacks".
Casual racism aside, this didn't seem to be in posh pubs.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I really hate those posh loos where there's a bloke selling mouth fresheners and a squirt of after shave and what-not. And he's handing you a paper towel so he's already done something for you, but I've got no intention of tipping him, but I feel fuckton sorry for him having to stand in that loo and hand rich fuckers a square of paper towel. And I'd rather just have a pee without you hovering over my shoulder...
Honestly my husband sometimes does that sort of shift, and whatever you think about how wanky the place is, please please don't ever be rude to the toilet attendant (not saying you would even consider that, but just saying - it ain't their fault and it is a really shit job).
No Calvin Klein, no sixty-nine!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
They have it in the savoy.
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
Never been. New one on me. I presume the chap in The Savoy didn't shout 'no spray, no lay' and have a supply of lollipops?
Wolveryeti
Detty Pig
No Armani, no Punani!
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
No they don’t.
I was in The Savoy with Friedaweed quite recently and the toilets were his favourite bit as he was able to relieve them of all the posh soaps and fancy individual hand towels.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Not to me anyway
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Maybe he's been furloughedNo they don’t.
I was in The Savoy with Friedaweed quite recently and the toilets were his favourite bit as he was able to relieve them of all the posh soaps and fancy individual hand towels.
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
No they don’t.
I was in The Savoy with Friedaweed quite recently and the toilets were his favourite bit as he was able to relieve them of all the posh soaps and fancy individual hand towels.
Must have been an imposter or amateur enthusiast when Pickman's model went!
alsoknownas
some bloke
I wouldn't dream of being rude to them. It's just a horrible, horrible situation for both of us.
Genuinely never seen this anywhere remotely downmarket. The thought of it makes the whole thing seem even worse for some reason
.Nor have I experienced the bachelor-bothering poetry that this thread has brought my attention to. I just hope the National Archive has been alerted to this phenomenon.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
It's usually in clubs but you won't find them in many genuinely "upmarket" hotels or bars where the concept of customers being accosted by someone waving perfume for money in the toilets would be considered really rather vulgar, old chap!
alsoknownas
some bloke
It's pretty vulgar wherever it is, to be honest.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Bathroom attendants have a long history in Europe but unfortunately the resurgence here is based on exploitation and money laundering for organised crime, particularly in London.
Orang Utan
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I’ve never experienced this big troll poetry either. If they said something like that in the places I frequent(ed), customers would have had a word and complained
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