I just have to say, I can not imagine ANY reason to take anything that you are going to put in your mouth from a toilet. It's been in toilet air for hours! Ewww. Unless I just puked, and REALLY needed something, but that hasn't come up recently. Still, the thought of eating toilet food would make me vomit alone. I think attendants were useful back in the day when you'd pop buttons, or cry like a female, or muss yourself or whatever. Men needed lint and dandruff swept from their back and shoulders. It was a different world when this stuff was going on, but it's pretty much dead now. Any other ideas for why this may have been a useful perk?