Students and College Park residents enjoy the nightlife at RJ Bentley’s on Tuesday, June 17th.
Every once in a while something happens in College Park that gets this university some recognition: new football jerseys, victory riots — stuff like that. But something happened last weekend that topped them all: We had the Bents Bucket™.
If I had to choose one business to represent what College Park is really like, it would be R.J. Bentley’s, and Bents lived up to that reputation once again.
For years I’ve heard about how the middle stall in the women’s bathroom was always clogged, leaking or just gross in general. Bentley’s finally addressed the issue and removed the toilet from the stall to get it repaired. Now, here’s where things went south.
According to one Bents employee, a bucket was placed in the stall to cover sewage pipes that were exposed when the toilet was taken out. Obviously, the bucket should’ve been flipped upside down, and it probably was, but where Bents saw a bucket, patrons saw a substitute toilet.
I can kind of understand that. When you gotta go, you gotta go, right? But at the same time, c’mon ladies, that’s pretty gross. I mean, us guys don’t have a ton of room to talk, but a bucket? I know the line is long, but just wait or use a porta-potty outside or just go to Slices. Bentley’s declined to comment on the bucket toilet situation.
I feel bad for Bentley’s, really. Can you imagine Rico having to dump that thing out at the end of the night? He probably gave a more disapproving head shake than he’s given any group of freshman guys trying to get in with fakes that say they’re 26.
While the Bents Bucket™ was definitely gross, and it would’ve been even more disgusting had it been in the men’s bathroom, are you really surprised? I’m not, and I’m kind of OK with it.
It’s College Park; it’s Bentley’s; this is what we signed up for. You don’t go to Bents for its cleanliness and respectability; you go for the cheap drinks and lax age restrictions. R.J. Bentley’s is College Park, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
