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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is weird, OP.  Generally guests do NOT clean the table.  I don’t know where you got your norms from, but it IS normal for a meal guest to walk away from the table after eating g without cleaning up.  It is NOT a fast food restaurant and guests do not bus their own tables.  Read a book on etiquette.[/quote]

New poster here and I disagree. I travel widely and get hosted by many people. Nowhere would it have been acceptable for me to just leave my plates or used napkins on the table. The least effort should be to bring it to the sink or throw your rubbish in the bin. Unless of course the host says "OH just leave it". This isn't about busing tables but about not treating your host like the help. [/quote]

Another NP here, I've also travelled and lived all over the world and it's absolutely rude to just get up and walk away without cleaning up your own mess at the table. There are some people who would genuinely prefer to do it themselves (for various reasons) but for 90% of people, they accept the help, even if it's "just" scraping off your plate into the trashcan and stacking your dishes in the dishwasher (or adjacent to the sink if it's good china to be hand washed).

If someone just got up and walked away at my dinner table without cleaning up their mess, they would never be invited back.[/quote]

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