Slog - Comments on Trouble in Dildotown http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee Back in February I wrote about the "ongoing scenario" at Club Lagoon. I spoke with Castle Megastore employee Billy Helton about his experiences working underneath Club Lagoon, which he described as "hell above us." His employers at Castle were none too happy about that. Today, Billy e-mailed The Stranger to let us know he'd been fired from Castle, alleging: i was quoted in the article about CLub Lagoon a few weeks ago . i'm the one that got castle megastores inc all up in a gruff . well , low and behold they fired me for... Copyright 2008 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:12:50 -0800 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:22:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Tlazolteotl Can you link back to the original, so we know what this is about? Or do only paid interns get to link?

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680846 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680846 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:19:47 -0800 Comment by elswinger I'd just as soon Castle go away. I would rather Babeland move there. The make dildos and such seem elegant and earth-mothery. The Castle just seems crass.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680878 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680878 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:34:33 -0800 Comment by Get out of Dodge More of this is coming to the hill. Sugar has transformed itself into a straight bar, and look what happened there after only a couple weeks of their new Friday night - fighting, guns and police. People beware.

]]> Get out of Dodge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680883 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680883 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:37:49 -0800 Comment by monkey Club Lagoon will be hosting Tolerance Night on Tuesdays from 8:30pm-9:15pm, $10 cover and $7 well drinks.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680894 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680894 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:42:03 -0800 Comment by Complainy_McComplainsalot I find a 10 dollar cover night on a Tuesday to be highly intolerant.

]]> Complainy_McComplainsalot http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680900 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680900 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:45:18 -0800 Comment by elswinger I often get "it's" wrong. I know that its proper us as a contraction of "it is" but if something belongs to "it" it seems like "it's" would be just as valid because we use the apostrophe s in other uses, such as the possessive "Jack's tool" and the contraction "Jack's a tool."

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680902 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680902 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:46:52 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways is that Tolerance thing for real?

it can't be...I'd only pay $10 to get OUT of there...and $7 well drink seems odd...

the Castle stores are AWFUL...like Osco's with dildos...and they're freaking expensive....buy your sex stuff from babes or even the crypt...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680909 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:52:19 -0800 Comment by elswinger It's $7 to get in, $10 to get out.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680926 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:01:26 -0800 Comment by Tlazolteotl Thanks for the link. I haven't seen this club, but I can see why people are alarmed. Seems pretty irresponsible to bus a bunch of straight boys to the Hill and get them drunk.

And yeah, that's a lot of money for a Tuesday night. You think at those rates they could afford to hire some security to keep their patrons from bashing the locals on the street, hmm?

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680948 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:15:48 -0800 Comment by Tlazolteotl Oh, wait. 8:30-9:15... you're being facetious, right?

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680954 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:17:22 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Both those places suck. May they both die soon.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c680977 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:32:41 -0800 Comment by eric l
Lagoon is a big space, recovered from years of vacancy. I think they will get it right.

Castle is shitty - like an old style mafia owned porn center.

Funny they would get snotty about lgoon, guess it was nice having the space vacant, no compete for parking, etc.

Have been to Lagoon several time, all cool. I am a gay man who likes mixed bars. Called getting trade.

]]> eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681039 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:25:30 -0800 Comment by Good Billy should have kept his mouth shut and let his employers make a statement for the business.

Quite frankly, The Stranger should pony up and pay this kids rent and give him some spending money until he's back on his feet.

]]> Good http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681250 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:37:58 -0800 Comment by Joe I often get "it's" wrong. I know that its proper us as a contraction of "it is" but if something belongs to "it" it seems like "it's" would be just as valid because we use the apostrophe s in other uses, such as the possessive "Jack's tool" and the contraction "Jack's a tool."

That's because you're confusing "it" with a noun. It's not. It is a pronoun. So:
Him - His
It - Its
You don't write "it's" for the possessive pronoun just like you don't write Hi's (or Him's or He's)

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681270 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681270 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:52:49 -0800 Comment by Joe Wait, Club Lagoon is straight? I assumed, with the Lambo on the roof and the implicit Miami-Vice-80s theme (that is the theme, right?) it was a gay club with an ironic so-retro-it's-fashionable thing going on. I mean, what was there to Miami Vice if not a homo subtext (two fashion-forward guys in Miami)? And a Lambo is nothing if not a giant penis. Do women actually go there? Or is it kind of an elaborate downlow thing (again, like Miami Vice), where "straight" guys keep showing up week after week to "hang with the guys" despite the absence of women. (I will concede that doesn't necessarily mean anything, however, given that just about anywhere you go in Seattle the available men outnumber available women three or four to one).

Quite frankly, The Stranger should pony up and pay this kids rent and give him some spending money until he's back on his feet.

Really? With nothing to go by except the guy's claim that this is the reason he was fired? For all we know he was a disruptive slacker who didn't do his job, mouthed off to his boss, abused his customers, and killed kittens.

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681278 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:08:31 -0800 Comment by DreadLion I'll take him up on that offer. I'm mature.
I'd like to go to club lagoon. I think any clubs just as good as any. Hicup. Hicup.
Hey wheres all the pussy.
Your on capitol hill you nut relax.
oh sorry bout that. Its cool man. i'm cool. Just let me adjust to my surroundings.

]]> DreadLion http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681311 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681311 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:31:14 -0800 Comment by elswinger Hey Joe,

You explained it to me better than anyone has before.

Thanks.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681323 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681323 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:49:49 -0800 Comment by Jonah Actually Joe,
the Stranger hiring process involves drowning a sack full of kittens. Let's not get too down on kitten-cide OK?

]]> Jonah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681352 City Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:54:47 -0800 Comment by Joe Well in that case, assuming the other things I speculated about him are true, he's perfectly qualified to work at The Stranger. Even if that would be a bit of a step down from the Castle, at least he can pay his rent. Problem solved.

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681436 City Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:32:33 -0800 Comment by Andrew Yeah, Tolerance night?? Fuck Tolerance night at those rates. EVERYNIGHT SHOULD BE TOLERANCE NIGHT!!!! But honestly the club should just be shut down. The drunk straight guys have Belltown and Pioneer Square they can screw up all they want. (and trust me they have) The Hill is for everyone else.

The only acceptable solution for Club Lagoon is to close it's doors. Better for a vacant store front than a front for homophobia.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c681824 City Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:33:11 -0800 Comment by Apt_302 Does anyone even remember what a jerk this kid was when he worked at Buffalo Exchange in the U-District?!? I STOPPED shopping at Castle when I saw he got a job there. He shouldn't be trusted with fast food let alone selling sex toys to the public. Congrats to Castle for cutting that cancer out of their otherwise hip knowlegable staff.

]]> Apt_302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682471 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682471 City Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:51:49 -0800 Comment by apt_307 hey "apt_302" why dont you leave a real name or confront this person yourself if you've been following his work history ... you sound like a lover scorned ... or just a pussy .

]]> apt_307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682483 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682483 City Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:25:33 -0800 Comment by Apt_302 Hey I think we're neighbors! You must work fast food...I apologize.

]]> Apt_302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682646 City Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:00:24 -0800 Comment by apt_307 you still sound like a pussy .

]]> apt_307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682903 City Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:07:19 -0800 Comment by apt_307 you still sound like a pussy .

]]> apt_307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c682904 City Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:07:32 -0800 Comment by T I am a former employee of the castle and can honestly say that the Castle is a corporatation that does NOT care about its employees and seems them as desposible. I worked there for quite an eternity compared to new employees that only stayed for a couple weeks and more often than not, less than that. And still, regardless of the time i worked there, and sacrifices i made for my former company, they desposed of me for refusing to be treated like shit any longer.

]]> T http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c684619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c684619 City Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:09:26 -0800 Comment by Mike L The lesson learned is to make sure you have friends working for a local paper willing to push a bullshit story on the public while ignoring any real injustices happening to any given employee at any given establishment on a daily basis. Mr. Helton was lucky enough to have this luxury whereas most people do not. The Stranger should "pony up" his rent money because ultimately Mr.Helton has made finding a new job even harder by making his clashes with previous employers a matter of public record.

]]> Mike L http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c685043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c685043 City Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:33:15 -0800 Comment by Jonah S Please feel free to pass along any information on major workplace injustices.
However, I think just about everyone has worked in a shitty retail job where they've been taken advantage of by their employer. Unfortunately that's just not news.

]]> Jonah S http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c685478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c685478 City Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:44:45 -0800 Comment by Mike L Nevertheless, here we are Jonah. I would agree, this is not and never was news.

]]> Mike L http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c685643 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/trouble_in_dildotown#c685643 City Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:30:11 -0800 Comment by bigger penis If you want a bigger penis visit www.gobiggerpenis.com

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