Appalled by fast food customer laziness

[Beautifulweeds]

Just that really. Taking DC out for a treat and sitting in, every time I've been shocked at how 'diners' leaves their tables. Just this evening, 3 teenagers left everything a mess on their table when there was a bin clearly labelled just 3 feet away from them. Another table, a big family with young kids, left their waste strewn on the table, chairs and all over the floor, others as well, they were just who we sat next to. It was the way they didn't even acknowledge it, just sauntered off looking at their phones, absolutely no thoughts to it.

Meanwhile the place was clearly short staffed and the workers were run off their feet, people shouting when is my order, getting huffy, rude and complaining. Yes I know it's fast food and they were doing their best and pretty well.

I was sat with our DC, patiently waiting, not a big deal, then cleared up every bit of waste and mopped up any spillage.

Surely this is just common decency, takes seconds to tidy, teach kids to put it in the bin, have some respect.

Rant over, just felt the need to get it off my chest. So many lazy, entitled and rude people everywhere.

Don't the ipads clean up?

Whilst I agree to an extent. It’s a lot easier for someone with a broom to sweep it up than someone to pick up lots of little bits by hand ( I do always pick up the big bits )

Have you seen the state of the fields after a music festival? Its certainly not just fast food places and not just young chavs.

@anxioussister I think the same about people who throw rubbish out of car windows. Except I wouldn't send them to another plane (they'd just trash that one too) - I simply wish they were all extinguished. I imagine the world without just those particular people.

I think when people behave like this, they're telling you a lot about their personal standards.

I wouldn't like to visit their homes.

I worked for yrs in hospitality we always said if they leave this mess tjeir home must be ten times worse and always felt sorry for the kids being dragged up

DD and DS worked in a local restaurant for a while prior to Uni. Nice place, not cheap and they had a couple of occasions where customers left dirty nappies on the table unwrapped. I mean I cannot even begin to imagine the state of their homes if they think this is ok in a restaurant!

Laziness is everywhere.

At my last job customers at the kiosk dumped their baskets on the floor when they had to leave by the front entrance right by the baskets. We didn’t have the time or staff to gather up the baskets and put them at the front.

I always return it, but partly because I think the brief walk there and back is good for me. 😁 It's not exactly a chore.

Agree with the OP. Inconsiderate people make me sad and feel quite hopeless about the world. Littering, driving too fast, not cleaning up after themselves, generally not taking responsibility for their surroundings.

I always return - I want my £1 back

If it's one that takes a pound coin, then yes, another great incentive! 😅

Hello partner

Yep,I agree with everything you say

Let's not forget the shitting in the sinks/all over the toilets,teens causing havoc,the leaving shitty nappies on the table,the drug addicts,feral teens (and then their parents who come in to scream at us for banning their offspring) and more than once,pissing on the floor

And let's not forget the bloke who threatened to rape me for asking if he wanted sugar for his coffee

And the posh woman who had me by the throat,screaming and swearing at me (I still don't know what that was about)

I've been groped 8 times in 9 years-police do fuck all

I'm lucky in the fact that my managers have been told not to hide and let us deal with it,but it's tough luck if they genuinely are dealing with something else

It's a truly shitty job

I do always stack plates, food wrappings etc on the tray - but I leave the tray on the table so staff can see that the table has been used and needs to be sanitised for the next customers. If you clear the table completely, how do they know which tables have or haven't been wiped down?

What about on a checkout and the ignorant customer just fucks the basket full of shopping on the conveyer belt..then looks at you expecting you to unload it for them

Yanbu. I always use a napkin to scoop any debris from the floor and table as well as putting our rubbish in the bin.

Tbh I think the people like this probably do have tidy houses. They just don't care when they're out. My house isn't brilliantly tidy tbh.

cart. I always park my trolley back too. I litter pick as well so I'm quite an extreme case.

Surely you can see if it's covered in crumbs? Although I grant it's a bit less obvious than one covered with trays. If it's clear of crumbs then I can't say I'm that bothered about a wipe down. Saying every needs sanitising is kind of OTT. I just want the sticky grot gone.

I always tidy up my stuff and I never let my kids trash the place. It's lazy and slobbish to leave stuff.

The same on planes. On a recent 4 hour flight the staff came around 3 times collecting rubbish and made it clear that it was them who had to clean the plane before the return flight.

The state of some rows that we walked past as we left the plane was astonishing. Wrappers, bottles, handprints on windows, sweets and crumbs all over the floor. Absolutely no effort had been made by those passengers to clean up the mess that they had made. I find it embarrassing on their behalf.

Of course it is common decency to not eat like pigs and to clear up any child related mess.

This has gotten worse in fast food outlets. The model is to self clear because it helps keep the experience more affordable.

Since prices went up, some diners are seeking better ‘value for money’ by relying on the staff to clear up. Not fair for the staff, and prices will ultimately go up.

When my kids were little, I would ask for a dustpan and brush. Staff were nearly always ready to clean up, but I think I showed willing. On the odd occasion that they did bring the equipment, I was happy to sort it out.

Also the same people who complain the UK is 'childist' and whine when a local cafe finally has enough and stops welcoming children

You don't need to do that. We know which tables have been used.

I'm so sorry that has been happening to you too. It's relentlessly thankless and quitting was the best thing I did.

I went to the cinema with my dd and apparently the etiquette is to leave your rubbish on the seat tray thing as they clear it up between showings. It felt very unnatural not to take it with me.
You're not wrong about McDonald's some people are just scummy.