why food served on trays has been a bad idea for decades.....

[eatshitndie]

besides americans putting more food in their trays, eating more and becoming fat, here are some graphic disadvantages....table cleaners, tray clearers, plate stackers, and washers are expensive and hard to find in america, even at minimum wage.:*:

 

[eatshitndie]

when a few hundred diners swarm a cafeteria and finish their meals at the same time, this is what you get.....something akin to a message storm. sinkies should consider themselves lucky for having a gov that prevents this kind of mess from happening at food courts and eateries. in fact, cleaners at food outlets in sg are doing a fantastic and thankless job of clearing and abating sinkies' dirty, inconsiderate, and messy habits. don't blame the gov. blame your lazy, selfish, shameless arses and horrible upbringing.

 

[eatshitndie]

Another reason is that the trays are usually filthy, because they are not washed with soap and water, but merely wiped with a cloth possibly used to wipe the table. And sometimes we assume that the trays are "as clean" as the plates and bowls.

the cleaner at tampines food link simply picks up empty trays on tables and stacks them back at stalls without wiping trays. there's no return tray policy at the place, but if there is, i'd rather that customers return their dirty trays directly to stalls they patronize from. it will make zero difference if trays either go to cleaners or back to stalls.

 

[Rogue Trader]

should just use banana leaves - it's organic, disposable, economical, biodegradable and healthy... see already wanna lau sai

 

[eatshitndie]

some cafeterias catering mainly to corporate customers and business visitors are very well run. for example, cafeterias at the cisco campus in san jose, oracle campus in redwood shores, and hp campus in palo alto. below is a pic of customer paying with credit card at a cafeteria. cafeterias located in corporate campuses are opened to the public. they offer discounts to employees of clustered corporations in the campus which may share a few cafeterias or a single corporation which rents its premise to cafeteria operators. the cafeteria operators are allowed to sell and cater food at full price to visitors and outsiders or anybody without a meal pass or employee pass. it's pretty much similar in europe. some companies have cafeterias that are closed to the public, as all employees with passes get "free" meals. google and facebook are examples of this closed system. however, as a visitor with a visitor pass, meals within such campus cafeterias are sometimes waived of charges depending on the employee escort. the google cafeteria runs thru' the night, and as an employee, you can have your free gourmet coffee, breakfast, lunch, and dinner within campus grounds. this keeps employees from wandering off outside campus during meal times, especially to castro street in mountain view where driving, parking and having lunch there can easily consume more than an hour.

 

[eatshitndie]

should just use banana leaves - it's organic, disposable, economical, biodegradable and healthy... see already wanna lau sai

i second that. sg with her banana leaves in food service will be the eco-friendly shining beacon of the planet. sinkies must consider themselves extremely lucky for having such options.

 

[Rogue Trader]

My office at Geylang. Lunch is strictly cash terms only

 

[Rogue Trader]

i second that. sg with her banana leaves in food service will be the eco-friendly shining beacon of the planet. sinkies must consider themselves extremely lucky for having such options.

The problem with eating from banana leaves only comes when you want to eat fish ball bee hoon soup

 

[eatshitndie]

The problem with eating from banana leaves only comes when you want to eat fish ball bee hoon soup

coconut shell? a tropical theme?

 

[Rogue Trader]

coconut shell? a tropical theme?

Coconut husk lah... you think it's an abalone ah?

 

[eatshitndie]

My office at Geylang. Lunch is strictly cash terms only

the sg breakfast, lunch and dinner system is amazing, and it works! no matter how much detractors of the gov try to pin the blame or any blame on eatery habits and issues on the gov, they ring hollow. and that's simply because the sg system works, and millions of workers are done with their delicious, fulfilling and varied lunches by 1pm and back to work on time. all these distractions and sidestepping on tray returns, contractors profiting, and cleaners not earning enough are simply missing the mountain. the cleaners are more relieved now and can concentrate more on clearing the trays and cleaning the dishes when slowly but surely sinkie gluttons chip in to help clear their own mess.

 

[eatshitndie]

Coconut husk lah... you think it's an abalone ah?

nah. prefer hot soup in porcelain bowl. without the tray.

 

[Rogue Trader]

nah. prefer hot soup in porcelain bowl. without the tray.

Porcelain is a lousy heat insulator. Too hot for my smooth hands to hold. Maybe earthen ware or clay? Eat already just smash it to become compost/landfill.

 

[sochi2014]

Trays are for leftovers and rubbish like used tissues and bits and pieces. So that the table will not be so dirty and the next patron could use it immediately without waiting for the cleaning lady to wipe the dirty and yucky table.

 

[Rogue Trader]

the sg breakfast, lunch and dinner system is amazing, and it works! no matter how much detractors of the gov try to pin the blame or any blame on eatery habits and issues on the gov, they ring hollow. and that's simply because the sg system works, and millions of workers are done with their delicious, fulfilling and varied lunches by 1pm and back to work on time. all these distractions and sidestepping on tray returns, contractors profiting, and cleaners not earning enough are simply missing the mountain. the cleaners are more relieved now and can concentrate more on clearing the trays and cleaning the dishes when slowly but surely sinkie gluttons chip in to help clear their own mess.

No. It's not sustainable feeding a big population within a short operating period.. while keeping one eye on quality and the other on costs. The cracks of this logistics model are appearing. If you have lived here in the last 8 years you would have noticed the decline of food standards. Give it another 8 years and we'll all be eating fast food for lunch. No joke.

The real working system is the Mumbai lunch tiffinwala. It's labour intensive as hell but it solves a very complex logistics issue. This is one area the ah nehs excel at.

 

[eatshitndie]

Porcelain is a lousy heat insulator. Too hot for my smooth hands to hold. Maybe earthen ware or clay? Eat already just smash it to become compost/landfill.

then cost of your mee siam mai hum will go up by another $6.96 cents.

 

[eatshitndie]

No. It's not sustainable feeding a big population within a short operating period.. while keeping one eye on quality and the other on costs. The cracks of this logistics model are appearing. If you have lived here in the last 8 years you would have noticed the decline of food standards. Give it another 8 years and we'll all be eating fast food for lunch. No joke.

The real working system is the Mumbai lunch tiffinwala. It's labour intensive as hell but it solves a very complex logistics issue. This is one area the ah nehs excel at.

the declining standards in sg food courts are relative. for true sinkie food aficionados, the tiong-run yong tau foo is actually yong tau fool, horrible and unauthentic to the max. but for unsuspecting visitors, it's like tiongs are inventors of the local dish. they are beginning to dominate as old locals retire and descendants would rather wear designer clothes, work in aircon, and drive a bmw. new immigrants will do what sinkies are placating, including food prep and service. it's inevitable, and new taste buds will develop. :p

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

My office at Geylang. Lunch is strictly cash terms only

Are you trying to make me hungry?

 

[eatshitndie]

Trays are for leftovers and rubbish like used tissues and bits and pieces. So that the table will not be so dirty and the next patron could use it immediately without waiting for the cleaning lady to wipe the dirty and yucky table.

boogers and throat gurgling guck can remain stuck on trays too. i left my nose hair in one of the tampines trays.

 

[eatshitndie]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Returning-trays-in-food-places/698822356841236

there's even a facebook page for tray returns.