Is This How It Is In Your Country?
@SIMPLYD (90721)
Philippines
October 11, 2017 4:20am CST
Last night, hubby and I went to McDonald's after we have done grocery shopping.
While eating. I noticed two foreigners eating by the front table.
After they have eaten, they got their empty cups and wrappers and dumped them to the garbage bins.
Actually, I was told by a friend living in the US that it is this way in the US. She said that you will know that the customers are Filipinos when they just leave their cups and paper plates on the table. 
So, it is true indeed. 
Though, when we finished eating we just left because the waiters will pick them up anyway. They will wipe the table that’s why. Hence, we Filipinos are used to doing this after we have eaten in fast foods.
And that is also because, some fast foods use the non-disposable spoons, forks, plates, and cups which they will give to the dishwashers to wash.
But if ever I go abroad, I will follow of course, what foreigners do and that is to throw their own trash into the trash bin when at fast food restaurants.
Is it like that also in your country?
So, it is true indeed.
Though, when we finished eating we just left because the waiters will pick them up anyway. They will wipe the table that’s why. Hence, we Filipinos are used to doing this after we have eaten in fast foods.
And that is also because, some fast foods use the non-disposable spoons, forks, plates, and cups which they will give to the dishwashers to wash.
But if ever I go abroad, I will follow of course, what foreigners do and that is to throw their own trash into the trash bin when at fast food restaurants.
Is it like that also in your country?35 people like this
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Oct 17
@SIMPLYD Your choice, but I prefer 100 times to go to a restaurant or even to eat a croque-monsieur and a salad in a café than to go to a fast food, they are not part of my civilization. Yes, there would be less waiters if we were doing it. We are contributing to keep them a job
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
@topffer That is good to know that you eat healthily. Those fast foods are unhealthy I know. But somehow, I crave for them every now and then so I eat one though they have lettuce too in their burger. Right now, I am craving for one. I haven't eaten since two weeks ago and I think it's okay. 
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
12 Oct 17
When we went to Singapore, we have to clean after our food at every fast food chain, but not in a restaurant. When we went to Malaysia, it's like the Philippines again, they don't do the clean up and same in Bangkok.
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
12 Oct 17
@SIMPLYD All fast food chains in Singapore use disposables. Restaurants don't.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
12 Oct 17
@toniganzon At least there, the fast food chains are all the same - they use disposables. Thus, the customers can really just throw them all themselves into the trash bins.
Here, Jollibee and KFC don't. Though they have lots of service crew.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
11 Oct 17
I throw my disposables away when I am done eating at a fast food restaurant. At a fanicer restaurant I just leave it there as the waitress takes care of it.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
May I ask if there are waiters in the fast food restaurants there in your country? Here, they are hired to do that. Though, after we have ordered from the counter, we carry them ourselves to our table.
But if it is something that is to be cooked for a few minutes, we are given a number and the waiter takes it to our table once it's done.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
12 Oct 17
@SIMPLYD In Fast Food restaurants they do have those to clean up the tables but I like to do my share and get rid of the garbage. Most people do that here.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
13 Oct 17
@Happy2BeMe That is indeed a nice way indeed.
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@LeaPea2417 (37379)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Oct 17
I throw my trash away at fast food restaurants.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
12 Oct 17
In a way, the store indeed should have signs to do that, especially when they use an all disposable utensil and plates like McDonald's.
Here it's only McDonald's who have disposable utensils. At least, the crew will just have to clear and wipe the tables.
Do you have fast foods there also, knowing that pizzerias abound there?
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
12 Oct 17
@SIMPLYD There is only one McDonald's not far from us and they use disposable utensil and plates. Pizzeria are not fast food here, they are full service restaurants with a wooden fired oven to make the pizza. You know with the price they pay here, even 2 minutes per customers to clean up the table would oblige them to hire one more person, that means a minimum of $2,000 more a month in salary.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
11 Oct 17
I never eat in a Fast Food place, I always take it home. In a regular diner, I always leave everything @SIMPLYD .
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
12 Oct 17
@SIMPLYD It's just faster to go through the drive-through and go home to eat.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
I'm guilty. But thanks I'll try to change my manners in the fast-food chain before leaving my table
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@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
@ilocosboy well, i don't. it's their job, besides they might get annoyed if they see me throwing those stuff in the bin.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
but because of this I will really try to picked my own leftovers and try to put in the garbage bin. Anyway, I only enter fastfood chain maybe once in a month, he he.
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@averagejane (448)
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12 Oct 17
depends on the kind of establishment I eat from.. but if it's like at Mcdonald's or Jollibee I atleast i leave the stuff but like clean it up a it so that they'll just pick up the tray .
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@averagejane (448)
•
12 Oct 17
@SIMPLYD just to make a bit easier for them right ? :)
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
Actually i think they are called "fastfood crew" not waiters or waitresses please correct me if i am wrong, anyway over here most of them are contractual workers so they strive to be regulars, doing that I think would rob them the chance to shine in front of their manager and supervisors and be hired permanently. So leave these aspiring young men and women to do their job, even the managers underwent the same training.
please correct me if i am wrong, anyway over here most of them are contractual workers so they strive to be regulars, doing that I think would rob them the chance to shine in front of their manager and supervisors and be hired permanently. So leave these aspiring young men and women to do their job, even the managers underwent the same training.3 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
Yes, you are correct. They are the "fastfood" crew indeed. I forgot about that.
I must say, you are so correct also in saying that about those contractual workers. Even us, when we were still not regulars we also do extra mile for the boss and for co-workers.
I must say, you are so correct also in saying that about those contractual workers. Even us, when we were still not regulars we also do extra mile for the boss and for co-workers.3 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
12 Oct 17
@louievill Sad that this contractual issue is still going on. Though, I am happy that for our utility personnel when I get to talk to one of them, she said that there is no contract anymore. They work continually now, no more 6 months or term.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
@SIMPLYD yes contractual work is what we would like removed because there is no job security especially for those poor newly grads who are just used by these multinationals for 6 months without the regular benefits, one of the things promised by this administration but so far has not been fulfilled 
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
11 Oct 17
You are supposed to pick up your rubbish and throw it away here but not everyone does. Here in the UK you would not get rice like your picture. We getFrench Fries or wedges. The other day I went to McDonald's which is not a favourite place of mine with my daughter and grandson and was very surprised when we worked out that you could actually now get a very healthy meal if you just chose the right things. At least they now have salad and carrot sticks and stuff like that at one time you didn't get any of that. I remember being very impressed on a visit to Ostend in Belgium years ago when I found I could get a salad with my McDonald's meal.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
11 Oct 17
Yes, we have rice for our budget meal like that. That's because our staple food is rice.
So, not all do that. I suppose the waiters were hired to really bus the table after the customers have eaten, It's the work of those waiters here after the customers have eaten.
Here McDonald's don't have salads yet to go with the meal. I hope we will have that salad thing here too.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
12 Oct 17
I rarely go to fast food restaurants...I think the waiters come and take away as soon as people are just finished but I also think that you can throw your disposable into nearby dustbins
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