AIBU with people in McDonalds?

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I called into a McDonald's today. (I'd been on the road all day and wanted something hot and quick!)

Place was busy, but I got served quickly and went and sat down. In the time I was in the store, I saw maybe ten or twelve people leave all their mess on the tables. One couple went as far as pouring their left over drink on the floor under their table and just generally making a huge mess.

One woman with a small child used a large amount of baby wipes and just left them on the table, despite the fact she was two feet away from a bin!

The man working to tidy up asked a few people to pop their rubbish in the bin and was laughed at, ignored, and told 'it's your job to clear up after me.'

It honestly made my blood boil. It's so flipping rude and uncalled for. AIBU to think these people have no manners? It takes very little time to shove your rubbish in the bin on the way out!

true yanbu

I always throw my rubbish in there and hate seeing grown adults making a royal mess and just leaving it. You're right it's a complete lack of manners but everyone seems to think the world owes them something

I totally agree with you, it takes a minute to load your tray up and shove it in a bin. I imagine the staff are used to it though.

Its like people who drop litter in the street - lazy buggers!

YANBU.

My DP always laughs at me as I tidy up after us all and he just leaves all the mess for staff to clear away. I can see both sides, when the customer clears their rubbish then all the grease, salt, spilt drinks etc are left for the next customer, which is not pleasant. If you leave the rubbish I guess the staff are more likely to properly clean the table for the next people, so there's an argument there for leaving it.

However, I don't think for one minute that's why people leave their mess. They're just lazy and entitled.

I thought it was well known, as in Ikea, that half the reason the food is so cheap is because you queue up to get it and clear up after yourself, it's not a Michelin starred restaurant!

YANBU. Especially the arseholes pouring their drink on the floor - why???? I always put my huge amount of used baby wipes in the bin after clearing up after my pair and I lift the bigger lumps of grot and half chewed food from the floor too, why should someone have to clean that level of mess from my family?

Thanks! I thought I was going mad!

The staff were all lovely, especially the man on the dining area. I've just emailed the store to tell the manager that!

It's just so rude and disrespectful. Lazy buggers indeed!

Lazy arses and a terrible example to their children.

When I was a student I worked in McDonalds. Yanbu OP, I hate the attitude "that's what you are paid for" it's one thing to clean tables but the mess people make, food from other places all over the table, sauce smeared on the table and seats and rubbish tipped on the floor. The toilets were even worse, people would leave all sorts in there, clothes hangers, shoe boxes, empty bottles of vodka and pregnancy tests not to mention needles.

People are just disgusting.

Yanbu, like you said, lazy rude buggers!

It is very rude and disrespectful, agreed. But we seem to live in an increasingly selfish world where people have no consideration for those around them.

As for purposely pouring a drink on the floor, just what is the matter with those fools!!

AmyElliotDunne, not sure the idea about the tables being properly cleaned if they're left messy is true- surely it just takes time away from the staff being able to properly clean? (If they have five disgusting tables to tidy before they can be washed, then that's time taken away from something else.)

I honestly don't think the man stopped- he was dashing about with a cloth, bottle of pink stuff and a brush to keep on top of things. Not a job that I could do!

I always clean the tables, my friend also wipes any spills. We do it so the staff can give it a quick wipe and be done with it.

Yanbu.

lazy bastards. takes 2 seconds to shove your rubbish in the bin.

my kids would automatically do it. There's no excuse

YANBU

My local McDonalds you dorm see anything like it. People tend to clean up after theirselves apart from a couple of people who don't.

When i first met DH he wouldn't clear away, saying "it's their job". He never made a mes,s but wouldn't clear the table.

I insisted we should clear up, and now he's he first one to clear away and make sure everything is tidy.

I can't stand people who make a mess on purpose just so someone has to clear it up - there's just no need.

I had to blackmail DS with a happy meal a few weeks back he only actually eats the nuggets and I get the chips and as we were queuing I heard a mother tell her child "don't worry about the mess, they get paid to clean it up" as her 7-8yo child started to put all the wrappers on the tray,

WTAF??

I thought I was going to be reading a thread about how awful the staff are in McDonalds!

My DCs both work/have worked in McDonald's and say that the general public are so rude today. They get spoken to like they're below contempt and not worthy of good manners, people leave an unbelievable amount of rubbish both inside and outside the restaurant and being shouted and sworn at on a daily basis is all part of a day's work. My daughter has been in tears plenty of times but needs the money while also studying at Uni. Why can't people treat people with respect and manners, it takes little effort but goes a long way to promote self-esteem and well-being. Not everyone who works in McDonald's is there because they're not capable of anything else.

I know someone MIL who does this, it's incredibly rude. She actually said to me once that that's what they (waiting staff) are paid for, knowing that one of the wait staff was within earshot. I was mortified. DH & I always clear our table if there's a bin, or if no bin, we tidy it, put all rubbish on one plate, & stack everything neatly on the tray. We've both worked in food service & know what it's like having to sort other people's disgusting leftovers & plates all scattered about.

Yanbu

I hate places that don't have a place to put rubbish/tray etc as I feel awful just walking away and leaving my mess (places where you queue up etc rather than a restaurant).

I would equate it to having a telephone facing job and the school of thought being that it's ok to scream and shout because the employee on the phone is paid to listen to it. I have heard people say "you out people out of jobs if you do it all for them". Yes, they may be paid to wipe and tidy for the next person but there are surely limits.

I want a McDonald's now. And I'll happily take the gherkin slice off anyone else's hands, that's the best bit!

If it's a reasonable amount of reasonable mess, it's ok to leave it; if you've made a right old mess then you should at least attempt to take the edge off the mess.

YANBU- this is so rude! although the staff are usually pretty quick at clearning them.

I was in a very naice cafe/restuarant the other day, and a couple of yummy mummies where there with their young children, very well behaved lovely children, no noise but toddlers so OMG the carnage - their food, because they were toddlers and just at the finger food stage was all over the floor, the mothers had no problems in walking away from it, treading it into the ground without so much as an apology - beyond rude. I always asked for a cloth to clear up the debris. The waitresses had to disturb other diners to clear up the mess.

Why does every mcdonalds thread have a disclaimer at the beginning?

I like eating food from there but I hardly ever go inside. I drive thru. Are people really that gross?

Zeddy, I was just thinking that if the table is clear, someone will sit down at it and make do, rather than waiting for it to be cleared, so the opportunity for having it wiped down is lost. A thin argument I know, just trying to think of any possible positive for leaving rubbish on the table!