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AIBU?

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For helping to clean up in a restaurant after DC

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Starsponge · 23/08/2024 13:06

On holiday and my youngest made a huge mess in the all inclusive buffet, yogurt all over the floor, baked beans everywhere-utter destruction! I proceeded to clean up just before we were leaving, I cleaned the tables and picked up all the food on the floor. DH looked aghast as to why I was doing such a thing and him and teen DS laughed that I was taking the jobs away from the waiting staff. I argued that these jobs are low paid and it’s only polite to not leave a massive mess. My attempt to clean up was seen as ridiculous and DS and DH laughed their heads off 🙄

I’ve posted about DH before undoing any attempts to bring up our children to be polite, helpful and respectful. He was the one that I had to fight with when our oldest found iPods and I wanted him to hand them in.

I always clean up in cafes after my children have made a mess and would be embarrassed to leave it filthy. AIBU?

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BettyBardMacDonald · 01/09/2024 14:04

Chazzasaurus · 30/08/2024 08:00

I always clean up after my youngest makes a mess when eating out. Being in the server industry though, I will always thank parents who do this and offer to take over. The amount of servers that do not even say thank you for cleaning up as they walk past me on the floor is horrendous.
Your husband is a dick, have words with him.

Servers aren't obliged to thank people who make huge messes whether the patrons attempt to clean them or not.

dothehokeycokey · 01/09/2024 14:12

We always cleaned up after ours when they were small and dh still tidies the table and scrapes the left overs onto one plate now.

It's just being polite and respectful.

Your dh is not a dh. He's a dick husband

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