Redditor's Simple Question About Cleaning Table Mess At Restaurants Is Going Viral For All The Right Reasons

"It's not your job," is what some people often say.

Lakeisha

• Published in Interesting
• December 27, 2021

It's exciting to go to a restaurant and eat your favorite foods - everyone has that in common, but what happens when you make a mess at the restaurant? Here's where you meet three kinds of people.

The first kind of people don't mind cleaning their mess up and have even been seen disposing of used tissues, papers cups and plates after leaving a tip. The second kind of people leave the mess as is, pay the bill and leave the restaurant after giving a tip.

The third kind of people leave the mess, make more mess if possible, and leave the restaurant without a tip. Now, to each his own, so I'm not going to comment on people and their personalities.

Redditor WellBakedSpud wondered if people cleaned the mess they make at restaurants and with that in mind, he posted a question to the rest of the world. Do people clean the mess they made at a table in a restaurant?

It's a simple question, but in a world with nearly 8 billion people, the answers were jaw-dropping. While some people wondered if this was even a question, others worried about tips.

People from all walks of life commented, and since we can't obviously show over 2k comments, we picked the 20 best for your perusal. Check it out!

WellBakedSpud's Question

This comment is thoughtful.

Looks like novato1995 agrees too.

Exactly.

Many people say the same thing.

They get paid, but no one likes to touch dirty napkins, imo.

Yes, etiquette is hard.

Technically, it's better to clean a spill you made. But I'm not judging.

For -astronautical it's a no-brainer.

When you put it this way...

To stack or not to stack...

According to butterflyblueskies, dining experience doesn't entail cleaning...

It's a normal thing to do, says Nubbtugger.

Imagine walking up to J_C_Wizard49's clean table.

Only someone in the restaurant industry understands this.

LoveaBook thinks people who don't clean are slobs.

Being clean and tidy says a lot about you...

Yes, because it's embarrassing...

Just takes 5 seconds...

Clean and leave a tip, according to everybodylovesmemore..

Here's someone from the restaurant industry...

In Summary...

It's not good practice to judge people just because they don't normally do what you do effortlessly. Having said that, and while I'm not here to judge, I agree with some Redditors above.

Sure it's not our job to clean at the restaurant, sure people are getting paid for cleaning the mess we make, but let's think how it'll make us feel if we were to clean someone else's mess.

Of course the dining experience doesn't entail cleaning, and while I'm not asking you to clean, let's all just show little acts of kindness that makes others smile!

You don't always have to clean your mess to make someone happy, sometimes just talking politely, or leaving a tip helps. Acts of kindness have a ripple effect and, like Karma, they return to us ten folds.

I always clean the mess I make at a table in a restaurant because this is something I do at home too, no difference. I've learned that it helps servers prepare the table for other guests much faster!

But like I said earlier, to each, his own! Until next time!

Lakeisha