Guests who never throw out their food at counter service locations

[ShesAPirate]

I just want to make it clear that I'm not necessarily "judging" anyone who doesn't clear their table, if that's anyone's perception.

However, the thought of leaving my trash on a table in a counter-service restaurant - whether at Disney or anywhere else - would never occur to me. For me, that would be no different than leaving my wrappers or empty soda cans on a park bench, using the justification that there are sanitation workers in the park, so why should I trouble myself and walk the five feet to the nearest trash can? I haven't seen many - if any - CMs at Disney CS restaurants just standing around. They are always busy, and I don't think people taking their trays to the trash is going to eliminate any jobs.

It's common courtesy. You have access to the trash cans, so why not use them?

 

[lilyv]

Not judging, either. I've lived many, many different places. I have yet to live somewhere where folks don't appreciate common courtesy. Disney vacations are wonderful, but they are also tiring. Whatever simple things we can do to make it easy on the next tired, hungry diner is, I feel sure, appreciated.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

One more thought here, I would never litter. I would never throw something out of my car window, but I live in a resort area and people throw their litter out their windows. I pick it up and throw it away as usually it ends up on my property as they take the turn into the resort area where they live. There is no one cleaning up after them such as an employee. What I am saying here is people are going to do the right thing or not, just as I say I would never litter, there is litter everywhere, people do it.

Probably the same people who do not pick up after themselves in a sit down area at a counter service restaurant at WDW or at the beach in a resort area, or at the pool at your resort would be the same people who litter, it is sometimes that sense of entitlement that makes me wish away the summer on Cape Cod. I see it at WDW too.

 

[mickaholic4077]

I throw out my trash at a CS restaurant. I don't pay too much attention to see whether others do also.

 

[n2mm]

We always throw ours away and if they didn't want us to, then they would not put trash containers throughout the eating area. It's no wonder that some do and some don't considering how many different opinions this thread has seen already. I don't leave my plate on the table after dinner, nor does anyone in our home, so we don't expect anyone to pickup after us when dining at quick service locations.

 

[hogwartsdropout]

People should clean up after themselves. It doesn't take much effort.

 

[gina2000]

I usually throw my trash away and return the tray. However, theres nothing wrong with no doing so. When you go out to eat you do so for the convenience of not having to cook, clean etc.

Unless they have a cadre of CMs running around bussing tables, then it doesn't make sense. It's hard enough to find a free CS table at WDW. Now I get to find one that's free AND dirty!

 

[curiouser]

As with many issues brought up at WDW, remember that not everyone that visits is from the same culture as you. When I lived in England it was quite common for folks to leave their trays in the food court I visited and staff were roaming regularly to clean the tables. Unaware, my first visit I picked up my tray to throw my stuff away and a staff member walked right over and grabbed it from me.

Personally, I'd rather have someone leave me a mildly crumb-ed table with a tray of napkins on it than a tray-less table covered in squirts of ketchup and baby food.

 

[Leanne1977]

I am from the UK and i would never leave my rubbish(trash ) for someone else to clean up either here in the UK or anywhere else for that matter.

I think its just basic manners to clean up after yourselves. I was at MGM once and a very loud, very rude family were sat next to us, they were also from the UK. They left their litter everywhere i was so embarassed to be British that day. On top of that they decided to have a very loud argument and they were repeatedly saying the F word.

Extremely poor behaviour.

Incidently i also wipe the table down at counter service restaurants after i have thrown my rubbish away. I hate sitting down to a dirty table so i don't see why i should leave that for someone else.

 

[jarestel]

I don't pay all that much attention to what others are doing, but I suppose if seeing trash left on a table by another family bothered me to any great extent, I'd simply throw their trash away myself. Problem solved - and as an added bonus no further guests need to be troubled by the sight of it!

 

[Pooh Bear Hugs]

I live in England and it's common place to clean up after yourself. Unless the bins were overflowing leaving nowhere to put it, there isn't a reason to leave it.

 

[curiouser]

I live in England and it's common place to clean up after yourself. Unless the bins were overflowing leaving nowhere to put it, there isn't a reason to leave it.

I did take care to mention that this was the case in the particular food court I frequented. Not all food courts. Although it seemed to be a common practice in that particular area as none of my flatmates found it odd? I don't dare speak for all areas of the country though!

I guess I meant to say, give people the benefit of the doubt? You never know what their background is! They might not think of it as "rude".

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

I just want to make it clear that I'm not necessarily "judging" anyone who doesn't clear their table, if that's anyone's perception.

However, the thought of leaving my trash on a table in a counter-service restaurant - whether at Disney or anywhere else - would never occur to me. For me, that would be no different than leaving my wrappers or empty soda cans on a park bench, using the justification that there are sanitation workers in the park, so why should I trouble myself and walk the five feet to the nearest trash can? I haven't seen many - if any - CMs at Disney CS restaurants just standing around. They are always busy, and I don't think people taking their trays to the trash is going to eliminate any jobs.

It's common courtesy. You have access to the trash cans, so why not use them?

Yeah, what she said!

As far as making restaurants hire additional staff to bus tables -- not all places can afford to hire additional staff to bus tables like that. It's one thing to have people go out and spray the tables, wiping them down and disenfecting them, but it's another to have people go around everytime a table is abandoned to clean up after people. Common curtesy to both the establishment and to diners coming in after you.

 

[Goofy'slady]

We are taught as children growing up to clean up after ourselves at home, why would the case be different on vacation or just in public? To me that just treating the next family with a little respect. If the table was left for me in a tidy fashion then I will show my appreciation by extending the same rule of thumb to the next family/person that takes my place.

Toya

 

[hmp2z]

I'm guessing that the guests who say, "I'm on vacation. Let me just leave my trash for the next family to pick up for me," are the same ones who would complain vociferously if WDW were to start raising CS prices and hiring more CM's to bus your trays at self-service places.

And yes, we've seen guests do it at several restaurants, and yes, it's EXTREMELY rude. As someone else said, other diners have a hard enough time finding empty tables. Now they've got a table, but all your old trash is on it. I'm on vacation; why should I have to bus your table because you were too slovenly to do it yourself?

Some CS restaurants in other parts of the country may bus their guests' trays, but that's not how the WDW CS restaurants operate. When in Rome and all that.

Cheers!
Heather W

 

[dqpowell]

I bus my own trash at CS restaurants, but it is absolutely not a question of manners, and it is not rude to leave it behind. If under this new "experimental" policy Disney can afford to have CMs policing the seating area, not letting people sit down unless their group is together and their food is in hand, then they can bus the table and wipe it down when we're done.

David

 

[lilyv]

I guess I just think that a little consideration goes a long way. No guarantees, but I'd like to think that when I regularly do a three second clean up in a CS restaurant a hungry family sits down a bit faster, and a CM might well be freed up to help a very busy Mom or Dad balance an extra tray.

I'm ok with sitting once I have my food, eating at a normal pace, and then popping the trash into the bin. No big deal, just normal life.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

There are signs regarding mug re-use and pool crashing. I don't recall seeing any signs asking guests to bus their own tables so I have no reason to judge guests who have different expectations then most of us.

Forgetting about posted signs with rules it should be common sense to throw out your food when your finished eating at a counter service location. Just because WDW has rules for what you mentioned and they don't have a rule about throwing garbage, maybe it's because they want to assume that all their guests would at least do that.

 

[dqpowell]

Forgetting about posted signs with rules it should be common sense to throw out your food when your finished eating at a counter service location. Just because WDW has rules for what you mentioned and they don't have a rule about throwing garbage, maybe it's because they want to assume that all their guests would at least do that.

Should we then assume that we're expected to bus our own tables at buffet restaurants? Why not? We have to gather our own food there, don't we? So by your logic we should just assume that we should be bussing our trash as well.

David

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Should we then assume that we're expected to bus our own tables at buffet restaurants? Why not? We have to gather our own food there, don't we? So by your logic we should just assume that we should be bussing our trash as well.

David

I am not saying that people should bus their tables. All I am saying is that if they can throw their food out in the garbage once their done? Do you find it very appetizing seeing food on a table with no one there and risk having things like fly's around there since the food had become garbage. Besides it was mentioned before that when you eat at a counter service location you are not expected to bus your table, that only happens at table service locations and buffet locations. At counter service locations the best thing guests can do is throw their food out in the garbage, so that is not a hard thing to do.