Fast food places: Do you tidy up afterwards

mikemac

Was reading the Greystones forum and a poster expressed outrage at the people who go into fast food places and leave their trays behind them. A lot of people giving about about everything and a fair bit of NIBMYism but it's an interesting forum to read.

So if you to McDonalds, Burger King or Supermacs and you've finished your tray what do you do?

I sometimes put the tray by the bin but it's not something I'd worry about. I certainly didn't know you had to and that people were looking down on me for not doing it.

Any difference between what happens in Ireland or other countries?

spurious

I wouldn't look down on someone who didn't, but I would always clear my stuff away.
It's how I was brought up. I don't throw litter or spit chewing gum out on the street either.

c - 13

Yeah i'd always clean up after myself, unless the staff were dickheads to me in which case i'd probably leave it there.

Caoimhín

Isnt that what the Polish/Chinese are paid for?

source

I always tidy up after myself in these places, i worked in one when i was 16...christ that's almost 10 years ago now....and know how the staff feel when it comes to cleaning up other peoples food mess, which i can tell you isn't always pleasant.

TerrorFirmer

I always clean it up. It disgusts me when I see people leaving half eaten food strewn across the table.

ewj1978

brought up to me clean and tidy, polite to all etc.. so i'd always throw my stuff in the bin.
caoibhin what did you think before the poles/chinese were in Ireland? "thats what the scummers are for.." sheesh...

listermint

It stands to reason that you were dragged up of you leave your tray lying around. Selfish and Lazy and looking after number one. Its a small indicator to overall personality.

Dave!

I always clean up if there's a bin which is not full.

The "it's someone's job" excuse doesn't wash with me. It's someone's job to clean the toilets too, doesn't mean you should sh*t all over the floor.

ronano

9/10 i clean up after myself,dump rubbish in bin and leave tray above it. There is the odd time when i just cannot be bothered or time is pressing,i don't feel bad about it either!

Frisbee

Always clean up after myself in these places, rude not to

eamon234

Always do or if the bin's full I'll put everything neatly on the tray. It's disgusting the way some people leave their tables sometimes.
Don't forget - next time you can't find a seat in one of these places it's because the someone has to clean up after the last bunch of slobs!

I get really upset if the people I'm with just dump their dirt behind them, for the staff to deal with.
Slaps ensue.

Kintarō Hattori

caoibhin wrote: »

Isnt that what the Polish/Chinese are paid for?

No it's not. They are paid to serve you.

Mossy Monk

I would clean up after me also.

One-Day-Juande

I'd usually clear up after myself, just simple thing of showing some respect to the poor batarde that has to work that sheety job. I wouldn't 'look down' on someone for not doing it though, a lot of people don't realise that there's anything wrong.

Really though, I don't know what it's like in other parts of the country but in Cork I allways pity the buggers in burger king at 2:30/3:00 on saturday morning, i'd say I could only last working one night in those conditions. hell.

stovelid

One-Day-Juande wrote: »

just simple thing of showing some respect to the poor batarde that has to work that sheety job.

Like they said.

I always put my stuff in the bin and give the table a wipe. Don't mind if others don't do it though.

dee8839

I worked in a Subway and from the mess some people made, I really became conscious of how rude it is not to take the ten seconds it requires to put your rubbish in the bin. I always clean up after myself now. Well, I always did really but I'm more conscious of it now. But I don't really look down on those who don't. If my friends are with me and they leave their rubbish I'll go and do it for them rather than leave it, its just a habit for me. If a worker in the place was a total dick, and I knew they'd be the one responsible for cleaning up, can't rule out the possibility I'd be a mean person and leave my rubbish for them as revenge!!

_Kaiser_

I always put my stuff in the bin or if it's full will leave it neatly on the tray close to it

Slutmonkey57b

I always make sure I leave no mess behind me by never going in.

Creamy Goodness

it shocks me how some people's tables get so fecking dirty at fast food places, i mean christ there's food all over the place. fair enough if they are dining with kids but the most part they aren't.

i eat off the tray so there's very little to clean up and it's simple enough to grab the tray on the way out and pop my rubbish in the bin.

Woden

foinse wrote: »

I always tidy up after myself in these places, i worked in one when i was 16...christ that's almost 10 years ago now....and know how the staff feel when it comes to cleaning up other peoples food mess, which i can tell you isn't always pleasant.

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Supercell

Says a lot about the person who doesnt clean up.
I saw a builder throw a plastic coke bottle out of his van. I'm still angry about that several days later. I felt a strong urge to get out of the car and shove that bottle up his exhaust pipe, but i'm no hero. I bet that wánker never cleans up after himself either and yet cheers along at Irish football matches and considers himself proud to be be Irish..Aghhhh..it really bothers me!!

Tragamin2k2

"When a waterford person, Ian, leaves his tray on the table, its a sign that he's enjoyed his food"

The guy

I always clean up afterwards but I wouldn't get enraged if someone didn't or look down on people either.

Flojo

I always clean up after myself and if my mates don't I badger them into doing so.

fifth

Always empty tray into the bin..and say thanks on the way out.

Naikon

Always. I have worked service industry type jobs before so I have some
idea how they feel if a slob leaves their crap behind.

biko

Always empty my tray by the bin. Only lazy people don't do this and I look down at them.

bitemybanger

Guys, if you went to a restraunt, would you offer to clean the table after you? Didnt think so.
sometimes i do clean up after myself in McDs or Buggerking, sometimes i dont.

c - 13

bitemybanger wrote: »

Guys, if you went to a restraunt, would you offer to clean the table after you? Didnt think so.
sometimes i do clean up after myself in McDs or Buggerking, sometimes i dont.

Are there bins available for you to do so in the restraunt ? Didnt think so.

gogglebok

bitemybanger wrote: »

Guys, if you went to a restraunt, would you offer to clean the table after you? Didnt think so.
sometimes i do clean up after myself in McDs or Buggerking, sometimes i dont.

When you're in a restaurant, do you "sometimes clean up after yourself and sometimes not"? Of course not. They are different kinds of place.

Clean up after yourself in a fast food joint is the equivalent of leaving a tip in a restaurant. It's about the only available way to thank the staff for not being horrible. If they are horrible, leave your tray on the table. and they might eventually get the message that being decent lessens the work-load.

Ruu_Old

Don't normally eat much fast food but when I do, always tip the paper plates or whatever into the bin, doesn't take very long.

dr.bollocko

It's really best to just not eat in there. Nobody enjoys it, its just that familiar cardboard food. It is lazy to not clean up your ****. It is ignorant behaviour. But surely it's lazier again to even cross the threshold of these ****e houses in the first place? Of course dispensation offered for the 2am kebab.

AlmightyCushion

Usually clean up after myself. Only time I can remember that I didn't was when in a subway and I couldn't see a bin. Even when hammered I usually clean up after myself if possible.

ewj1978

A drunk mate went round supermacs in Limerick at 2am one night cleaning up for the staff.... Bouncers just laughed at him... till he started takin people's food from their hands and putting it in the bin..:D

Ruu_Old

ewj1978 wrote: »

A drunk mate went round supermacs in Limerick at 2am one night cleaning up for the staff.... Bouncers just laughed at him... till he started takin people's food from their hands and putting it in the bin..:D

Friend of mine does that every weekend when he gets drunk, collects up glasses in the bar and when they have had enough then he goes off the chipper and puts empty boxes and so on in the bin to clean up.

Caoimhín

Ruu wrote: »

Friend of mine does that every weekend when he gets drunk, collects up glasses in the bar and when they have had enough then he goes off the chipper and puts empty boxes and so on in the bin to clean up.

Presumably he is single?

echosound

Always would empty the tray into the bin after myself (although I don't tend to go to fast food restaurants nowadays anyway).

Also if in the cinema I'd always take the popcorn bucket and drink container with me to drop in a bin on the way out, as I had the pleasure of working in a cinema in my younger days, and it was a far easier task to clean a screen if people hadn't kicked half empty coke containers and half empty popcorn buckets all over the floor in the stampede out, leaving a sticky foul mess mashed everywhere.

Simple thing to do really, put your own rubbish in a bin. I'd view it as the same as sitting on a park bench eating a sandwich or a takeout from a fast food restaurant - you wouldn't (or shouldn't) leave your wrapper and bottle on the seat after you, even though there are people employed for the general upkeep of the park, same again in an office - wouldn't leave food strewn all over my desk even though there are cleaners employed.

It's their job to keep the place generally tidy and clean, not to be directly cleaning up after me.

Ruu_Old

caoibhin wrote: »

Presumably he is single?

I think so but I thought that cleaning up stuff turned on women, what a catch. Porn for girls (sfw).

Firetrap

Yeah, I clean up after myself unless the staff were rude. Though, if I can't see the bin or it's way up at the other end of the place, I do have second thoughts.

OrangeDaisy

depends on if i can be bothered

Captain Ginger

I always clear up after myself except for one place that when I was younger I applied for a job (had a really good CV too) and it was given to chinese people (should of known better) same thing happened to my younger brother a few years later.


Ever since that I always leave my tray there as if to say "You want this job take it".

Silly little grudge I hold but meh

smellslikeshoes

I'd used to always clean up after myself anywhere but lately if I was in a big Mcdonalds or something I wouldn't now because people are getting paid to clean up the tables there, if there was no mess left on the table there would be no job.

herbieflowers

so in fact you're doing them a favour by keeping them in a job! Remarkable!

guinnessdrinker

I always clean tidy up afterwards too but I don't get annoyed when other people don't do it. Although I was once in a McDonalds in Paris and every single person in the place cleaned up afterwards, it was the cleanest McDonalds I was ever in.

gogglebok

Captain Ginger wrote: »

I always clear up after myself except for one place that when I was younger I applied for a job (had a really good CV too) and it was given to chinese people (should of known better) same thing happened to my younger brother a few years later.

Ever since that I always leave my tray there as if to say "You want this job take it".

Silly little grudge I hold but meh

You're punishing people you know nothing about because their boss turned you down for a job several years ago? "Silly" is putting it mildly.

DonkeyStyle \o/

You're all wrong.
Having worked in one of the big fast food places as a teenager, I used to hate it when people would try to empty their own trays, because they'd invariably make a complete balls of it and just make more work for me.
There's a stack of trays ontop of the bin... these are supposed to be stacked as clean trays... so when you fail to wipe the salt off the tray, or don't think to throw out the ketchup-sodden paper place-mat (do people actually think these get re-used?!), then someone has to backtrack through all these trays and wipe them properly... and wipe the bottoms of the trays that were sitting ontop of the disgusting ones.
Someone who's clearing tables all day long has built up some great muscle-memory... it takes no time at all to clear a plastic tray off a table and wipe everything down properly.

Random members of the public thinking they're qualified to clear their own table fúcking disgusts me.
You didn't go through that intensive day of training, nor did you watch the orientation videos.
You think you're being polite, but it's an insult to the people who do it professionally.
Do you attepmt to sterilize your dentists equipment when he's finished too, you condescending pricks?
The people who don't try to clear their own trays are doing it right, so stfu.

And by leaving your tray there, we could also spot tables that needed to be wiped and/or swept under... rather than wonder where you were sitting, and leaving the bits of half-chewed burger on the seat for the next person.
The best thing you can do to be polite is just make sure everything is stacked back on the tray and left on your table... pick up any fries you dropped on the ground and don't leave bits of wet toilet paper all over the toilet sink.

IMO anyway.

dresden8

eamon234 wrote: »

Don't forget - next time you can't find a seat in one of these places it's because the someone has to clean up after the last bunch of slobs!

No, it's because the management and staff are so p1ss poor that they don't do their jobs and clean the place up.

Remember, as a customer I'm always right.

HalloweenJack

I rarely put my tray in the bin.

I've no qulams about letting the cleaners get on with their job.

animaal

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote: »

Random members of the public thinking they're qualified to clear their own table fúcking disgusts me.
You didn't go through that intensive day of training, nor did you watch the orientation videos.

Hmm, informative. It does make sense.

However, your communication skills could do with brushing up. Did you misss that orientation video?