Bathroom attendant sees the other side of Downtown LA nightlife

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In this series we hear from the people who make Los Angeles run--the night shift workers, the minimum wage employees, and the undocumented laborers.

Every weekend this bathroom attendant wears a bow tie, black slacks and a perfectly pressed white button-down shirt and scurries around the women’s bathroom. In just the few short months working as a bathroom attendant her stories about the profession seem endless. From the time a women gave her $100 for just listening to her talk to working at Hollywood Hills mansions catering to celebrates, who she discovered don’t tip very well, if at all.

She loves people, despite of some reoccurring unpleasantries in her job like the long hours on her feet or the women who are too embarrassed to face her or don’t want to tip her, so they go straight for the door instead of washing their hands.