Look honey, I'm an a$$hat!

[myswtghst]

Saw this when I went out to lunch yesterday afternoon, and I almost told the guy off, but decided I'd rather enjoy my lunch than have him bothering me.

I met up with a friend of mine in a restaurant called Portillo's, which is a 50's style hot dog joint where you go up to a counter to get your food, and bring it and buss your own table. They do have bus boys who go around and gather the trays from the garbage cans, but they're not expected to clear your table for you.

As I'm sitting down, waiting for my friend, a family of 3 (mom, dad and son) sat down in the booth behind me. Mom went to get something, and dad started putting food on the table. A bus boy walked by, arms loaded with trays, to pick something up at the garbage can, the dad apparently said excuse me, and the bus boy either didn't hear him or ignored him. Dad's response? He chucked the tray on the floor by my booth like a 5-year old. The bus boy (wisely) ignored the guy, whose wife almost tripped over the tray when she came back.

The best part? Listening to this a$$hat explain to his wife why the tray was on the floor, and listening to her just sigh and ignore him.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, that woman has seen it probably enough times to be bored and jaded by it by now. In fact, she probably can't go anywhere or do anything without the old choad acting like this.

[sarahj]

If I'm grabbing trays or clearing tables at work, and someone points out what they're 'finished with,' I just say, "I'll come back for it." And I don't. lol. You're at Maccas. If you're nice you'll put it in the bin yourself, if you want to be waited on and can't afford a restaurant then it can sit on your table until you leave.

But, if it's a spill or someone who can't reasonably do it themselves (ie for a disabled customer) then I'll clean or remove it right away. I'm not mean.

The guy in the original post is a jerk. He would have gotten a "I'll come back for it," and then I would've taken a drink break. And then I'd remember that we were running out of straws, so I would've gone upstairs to get a box. Then napkins. Repeat until he left.