bringing dishes back after restaurant/cafe meal

Robsweezie · 19-05-2016 11:52PM #1

anyone else always bring dishes, glasses back to the counter after a meal at a café/ restaurant if theres not a waiter around, or if they're busy? I've started doing it recently and the staff react with surprise as if its not the norm. I suppose they're usually left to clean up after people and take the dishes back themselves (part of their job)

especially the case in a rare visit to mcdonalds, I wouldn't be the type to leave a tray full of happy meal boxes, straws, chips and burger wrappers behind me, it helps the staff too if you clean up after yourself. though you're not ''obliged'' too.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 19-05-2016 11:55PM

I do it if I'm in a good mood.
In a fast food place I'd always do it. Cafe, depends.

BunkMoreland · 19-05-2016 11:57PM

No

jigglypuffstuff · 20-05-2016 12:03AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

anyone else always bring dishes, glasses back to the counter after a meal at a café/ restaurant if theres not a waiter around, or if they're busy? I've started doing it recently and the staff react with surprise as if its not the norm. I suppose they're usually left to clean up after people and take the dishes back themselves (part of their job)

especially the case in a rare visit to mcdonalds, I wouldn't be the type to leave a tray full of happy meal boxes, straws, chips and burger wrappers behind me, it helps the staff too if you clean up after yourself. though you're not ''obliged'' too.

I always do this, ive been on the other end there and its always appreciated when customers do this

El Horseboxo · 20-05-2016 12:05AM

If there's a designated area to put them then I will. But I wouldn't just put on a counter as I could be occupying space that they use for something else. And used dishes there becomes a problem for them.

Jamesstoney · 20-05-2016 12:10AM

I thought for a second you meant bringing them home

The Sidewards Man · 20-05-2016 12:14AM

Is there not staff that do this trivial job?

timthumbni · 20-05-2016 12:22AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

anyone else always bring dishes, glasses back to the counter after a meal at a café/ restaurant if theres not a waiter around, or if they're busy? I've started doing it recently and the staff react with surprise as if its not the norm. I suppose they're usually left to clean up after people and take the dishes back themselves (part of their job)

especially the case in a rare visit to mcdonalds, I wouldn't be the type to leave a tray full of happy meal boxes, straws, chips and burger wrappers behind me, it helps the staff too if you clean up after yourself. though you're not ''obliged'' too.

In McDonald's/ Burger King etc then I always clear our table and put the rubbish in the bin provided. I thought this was good manners. Are some people above putting away their own rubbish? Snobbish imo. And if you eat in McDonald's then you have no reason to be snobbish...

mansize · 20-05-2016 12:24AM

In tesco cafe/fast foot outlet yes

In restaurant... no

Atlantic Dawn · 20-05-2016 12:26AM

I'd only do it in a place with disposables, never with actual real life cutlary.

The Sidewards Man · 20-05-2016 12:26AM

mansize wrote: »

In tesco cafe/fast foot outlet yes

In restaurant... no

What fast food outlet do you frequent that serves food in dishes?

mansize · 20-05-2016 12:28AM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

What fast food outlet do you frequent that serves food in dishes?

I was referring to the OP's post, not just the title.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 20-05-2016 12:37AM

El Horseboxo wrote: »

If there's a designated area to put them then I will. But I wouldn't just put on a counter as I could be occupying space that they use for something else. And used dishes there becomes a problem for them.

When I was waitressing I got in trouble for dishes on the counter once or twice.

'why are those dishes there?'

'a customer left them there as they were leaving'

'why didn't you bring them to wash up?'

'I was serving that big long queue of other customers I just got cleared'

'and why didn't you clear them then?'

Because that's the point when you started giving out to me about them!

It's not that the gesture isn't appreciated, but Jesus that gig is just one big damned if you do damned of you don't sometimes, hope I never have to go back to it!

Also the people who would actually walk in behind the counter to drop them back, NO! Had two wee girls who'd be in often and had to have a word with them about it, they were only trying to help but it was actually dangerous

20-05-2016 12:43AM

No way, fast food places are nearly charging as much as restaurants these days. I got ribs and chips in a restaurant with orange juice this week and it cost me €15, I got a meal in KFC and it cost 11

If Mconalds/KFC/Burger King etc want to charge nearly as much as a real restaurant for ****ty fast food then dont expect me to clean after myself. Granted if I get good service and the staff are polite then I will feel guilty and clean up after myself, but I very rarely get polite/good service at these places. Not that I can blame the staff I worked in these places before and hated the job.

johnnyskeleton · 20-05-2016 12:45AM

You're doing people out of a job.

20-05-2016 12:47AM

timthumbni wrote: »

In McDonald's/ Burger King etc then I always clear our table and put the rubbish in the bin provided. I thought this was good manners. Are some people above putting away their own rubbish? Snobbish imo. And if you eat in McDonald's then you have no reason to be snobbish...

It's not that I am above cleaning up my own rubbish, its that I have paid McDonalds for example near 10 euro for a crappy meal. I think that includes them cleaning up as well.

Its not as if you are saving someone work. If everyone kept cleaning up after themselves then McDonalds would just use less staff on the floor because they would need less people to clean, you are really just saving McDonalds money. :pac:

The Sidewards Man · 20-05-2016 12:51AM

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

You're doing people out of a job.

Exactly, at the rate the thread is going we may as well go inside the counter in macdonalds and cook it our selves and serve it in our Royal Albert.

Summer wind · 20-05-2016 12:52AM

I'd never leave a fast food place without gathering up all the empty cartons and putting them in the bin. I wouldn't walk away and leave a mess at home so why do it in public. If I eat in a restaurant and there's a lot of plates on the table I'd always stack them and put the cutlery on top ready to be collected.

The Sidewards Man · 20-05-2016 12:58AM

Summer wind wrote: »

I'd never leave a fast food place without gathering up all the empty cartons and putting them in the bin. I wouldn't walk away and leave a mess at home so why do it in public. If I eat in a restaurant and there's a lot of plates on the table I'd always stack them and put the cutlery on top ready to be collected.

A plate stacker I hate those, 'are you finished there, send it up along the table and let me be the big man/woman'. You should bring them to the kitchen altogether and wash them.

Summer wind · 20-05-2016 01:03AM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

A plate stacker I hate those, 'are you finished there, send it up along the table and let me be the big man/woman'. You should bring them to the kitchen altogether and wash them.

Ah now I'm lovely really.

The Sidewards Man · 20-05-2016 01:08AM

Summer wind wrote: »

Ah now I'm lovely really.

You’re some tulip alright.

mansize · 20-05-2016 01:08AM

I think it's a bit rude to get up from a fast food joint and leave your tray of wrappers etc behind

mansize · 20-05-2016 01:08AM

I don't like plate stackers though

Herb Powell · 20-05-2016 01:23AM

Deleted User wrote: »

No way, fast food places are nearly charging as much as restaurants these days. I got ribs and chips in a restaurant with orange juice this week and it cost me €15, I got a meal in KFC and it cost 11

If Mconalds/KFC/Burger King etc want to charge nearly as much as a real restaurant for ****ty fast food then dont expect me to clean after myself. Granted if I get good service and the staff are polite then I will feel guilty and clean up after myself, but I very rarely get polite/good service at these places. Not that I can blame the staff I worked in these places before and hated the job.

I bet you also rip up coasters/wrappers and put them in your glass when you're done. Ya langer.

20-05-2016 01:31AM

Herb Powell wrote: »

I bet you also rip up coasters/wrappers and put them in your glass when you're done. Ya langer.

What glass? :pac:

Did McDonalds all of a sudden start using glasses and coasters?

mansize · 20-05-2016 01:31AM

What kind of restaurant serves ribs and chips???

20-05-2016 01:35AM

mansize wrote: »

What kind of restaurant serves ribs and chips???

The best kind

Rosie Rant · 20-05-2016 01:35AM

I always clean up after myself in a fast food restaurant. It really bothers me when some lazy so and so has gone off and left a tray full of rubbish behind them. More often than not, the place will be busy, the floor staff will be stuck behind the till and another customer will sit at the messy table and scoff at the floor staff when they come to clean up.

I would probably tidy up my plates in a restaurant if I wasn't so clumsy and extremely likely to drop and break everything.

mansize · 20-05-2016 01:38AM

Deleted User wrote: »

The best kind

Cafes?

20-05-2016 01:40AM

mansize wrote: »

Cafes?

Was more of a Gastro bar and the ribs were tastey as fuark

I generally wouldn't be a problem for fast food workers anyway because I barely ever eat in the things. Crap and over priced food, Cant bate a McFlurry now and again though

Herb Powell · 20-05-2016 01:40AM

Deleted User wrote: »

What glass? :pac:

Did McDonalds all of a sudden start using glasses and coasters?

In a pub! Forget McDonald's, new scenario

bringing dishes back after restaurant/cafe meal

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