On a roll thanks to bum steer in films
GOLD Coaster Floyd Hastie must have the crappiest job in showbiz – he supplies porcelain thrones to the stars.
These aren’t any old Portaloo dunnies, these are Excloosive Luxury Toilets, decked out with aircon, stereos, and odour resistance.
The movie blockbuster explosion on the Coast has proved to be a royal flush for Mr Hastie, whose loos have proven to be a favourite for A-list posteriors.
“When you’re at the studio you never go to them and start talking to them unless they talk to you, it’s like a code in the studios,” he said.
“But then I’ve done this for 30 years, I’ve met everybody.
“Everyone from Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman and Steve Irwin to Olivia Newton-John.
“When I meet them I say I’m the poo man and I explain to them that I wash my hands quite regularly … every three weeks and they look at me like, ‘Is this guy for real?’.”
Mr Hastie is aware he’s usually the butt of the joke, and Aussies are generally well versed at toilet humour.
His nugget of wisdom is to get ahead of the joke – as he did with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday when he was on the Coast announcing two more major productions were secured to film locally.
“Scott Morrison said to me at the announcement something about the movie Kenny, and I said ‘Let’s get things bloody straight mate, I’m far better looking than Kenny’.
“And then he got up and was doing his speeches and gave me a small business shoutout and sort of said the Kenny joke back, got a laugh.
“You’ve got to have a special person to do that job though and I love it! I love it with a bloody passion.
“I’m not educated, I left school when I was 13, but I’ve built a big strong business.”
In 30 years Mr Hastie said he hasn’t ever come across a toilet nightmare left by a celebrity, but attributed that to how “relaxed” they all are when they come to Australia.
He has, however, started towing away a toilet that still had a lady inside – and nearly went 80km with her riding shotgun.
“We were at this really posh corporate function once and we’d packed everything up and were ready to go,” he recounted.
“We pulled over randomly to check the hitch on the trailer and inside the trailer there was a lady banging madly on the door.
“We let her out and she was shaken but not stirred.”
WHEN I MEET THEM I SAY I’M THE POO MAN AND I EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT I WASH MY HANDS QUITE REGULARLY … EVERY THREE WEEKS FLOYD HASTIE – ‘POO MAN’