I once gave a talk on the issue of tray return. generally if we
look back at out early education from Kindergarden onwards, we
would actually return our plates/trays/bowls to the respective
coloured pails that is placed infront of the stalls. But how
is it then somehow as we grow up we forgot all about it, I believe
it is not that we are not gracious but it's really about us growing
up. We start to process our buying habits better, we start to weigh
the amount of money we pay for a plate of food and other than
satisfying our hunger we also expect the service staff to help us
clear since we pay service charge or we feel we paid quite an
amount for our food thus we do not need to return our trays
anymore. It could also be due to the constant rush we have living
in a concrete jungle in Singapore , we rush for lunch and we rush
back to work, we rush to eat our food and rush to catch a movie.It
became a norm that we inevidently rsush for everything. The only
solution I can think of to encourage people to return their trays
is to add a small amount to the meal bought such as an additonal
20cents and upon returning of trays this 20cents will be returned
to the consumer. Yes we may argue that returning of trays should
come as a gracious move and not motivated by monetary but I believe
this solution is only temporary and in time to come should be aable
to abolish this system and people will start returning their trays
automatically. This movemet will only work if the service staff is
also appreciative of the consumers returning their trays, I have
encountered service staff whom are actually annoyed I returned my
own trays but also some with a Thank you and a big smile. The
latter was well worth more than 20cents I would say.
very difficult one. gahmen shik shiojk think eay just implement the
dogs follow wag tail only then news report for show everyone had a
laff.
so many cheap foreigners in sg hwo to implement. tehy should not
be here in the first place. who let them in - no need to tnk
everyone know the answer.
return tray is for show only. like when i am around those like
to wayang one will show return the tray in front of me. when i am
not around no show they fook care.
you cannot force people to return tray one. you implement 20cent
i takeaway eat elsewhere. people implement 50cents for packaging
there are those who bring their own contrainers, there are those
who just pay and walk away.
you cannot force people. you have to educate and caltivate it
naturally.
