Interview · moment 11 of 22
The Hotel Fee Dispute and 'I'd Rather Clean Toilets'
from Seeking Arrangements (with Wendi Starling) · #47
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3 minGuest
Wendy recounts a disastrous lunch meeting with a cheap, rude client who tried to deduct hotel costs from her allowance and got hostile about her age, ending with her storming out of Union Square Cafe declaring she'd rather clean toilets for $7 an hour.
- 35:56Potential sugar daddy suggests an hourly hotel instead of an overnight stay.
- 36:16He threatens to deduct the hotel fee from her allowance if she won't agree.
- 36:42Tim notes the guy looked disgusting and was trying to play a dominant angle at lunch.
- 37:11She explains she has comedy income and decent self-esteem, so she's not desperate.
- 37:28Guy starts yelling about her age and whether she'll find anyone to give her five grand a month.
- 37:54Tim points out he was yelling about money in a restaurant instead of being discreet.
- 38:12She stands up and announces loudly she'd rather clean toilets for seven dollars an hour, then throws her napkin and leaves.
- 38:27Tim defines that as a real New York moment—meeting a guy from a website who suggests an hourly motel, then walking out.
Rockefeller CenterUnion Square Cafe