I try to make cleanup easy for the waitress. Stack plates. Silverware neatly on plates. I'll wipe up my ketchup splills and leave the table mostly clean. I just try to not be a jerk.

When I'm done, the table is probably 80% clean. But I don't lose sleep over the last 20%

yes , stack the plates silverware on top , napkins on that.

however the last several times I have eaten out there wasn't even a plate left on the table when we got up to leave just glasses. as we finished each plate the server took it off the table. That could be because about the only time I eat in a restaurant any more is to meet people and talk. Saturday I met my MKE kids near Oconomowoc. I also try and avoid crowded restaurants because I want the space and time to talk. if they have people waiting for a table we would move.



counter service restaurant with a trash can clean it off everything short of wiping it down with the soapy rag that isn't there.


I was at Oakland Gyros last month while I was helping my MKE kids move apartments the south side and Cudahy have some huge masques now there was a group of arab men they had pushed several tables together so the 8 of them could sit at one table.
They left shortly after we got there about 10pm , they had all 4 tables covered in plates napkins everything left lay , they were maybe 10 feet from the trash can.
They appeared to have been out golfing from their golf attire. left in 4 cars no man rode in the back seat.

there was such a mess the employee that came out of the kitchen to clean it up brought a trash can he probably spent 15 minutes cleaning and resetting the tables and chairs , there was enough of a mess he moved the tables and swept also before putting all the tables and chairs back in their spot.

they were the only people I have ever seen leave such a mess in there every other customer it seems was raised right.

I think it is that they culturally believe that cleaning is women's work and beneath them. well it was a man who came and cleaned up that mess.

I don't leave it a mess when I leave. I'm civilized.

Pete...don't tell me you vacuum and wash the sheets ..before your leave the Hotel ...