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Friday, April 17, 2009

Public condiment bars

One of my biggest pet peeves is using the "condiment bar" at Starbucks and finding it a mess. Milk and sugar spilled all over it, papers from Equal and Splendid thrown about, napkins that have been half heartedly tossed towards to garbage hole, used stir sticks left where they fell. I find this whole situation ridiculously rude of the partrons of Starbucks.
This isn't your house and your momma, daddy, wife, husband, grandmother, grandfather or maid does not work here. How hard is it to wipe up milk that you've spilled or make sure that the Equal packet you just emptied is respectfully tossed in the big circle in the middle of the stand?
If this is how these people leave a public condiment stand - can you imagine the state of their home? I am not molly homemaker and at times my house can be a touch on the unclean side but no one but me and my husband have to live there. Hundreds of people a day have to use the condiment bar. And when its a busy morning with a line out the door the Barista's at Starbucks I am sure would love to come wipe up after these peoples mess asses but they don't have time and they shouldn't have to, 99.9% of all Starbucks patrons are over the age of 10 (Ok, I am guessing at this %, but it has to be pretty true) and should know how to clean up after themselves.
I am embarassed by my fellow Starbucks people who act as if they are toddlers and leave their "toys" strewn about for someone else to take care of. What is our society coming to that its too much effort to throw away an empty Spenda packet? Why do people feel like they're too good to clean up after themselves. It ridiculous. I was raised that when I went somewhere I left it cleaner than when I showed up. This isn't a difficult concept - pick up after yourself. Take responsiblity for your actions. Maybe thats the big issue, people don't want to take responsibility for their actions. People are so afraid of saying "I made a mess, I better clean it up", they'd rather say "You, you deserve to clean up after me so do it". I am not impressed with this mentality and I am afraid of what our society will become if it doesn't change.