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what should i do if toddler drops food on ground at restaurant?
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Anonymous
Try to justify it all you want, but it is extremely rude not to clean up a mess that you or your children make, anywhere. Clearly the dishes analogy is irrelevant and is not at all the same as the floor around you being covered with food. |
Anonymous
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large chunks = I pick up, quickly
smaller stuff like rice = tip very well |
Anonymous
Why is the dishes analogy irrelevant? The dishes are a mess you are leaving for someone else to clean. By your bright line rule, it's extremely rude not to also clean the dishes. Is it ok to leave the dishes because the restaurant "expects" to clean them? Don't you think that the restaurant expects to clean the floor too? Especially if they allow children? What's the rule for the table? Is that supposed to be scrubbed too? What if I take my kid to pee? Should I carry a toilet brush and scrub out the toilet afterwards? Why not? Isn't it more demeaning and rude to expect a restaurant worker to scrub a used toilet than to sweep a floor? |
Anonymous
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I think there is a difference between what a waitress would want from you and what the restaurant itself would want from you. I waitressed for a long time, and I HATED it when I saw babies and toddlers come through the door, and I bitched when people didn't get on all fours and clean it up. In hindsight, I can see why a restuarant owner wouldn't want customers crawling around cleaning up. I second the vote for cleaning up big pieces and over-tipping for smaller pieces.
And for the moms who said they don't let their kids throw food on the floors, you either lie about that, or about actually having children. Either way, kids + food = food on the floor. |
Anonymous
I don't lie about my child throwing food - he KNOWS better and he throws once at home or out, we take the food and give it to him piece by piece. Simple to me. He will hang on to his sippy too and hand it to me or anything else he has. No one else gets his little grunt of please take this but I do and he hands it right over in my hand. Its being a parent and parenting them. Its not easy, it takes lots of consistency and repetition but easily done with time and patience. |
Anonymous
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I've been a server at various restaurants for quite some time now. We understand that kids, no matter how well-behaved or polite they may be, are prone to being a bit messier than adults. If they spill their, get our attention. We'll go get a rag or something more substantial than a napkin to clean it up. If they drop food, utensils, condiments, etc. and it's not a huge hassle for you to pick up most of it, please do. If not, let us know and we'll be able to pick it up after you leave.
Generally, a larger tip is much appreciated but not expected. Frankly, some of the worst messes I've had to deal with have been adults who know better. |
Anonymous
Oh boy. Do you really need me to explain this to you or are your just feigning ignorance? Toilets are meant to be urinated in. Food is served on plates. Food is not meant to be thrown around on the floor, and if it is, then it is your responsibility to at least offer to pick it up. No one is suggesting that anyone "crawl on all fours picking up bits of rice" and I'm sure the drama queens are aware of that. Try to control your children, try to moderate the amount of food on their plates at one time if they are prone to making huge messes, and stop being too lazy to clean up after them. If you were a guest at the home of a friend or relative and your child made a mess on the floor while eating, would you just leave it because, afteral, children make messes? You are a paying customer in a restaurant, sure, but get some manners already. I can't believe I am having a conversation where I have to point out to adults that if their children throw food on the floor they should attempt to clean it up. Good grief. |