Fast food trays - Dump 'em or leave 'em?

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 01:41AM

That_Guy wrote: »

Oh Petey, I love you.

Easy, have you been eating Love Hearts

IvySlayer · 08-03-2010 01:43AM

OutlawPete wrote: »

When I was 16, me and my mates when to Wexford for the weekend (don't ask why ) and we were in this cafe. My mate gets up and goes to the jacks and my other mate, knowing Mate # 1 was a ketchup fiend, unscrews the cap.

Mate comes back waffling about something and we're trying not to laugh as he just looks at us and says: "Muppets, what's so funny.." grabs the ketchup bottle, pulls and face and says: "Spas!!"

Then gives the bottle a shake like he's **** an fcuking elephant and dowses the whole wall and ceiling with the fcuking stuff!

We were crying laughing, asked to leave we were :pac:

Sounds good

But if you had of messed with my ketchup, you would've died :mad:

Speaking of hilarious fast food stories, my college friend Missy (long story) bought a McFlurry and spilled it all over some mans shoes who went MENTAL!

Dave! · 08-03-2010 01:43AM

I usually dump them

It's part of someone's job to clear the tables, but it's someone's job to clean the toilets too, doesn't mean I should sh*t on the floor just to keep them occupied.

Puck · 08-03-2010 01:48AM

My dear mother raised me well enough to clean up after myself. What would she say if I turned out to be the kind of man scoundrel who left his rubbish behind him? I'd break her heart!

Holsten · 08-03-2010 01:50AM

I clean up after myself.

Helix · 08-03-2010 01:58AM

i dump it myself

not because i want to save the staff the hassle, but coz im not ignorant enough to make some other poor punter have to clear my stuff away themselves ive the place is busy and they want a seat

That_Guy · 08-03-2010 02:01AM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Easy, have you been eating Love Hearts

Non txt speak ones though.

Vertigo100 · 08-03-2010 02:01AM

If you dump your trays in a fast food place be sure to bring all your glasses to the bar in pubs as well guys.

IrishManSaipan · 08-03-2010 02:04AM

Vertigo100 wrote: »

If you dump your trays in a fast food place be sure to bring all your glasses to the bar in pubs as well guys.

I do in pubs. I am sad, I know.:(

congo_90 · 08-03-2010 02:10AM

IrishManSaipan wrote: »

I do in pubs. I am sad, I know.:(

I like you now

I dump em. Bin is on the way out so why not? I don't like walking in and finding tables covered in food and trays from a customer who has left.

m@cc@ · 08-03-2010 02:24AM

That_Guy wrote: »

We had a discussion about it and they called me lazy for leaving my tray there but to be honest it's not my job and there's no signs around the place to say to clean up after yourself.

There are no signs saying 'Please do not leave a steaming turd on your table' either. Do you always live your life according to signs and notices?

My mother is a cleaner and I'd like to think that someone somewhere is doing something to make her daily job that bit easier.

ronano · 08-03-2010 02:30AM

It depends on my mood,i usually clean it off dumping it in the bin but i don't feel an obligation. If im paying 10 euro for fastfood,i see being able to leave it there and walk as one of the perks.

08-03-2010 02:35AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

There are no signs saying 'Please do not leave a steaming turd on your table' either. Do you always live your life according to signs and notices?

My mother is a cleaner and I'd like to think that someone somewhere is doing something to make her daily job that bit easier.

Misplacing turds is abuse of facilities, but, always cleaning up after yourself is courtious but unncessary in a resturant that has staff to do the job, except when it's busy.

IrishManSaipan · 08-03-2010 02:39AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Misplacing turds is abuse of facilities, but, always cleaning up after yourself is courtious but unncessary in a resturant that has staff to do the job, except when it's busy.

How hard is it to gather your rubbish, put it on the tray and put it into the bin on your way out?

Same in the boozer, when you finish your pint bring the empty glass back upto the bar with you whilst you order an other.

AnonoBoy · 08-03-2010 02:40AM

I'm going to make a sweeping generalisation and say that people who habitually leave trays on tables in fastfood tables were treated like little princesses who could do no wrong by their mothers who picked up everything after them all the time.

Spoiled inconsiderate children grow up to be useless inconsiderate adults.

You can be guaranteed that this sort of thoughtlessness isn't reserved only for their visits to fastfood places but extends into other areas of their lives too. Some people need a good boot up the hole so they do.

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 02:53AM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'm going to make a sweeping generalisation and say that people who habitually leave trays on tables in fastfood tables were treated like little princesses who could do no wrong by their mothers who picked up everything after them all the time.

Spoiled inconsiderate children grow up to be useless inconsiderate adults.

You can be guaranteed that this sort of thoughtlessness isn't reserved only for their visits to fastfood places but extends into other areas of their lives too. Some people need a good boot up the hole so they do.

*pours Anono a Whiskey and gets him to sit down*

Relax

What's really inconsiderate are the fcukers who destroy the place with food and spill **** everywhere. That's what takes them ages to clean up.

Parents letting their kids spill ketchup all over seat covers and wooden floors, little brats.

Spilling Sugar sachets, pouring tea all over the table, down the cracks.

People were born in, in, in .. someplace .. I dunno

G_R · 08-03-2010 02:54AM

i always do put my tray in the bin cos I know what its like to have to clean up other people's crap

but i clicked the wrong option (damn tired brain) so read the above result with one more for in the bin and one less for just leave it

ScumLord · 08-03-2010 03:03AM

[quote=[Deleted User];64803487]I do it cos I'm not pig ignorant. The people working in there usually seem to have enough to do without picking up after people. [/QUOTE] Like what exactly? They serve pre packaged food and for the most part don't have to serve that food beyond putting it on a tray.

I'm pretty sure I do dump it but I don't usually go into fast food places when I do get McDs or the likes it's usually through drive through.

m@cc@ · 08-03-2010 03:14AM

ScumLord wrote: »

Like what exactly? They serve pre packaged food and for the most part don't have to serve that food beyond putting it on a tray.

I'm pretty sure I do dump it but I don't usually go into fast food places when I do get McDs or the likes it's usually through drive through.

What McD's have you been to that isn't usually understaffed? Of course, they are, that's how they make profits. By squeezing every penny when it comes to food and personnel. The process is easy, the job isn't.

ScumLord · 08-03-2010 03:32AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

What McD's have you been to that isn't usually understaffed? Of course, they are, that's how they make profits. By squeezing every penny when it comes to food and personnel. The process is easy, the job isn't.

I can't think of any to be honest. McDs is a fairly tight ship and all credit to them on that count, I can only really speak of the McDs in Galway and ever since they dumped the local kids for foreign staff it's been a completely different experience. Maybe in the bigger places it's a bit hectic but in my experience McDs for the most part supplies a service that I can't complain about.

Bonito · 08-03-2010 03:32AM

I always empty my own. There was this one time, in McDonalds (I think) in Blanchardstown I went to empty my tray and it fell into the bin. I was in 1st year. I panicked and ran out. Even though it was a complete accident. Probably thought I was a right little fúcker for throwing the tray in the bin and then making a legger and leaving my friends behind

The Pontiac · 08-03-2010 03:39AM

I always use the drive-thru and I usually leave 'em in my car until it gets a bit smelly and then I dump 'em.

dan719 · 08-03-2010 04:05AM

Vertigo100 wrote: »

If you dump your trays in a fast food place be sure to bring all your glasses to the bar in pubs as well guys.

I do that too. Would always bring the glasses to the bar when ordering another round. Even in night clubs would always bring a glass back to the bar.

m@cc@ · 08-03-2010 04:09AM

<Ollie> wrote: »

I always use the drive-thru and I usually leave 'em in my car until it gets a bit smelly and then I dump 'em.

Would you not eat the rest? 1 day old back seat burgers are the best.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 08-03-2010 04:41AM

I do most of the time, but sometimes if I am a little annoyed, I will leave it. I mean if the service is bad, I ain't going to be giving the staff a hand. It is their job, but it's also common courtesy to get rid of your own rubbish.

The Pontiac · 08-03-2010 04:52AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

Would you not eat the rest? 1 day old back seat burgers are the best.

I actually have done. Not a burger, but KFC chicken pieces. They might have been more than a day old too.

Run_to_da_hills · 08-03-2010 08:12AM

As students we use to dump the whole lot including the plastic tray.

Hagar · 08-03-2010 08:27AM

I bring the trays home with me. When I have enough I'm going to build a fort.

BluesBerry · 08-03-2010 09:25AM

I pay enough for the food so I leave the tray nowadays
In my local McD there used to be a lovely Asian lady who's job it was to stay on the floor cleaning up, she was that so nice and if she seen you struggling she would help out running to get chairs and napkins she was there foryears
I used to put the tray in the bin myself to help her out

One day she disappeared

only to be replaced by a spotty teenager who "hates everyone" and sniggers and stands there staring weirdly and tuts at everyone
The cow heard me saying one day to someone I was with that I hate them mopping the floor near me when Im eating (because i find it disgusting I dont want to look at a filthy mop when Im eating) that now she seems to do it everytime I'm there now disturbing me while I eat:mad::mad:

So now I porpusly leave the tray and yes the last time I was there I "accidentally" spilled what was left of my drink on the floor seems as she loves her fcuking mop so much

And Im not being paranoid btw she really is nasty

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 08-03-2010 09:30AM

OutlawPete wrote: »

What's really inconsiderate are the fcukers who destroy the place with food and spill **** everywhere. That's what takes them ages to clean up.

Parents letting their kids spill ketchup all over seat covers and wooden floors, little brats.

Spilling Sugar sachets, pouring tea all over the table, down the cracks.

This ^

Leaving a tray on your table when you leave, marks your table as having been used and possibly in need of further cleaning (wiping/sweeping/mopping).
You might think you're great emptying your tray, but what you're really doing is masking the indicator that you were there, and making sure your table doesn't get wiped down for the next person... you filthy f*cker.

Really, the arrogance of people thinking it's all about clearing trays... pff.

I don't know, maybe other lobby staff appreciate it, but when I was a lobby drone back in the day, well-meaning customers emptying their own trays messed with my system.
You've just gotten back from picking bits of wet toilet paper out of the women's toilet sink... now you're standing there at the bin, looking at an empty (but unclean) tray, not knowing which salt-covered table needs to be wiped... great.

Leave it to the professionals tbh

Fast food trays - Dump 'em or leave 'em?

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