To be shocked at the amount of litter on the theatre floor?

[girlfriend44]

Been to see the Pantomime this afternoon.
As we left couldn't believe the amount of rubbish that had just been discarded on the floor.
Ice cream containers, drinks, sweet wrappers etc.

There were people standing at the front with boxes for the litter. WTF is wrong with people?
Take it home or put In the bin.

Someone's got to go round now and pick it all up.

Honestly it was so disgusting. How slobby.
It's like the theatre volunteers are just servants.
I think if I was the theatre I would have announced it to put rubbish in the bins at the end also.
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People are just messy, they assume it's like a cinema where we are told to leave rubbish.
Although recently went to one in Manchester and only saw a few people eating

I have to do visits for my job and many people live in squalor

Do you leave it on you seat / arm rest in the cinema or on the floor where it has to be stepped on/ over by lots of people? To me that's the logical difference.
Cinema - has a little table between seats and a cup holder. So do as cinema directly asks (in our case take)
Theatre - doesn't have that, plus more people generally plus less space generally so only place to leave is on floor to be kicked over and trampled into the floor, ergo take with me.

I go to cineworld at the O2 and the one I go to doesn't have tables in between. The seats automatically fold up so the only logical place to put empty popcorn bag is on the floor next to the empty seat so it's not directly in the path someone would walk. Plus I usually go at quieter times so no risk of its being full.

What else can I do if there are zero bins outside the screen and no bins inside the o2 either. I dont think I've seen a bin outside the o2 on the way to the tube either.

If you want people to take rubbish with them to get rid of some bins should be provided somewhere.

At the cinema we go to there is an announcement telling you to leave rubbish by your seat.

I agree. It's very lazy and slobby to leave all your rubbish. Taking empty containers to the bin costs nothing and makes a huge difference to the turn around time and staff at the theatre or cinema.

Unfortunately it's not limited to theatres and cinemas. We went to the garden centre the other day and ate in the cafe, there were signs on the table asking people to please return finished items and trays to the trolleys. Huge bins everywhere. Trolleys parked in bays everywhere so not like a long walk, all with empty spaces. The sheer amount of people who had got up from their lunch/ coffees and abandoned their dirty things on the table was shocking. The poor staff were overrun trying to empty tables, wipe down tables, keep up with washing cutlery and serving people. I can understand if you have mobility issues or genuinely can't return a tray but the vast majority were able bodied adults over 50.

@girlfriend44 The practice of somebody standing near an exit with a rubbish bag is relatively new - I'm 52 and go to the theatre 3-4 times a year, but noticed it for the first time a few months ago, and only in some theatres. All my life before that I followed the advice given to me by my own parents in the 1970s (who were very anti-litter, as am I) to leave any rubbish at the end of the row of seats so it was easy to collect. If any theatre had ever made an announcement to the contrary, I would have followed it.

By the way, unless it's a community theatre, the staff are paid, not volunteers. That is not an excuse for making life difficult for them - I'm just correcting you.

I’m always disgusted by the amount of crap people leave behind I particularly noticed it on planes people just leaving every bit of rubbish and food and bottles and god knows what else just all over the floor it’s really just a new low for people and demonstrates a lack of common decency self respect and respect for others don’t get me started on the amount of shite people leave in restaurants and cafes

Staff at this theatre were volunteers.
No announcement was made. People were standing with rubbish boxes at the end.

This. The need for some people to eat constantly, is an issue that should be addressed really. It is part of a Societal problem.

Mothers leaving baby and toddler throw-around food all over the floors and seats, too. At least make some effort to tidy up.

I don't go to the cinema or theatre now unless I know it's going to be very quiet, or, frankly a production that won't appeal to people who might be noisy/eat a lot/drink a lot.