Restroom attendant

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

At the attendant's work station, an assortment of items may be available for purchase or for free such as mints, perfume or cologne, mouthwash, chewing gum, cigarettes,[4] pain relievers, condoms, and energy drinks.

[5] Many attendants keep a tip jar at their work stations for patrons to leave tips for either the attendant's services, such as handing patrons hand-towels, or for taking or using any of the aforementioned items from the work station.

Many times attendants are expected to invest in the items offered at their workstations in order to profit through earning tips.

[8] Victoria Hughes (née Rogers, 22 June 1897 – 30 August 1978), was a British lavatory attendant, and the first of her profession to have an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, having published her memoirs Ladies' Mile at the age of 80, which some found shocking but have since become a valuable local history resource.