The Hat Check Vampires: 1943

[Richard Warren]

Don't forget this story was part of a "narrative" whose source was a journalist.

 

[Edward]

We treat our hats better than children! lol

One reason I have chosen to be child-free is.... well, have you seen what children do to hats??

 

[scottyrocks]

I just don't trust that the coat check person knows how to handle a lid -- not to mention how it might be crammed onto a shelf or treated in a neglectful way.

Cheers,
JtL

I was at a catered affair recently, and handed my coat and fedora to the coat check girl. She handed me one of the numbered tags, left one on the hanger of my coat, and then proceeded to try to jam another one under the ribbon of my hat! I almost went through the roof. I told her not to do that and she said, how would she know that it was my hat, although it was the only fedora amongst the 200 or so people there. I told her to place the hat upside down ona shelf and drop the tag into it. She looked at me like I was crazy. And never mind that she had no clue what that wouldve done to the ribbon if left there for 5 hours.

 

[skyvue]

There was a 1933 tell-all memoir called In Your Hat, written by Rennee Carroll, "at Check Girl to the Stars for years at NYC's Sardi's restaurant. I've been featuring it a chapter at a time at Cladrite Radio.

Here's the first chapter.

 

[scotrace]

Hat Check Girl: Another lost 20th century job.

 

[Mustang Mike's Hats]

Thanks for digging out the thread. Good read!

 

[Frunobulax]

I know of one place around here that still has one.

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[scotrace]

In rereading this thread I think some lost track of a key element: hat checks were everywhere, not just at high end restaurants or hotels. The article made the point that a guy got held up for tips every place he set foot for his entire day.
I think never having a safe spot to park my hat contributed to my own slow stall on wearing hats, and now I never do.

 

[CRH]

Hat Check Girl: Another lost 20th century job.

There's a song about her by Billy Joel called Uptown Girl. Lol

 

[CRH]

In rereading this thread I think some lost track of a key element: hat checks were everywhere, not just at high end restaurants or hotels. The article made the point that a guy got held up for tips every place he set foot for his entire day.
I think never having a safe spot to park my hat contributed to my own slow stall on wearing hats, and now I never do.

I always make sure my hat gets its own chair whether bar or table. The last hat check coat check desk closet I remember was around 1985, a traditional dinner joint, The Lark in Tiffin, IA - long gone RIP