House Party: Trashed?

Black Swan

We just moved and threw a party at the new location Saturday night. Plenty of neighbors came, along with the lads that helped us move. The guests brought extra food and beer, too much as it turned out. But we had a few party crashers that brought nothing and helped us eat and drink it all. The questions for AH are:

• Men: When you are invited to a party, what do you do when it's over? Slip away and leave the mess for the women (or male hosts) to clean up? Or...?
  
  
• Women: When you are invited to a party, at the end, do you steal away or stay and help?

When ours finished in the wee hours Sunday, a couple lads stayed to help. It almost made for a party after the party!:cool:

AlmightyCushion

Every party I've been to was cleaned up the next day.

Aisling(",)

I usually leave before the partys over but if its in one of my friends houses generally help clean up spills and whatnot throughout the night

Rb

If it's a friend, I'll hang around and help out a bit later. If I don't know them that well, I'd just go home. Don't throw parties if you're expecting people to hang around to clean up later.

kwinabeeste

from the ones i've been to who ever throws the party cleans up the next day... as housepartys i've been to don't have a definite end.. just go on til people go home or to bed. If you stay the nite on the couch/etc you offer to give a hand in the morn and drink the leftover beer.

I'm actually interested if you said at whatever time, right folks out ye go?

MooseJam

clean up is a girls job tbh

davyjose

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

It almost made for a party after the party!:cool:

That first party must've been reeeaally happening, man.

Cleaning up after the arty is a bit lame, if you ask me. Also, you've invited people over presumably for the purposes of enjoying themselves, not cleaning your house.

Overheal

When Im involved with the planning, yes.

Canis Lupus

Since when do guests clean up?

You don't want a mess made don't throw a party.

Degsy

I had a barby two weeks ago that evolved into a two day drinking sesion.Some of the bottles are still in the same places and the disposable plates i bought are still stacked up in the garden.I'm tidying gradually but its certainly nothing to get stressed over.If somebody wantde to do a bit of cleaning up the next day fair play to them but i wouldnt ask or expect it.

Loopy

If I was still there the next day I would help clean up.. Most people don't start cleaning until the next day when the party is well and truly over i.e bodies scraped from the sofa etc..

GhostInTheRuins

The last party I was at I wasn't staying, so when most people fecked off or went to bed, and when we brought the host home (He took it upon himself to dance naked in the streets) me and a couple of others did some cleaning up, not too much though.

Sherifu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0CB6URrV0

davyjose

Sherifu wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0CB6URrV0

Worst comedy sketch ever

AckwelFoley

My mate jack paid 500k for a 3 bed apt in dublin last year.. hes a real good mate of mine.. probably the best.. and i helped move all his stuff etc..

we went to andorra and bought a sh1t load of moet and don perignon for the house warmer and he put in alot of effort.

Hes Asian/irish and never drinks much bt thhis party nigh in the house went really well and he got real drunk. Hes very house proud and i know it and when he went to bed, some of his blue chip banker friends decided to have a fight, i was in the pub and came back to find his girlfriend petrified because this fight was about to kick off in his apt and he was sick asleep in bed and she was on her own with 5 guys that were starting to push and shove..
I dont really know them.. but i stormed nto the room and went ballistic..

Im a rather large gent with a very placid manner.. but when i loose the temper (and thats rare) i lose it BIG TIME.

i Stormed into the room and began to remove the agrevated party goers 2 at a time... minding not to break them off any of the furniture.

I reminded that the party was long over and it was bad manners to disrespect somones home like that.

I know Jack is the type of guy that would do the same for me. I stayed up all night and cleaned up the house.. it as a mess.. one of the guys i removed. came back and helped me clean up.. i gave him a band Aid for his efforts.

Sherifu

davyjose wrote: »

Worst comedy sketch ever

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cronndiesel

if you come to someone elses house you shouldnt thrash it- what part of party means ''thrash it''

just put your bottle in the bin when your finished and watch the crumbs etc
of course i dont drink so easy for me to say but most house partys ive been to (mostly student ones!! would you believe!!) have been fairly laid back affairs where people didnt get too crazy and did their best

Bob the Builder

Any one that I've been to. It's a whatever you mess with, fix job. Clean up after yourself as you go along, and the person who threw the party, and a few of their friends do the washing glasses, and hoover the floor. Simple and fair to everyone.

Run_to_da_hills

I cannot understand how people don't prepare themselves for house parties. I have seen doors left open with stuff left around waiting to be robbed, ie laptops, cd's game consuls etc. Its not going to be mates that will rob the stuff but will be the crashers. If I was to hold a party I would lock anything that could possibly walk or break in a room away out of sight and confine it to a certain part of the house even if it involves a few sheets of shuttering ply. (PS anyone looking for a good party DJ )

kmart6

If it's a good friend I'd stay and help clean up, but if not I prob wouldn't...unless it was leading somewhere with the hostess;)

godtabh

I was at a party last Friday. I stayed till 5. The party was still going strong at 8. If I had've stayed that late I'd be dead now.

If I had've managed that late I would've had to help put the doors on the hinges. I'm not a carpenter. What do you expect from me?

I should drink some water I've work tomorrow

cronndiesel

Lolololololol:D

Ross_Mahon

If you are one of the last few people left in the house, and everyone is cleaning, they will start to annoy you..."Help clean up" and so on.

So i leave when the party starts to die or when people start to clean up. Yes i always see girls doing it, but some fellas help too.

Mossy Monk

I leave that work to the women folk.

Fringe

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Yes i always see girls doing it, but some fellas help too.

I remember one time at a party, someone wore really muddy shoes and got the whole kitchen floor dirty. So all the girls go to it and start cleaning up while the men circled them and watched.

flanum

i dunnoe lads, but whenever i have a party in me gaff.. as in planned party, not the usual weekend half dozen friends, then i expect nobody to help clean up, after all i planned it, i would usually feck all breakables/robbables into a room and let the party go!! a few binliners the next day bags everything. feckit, thats usually 2 days after cos id normally go straight on the rip the next day with the survivors!

Slidey

Sherifu wrote: »

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I remember hearing about that on the radio and lolin big time..
Few days later was lookin for some funny t shirts and found he was famous already...
clicky

princess-sprkle

one of my friends had a house party on a wednesday, i called up to him on saturday and the place was still the exact same way as when I'd left it about half 8 on thursday. I figured it was best to give him a hand then.

usually though, if its a good friend I give them a hand, but tbh if you throw the party, you clean up after

Crumble Froo

generally, whoever threw the party, and a few key mates will do the tidying, but i remember one party where it was getting into the early hours, and the place was an absolute tip, and a whole group of us put some music on, and got tidying, figuring it would be easier to do while drunk, than the next morning...

flanum

it all depends, i kind of take it the majoroty of the posters here are studenty and talking about a studenty type house.

different kettle of fish if the party is in a homeowners own home tho..

davyjose

flanum wrote: »

different kettle of fish if the party is in a homeowners own home tho..

Or byre :pac:

Those that stay overnight are usually expected to help clear up the mess! that's my experience anyway.
As BL says, a mini party can start from it...

gixerfixer

No way id clean up.Thats a birds job anyways:)

Jello

Whoever hosts it cleans it up etc.

I've hosted a couple over the past while and find wimmin to be the worst at helping out, and it's the same at other parties I go to. A few of my close (male) mates usually help clean up a bit but the wimmin are useless. In fact, one fat bitch sprayed sun cream and toothpaste all over my house one time and I was left scrubbing for half the next day. :mad:

chuci

If i know the person then stay the night and help the next morning, think its o ly fair really. But if im a crasher then just leave when it suits i have no obligation to stay.

molloyjh

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

We just moved and threw a party at the new location Saturday night. Plenty of neighbors came, along with the lads that helped us move. The guests brought extra food and beer, too much as it turned out. But we had a few party crashers that brought nothing and helped us eat and drink it all. The questions for AH are:

• Men: When you are invited to a party, what do you do when it's over? Slip away and leave the mess for the women (or male hosts) to clean up? Or...?
  
  
• Women: When you are invited to a party, at the end, do you steal away or stay and help?

When ours finished in the wee hours Sunday, a couple lads stayed to help. It almost made for a party after the party!:cool:

Depends on the party and the crowd really. I tend to "clean up" after myself anyway. At a mates party we wouldn't stand on ceremony and the fridge is open. We get our own beer. And so using the same logic the bin is also open. When we're grabbing our next beer the last bottle/can/whatever goes in the bin. If we're eating we'll bin the paper plates when we're done with them too. There will still be a bit of cleaning to be done, but I know if it were my house I wouldn't expect anyone to hang around to clean that. To be honest I'd probably leave the last bits until the next day. I'd generally offer anyway, but would also generally be told not to worry about it. As long as guests are respectful during the party the hosts will be cool about cleaning after or the next day.

FlutterinBantam

Personally if the party was to my satisfaction(plenty of good food and drink) I would leave quietly.

If I wasn't happy with the set up you could be sure of a good "Top Decking" or "Hot Towelling" (good beefy dump into a bath towel and buried in the hotpress)

Was at one about a month ago and swear to god you'd swear the food and drink was rationed.

At about 0430 up with the Flutt, picks out a nice white bathtowel, drop a load and fold her up, and slip her into the back of the hotpress.

Heard Rentokil were out about 4 days later.

Serves 'em right:cool:

seamus

Easiest one ever was my 21st.

We brought the big green wheelie recycle bin into the utility room (just off the kitchen). If you were drinking cans, you just threw it straight in the wheelie bin. If you weren't, then you held onto your glass all night.

Also had a BBQ outside with paper plates. Brought the empty kitchen bin outside and when you were done, you threw everything into it.

Only had to wipe up the stains and the ashes the next day.

biko

Rb wrote: »

If it's a friend, I'll hang around and help out a bit later. If I don't know them that well, I'd just go home. Don't throw parties if you're expecting people to hang around to clean up later.

Same here. I'll help clear tables of bottles and stuff.

Whenever I throw a "before the pub" party we all throw the rubbish out on our way past the bins outside my door. I'll do mopping etcetera the next day.

Spud83

If I stay the night I'll normally help clean the next day once the host starts cleaning otherwise it will be left and a new party started.

If its a night I would only really help if everyone started cleaning.

If I host a party I expect to be doing all the cleaning the next day on my own or with housemates. I dont expect anyone to help and would normally refuse their help. It normally only takes a half hour and the first beer after a clean up tastes so so sweet.

Steve_o

I'll generally give a hand out if its a mates house, cause i would usually end up crashin if its a mates gaff... complete strangers house... not a chance!