To find this completely unacceptable?

[AllAboutTheBuppy]

A family just got up and left this appalling mess for the staff to clear up. Is this normal behaviour?

Sometimes my darling offspring grubby little nuggets make a mess about a 10th of that mess and I clean up as best I can before leaving. If I need to ask for a dustpan and brush I do and if anything is spilt I ask for something to wipe it up and do it myself. Hate staff being treated like skivvies and do my best to clear up anything beyond a few crumbs.
Some people are just disgusting.

I wonder what their house looks like.

God thats really depressing. Some people are just utter scum, aren’t they?!

That's awful! We did blw with both kids and ate out quite a lot - we would always clean up whatever mess they dropped. I actually took newspaper out with me to put under the high chair to help make clean up easier.

Disgusting to leave such a mess and expect others to clean it up!

Utter scum. They'd soon complaint if they arrived at a restaurant and had to sit at a table like that. I find some parents are the worst, so entitled.

There's two highchairs but it looks as if one of the children just threw most of their food on the floor. I couldn't leave that without offering to clean it, but some people think that is beneath them I presume.

We used to cart a wipe clean picnic mat round with us to put under the high chair!!

Mainly so I knew it was clean and could guilt free just keep giving the food back to DC after they'd chucked it on the floor.

But also meant we cleaned up quickly and easily before leaving.

Shocking to leave it in that state.

At our lovely local garden centre they've banned children from one of the restaurants because of the way slummy yummy mummies left the place. There were so many complaints.
I guess some feel their dear DCs are so privileged they can get away with it, I think they're slobs personally.

That is appalling and unbelievably rude. Did they acknowledge the mess as they were leaving?

When I worked at the cafe in an art gallery there was this table once that was left smeared in chocolate cake (I hope!) and scribbled all over in felt tip pen. Took ages to clean when the place was full to bursting.

Have always worked in waitressing sort of jobs and if someone comes and asks for a cloth or brush or whatever to clean up their mess I'll always say it's fine and do it myself unless it's really really busy. This is downright rude though, not even offering to clean.

Last year I was in our local lovely whole foods cafe. A famous soap actress that’s known for her glamour and is often slated in tabloids was there with her gorgeous little girl.
She approached the counter to ask for a dustpan and brush as she couldn’t pick up all the crumbs with a paper napkin.
Lovely young woman and totally not like how she’s portrayed in the media.

I fear it is frequent, but it is not acceptable.
On planet selfish, nothing is too much trouble for someone else to do for you.

I see someone else has had the same experience too up thread, when I was a 17year old cafe waitress, I was utterly appalled at a shitty nappy being left ON the table I was clearing.

Now nothing surprises me. I always baby wipe the surfaces and make a sweep under the chair for the worst of the debris. It's basic courtesy. That photo is rank and whoever left it is a total cunt IMO.

ToEarlyForDecorations is probably one of the CFs who have zero manners or respect and leave a disgusting mess like that and not a member of the staff who have to clean it up. I hope whoever was responsible for that get banned.

Pigs.

I'm always astounded at the number of people I see leave their tables completely covered in their trash remnants at the local fast food stopover place, too. You're supposed to clear your own tables! They have loads of bins and recycling options for you to do it, too!

These are the same people who will, in six months or so, let their little darlings wander round the cafe to entertain all the other diners, while they enjoy their own lunch in peace

My DGD, still young enough that she sits in a high chair, will make a mess, not dissimilar to this. My DD always asks for a dustpan and brush and always gets told no, they staff will clean up. Maybe the people asked for the tools to clean up and were told the same!

I've worked as a waitress many times over the years. This wouldn't personally bother me, I feel it's in my job to quickly sweep too. They left the table part fairly tidy. That being said, I am aware I'm in the minority. I just understand that life with kids is hectic. I wouldn't leave that mess personally, I always tidy up wherever I am. But I just wouldn't be bothered by it personally. Is rather that than someone bringing their own plates back to the kitchen (previous poster) which is really crossing the line. You shouldn't be getting in the way of the kitchen staff.
I do always take glasses to the bar though.

Oh yes and forgot to ask.. instead of judging, maybe they did ask for a dustpan.

Fucking hell. There's a difference between a toddler making a bit of mess and an entire plates worth of food on the floor. You might not carry around a dustpan but you have a mouth and can ask the staff for one!

No!
That is awful, if we made a mess I'd be on my hands and knees picking it up.

I run a cafe that is very family friendly with a kids play area and garden. I leave a long handled dustpan & brush out and have a little notice that says to tidy up the toys before you leave. Works a treat!

Was about to raise my eyebrows at you but that's bloody awful! A bit of mess is unsersrandable, but that's terrible'

I wouldn't be asking for a dustpan and brush because my children would not be allowed to make that sort of mess in the first place.

Who did the Family consist of, OP? What were the circumstances?

Those saying that they'd clean it up before leaving. If that was done by a child having a major tantrum, how exactly would you handle both jobs?

I have seen this a few times, awful behaviour. There homes won’t be like this, only when they are out and have somebody else to do the clean up. But I have also seen a mum ask for a dustbin and brush.