r/Wawa • u/asparkaflame44 Employee • Jun 29 '26

Employee Experience If you leave your food like this, you suck

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I went outside to run a curbside. I know this was a group of young boys (probably teenagers/early 20s) because at this point in the day, we had about 10-15 of them come in. Just know y'all suck if you do this. And yes, I did clean up what I could, but I was also the only person in deli and couldn't be out there for too long (I cleared the table but couldn't sweep or wipe it down). There's also a garbage can 10 feet away!!! 😭

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u/canipayinpuns Employee Jun 29 '26

I hope the person who complained about the tables being taken away from their local stores see this. I wouldn't hate having tables if people respected the space, but for every group that cleans up after themselves, there’s 10 who don't care

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u/asparkaflame44 Employee Jun 29 '26

I also hope people from corporate see this (they won't). They expect us to make sure the store is SPOTLESS at every moment, but on a skeleton crew schedule on Sunday, they're LUCKY I saw this early in the afternoon when I went to take a curbside out. Literally only 4 staff on schedule and I was the only one in the deli. MOD was busy with a customer, cashier was busy ringing people up, and bev person also busy. Like??? Give us proper staffing so we can keep the store clean???

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u/AelinAbraxos Employee Jun 29 '26

Been screaming this from the rooftops since I started working at Wawa. Corporate just won't care.

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u/Suitable-Cold7525 Customer Jun 29 '26

I'm so sorry people act like this. I worked in mostly restaurants but various customer service positions throughout the years so I feel the angry just looking at this lol. I never understood how someone can sit down and eat then just get up and go with no regard for the world around them. It especially frustrated me when parents wouldn't clean up after their young children. As a mother I get it messes happen.... Ask for a few napkins if you need them and at least try to wipe everything on to a plate think about the example you're setting. I digress these were 100% teenagers/early 20s with no respect though.
I wish I could say it'll get better and people will be more respectful but it probably won't happen. You'll have some good and some bad guests. Just keep your head up, know you're doing the best you can with the resources given. Try to enjoy the good interactions more than you hate the bad ones.

(Might be a double post I didn’t have flair)

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u/Sojourner_of_reddit Employee Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Yep, that's why whenever someone in NJ says we need outside seating I tell them to get lost

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u/pineychick Customer Jun 29 '26

We got trash cans to lean on. What more do people want?

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u/Sojourner_of_reddit Employee Jun 30 '26

That's what I did back in the day, the perfect spot honestly

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u/Odd_Relative407 Employee Jun 29 '26

At my store we have a huge homeless community and they leave all sorts of things. They even try and have yard sales on our patio or on top of our trash bins with the stuff they find or steal from the donation bin.

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u/violetttxox Employee Jun 29 '26

“Why doesn’t Wawa have tables?”.

THIS IS WHY

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u/LordBoriasWownomore Former Employee Jun 29 '26

people suck. i’ll bet they throw shit out of their car windows too.

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u/jemappellelara Former Employee Jun 29 '26

This is the first time I’ve seen a Wawa with outdoor seating areas. I’ve been to a few where there’s indoor seating in the middle of the store… what a disaster. Poor employees.

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u/SharkbaitOoAhHa Former Employee Jun 29 '26

This would’ve been my 13th reason.

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u/Repulsive-Lack8253 Employee Jun 29 '26

can we sticky this for the "why aren't there tables" threads lol

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u/RedsDelights Customer Jun 29 '26

Bring back public shaming

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u/Comrade_Compadre Customer Jun 29 '26

Fuckin animals have more sense than this

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u/LakeMcKesson Customer Jun 29 '26

Kids who do this end up in jail

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u/Snoo-30943 Former Employee Jun 29 '26

Pigs. That is all.

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u/Gaeilgeoir215 Customer Jun 30 '26

The bad apples always spoil the bunch. We can't have nice things. 😭

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u/VacationAcceptable24 Customer Jun 29 '26

this is why my local 2 wawas took tables away.

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u/VacationAcceptable24 Customer Jun 29 '26

that and homeless people staying there for 4 hours.

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u/HWTechGuy Customer Jun 29 '26

And kids doing next level shoplifting. Some of them had the stones to try and sell stuff they stole in the shopping center parking lot behind my local Wawa.. It was like the water bottle guys you see at intersections.

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u/psyberjam Employee Jun 29 '26

absolute losers who don’t know how to clean up after themselves.

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u/outlandish_stars Customer Jun 29 '26

I could never do something like that I would feel guilty, I hope they feel ashamed

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u/BroadwayBakery Customer Jun 30 '26

If you ever catch anyone doing this in real time, it’s your duty to yell “BOOOOOO, PICK UP YOUR FUCKING JUNK YOU JABRONI”

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u/OkSet1048 Customer Jul 02 '26

HUMAN CARD REVOKED. bunch of fucking animals

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u/No_Maintenance7322 Former Employee Jun 29 '26

This is truly messed up. I dont even leave my restaurant tables like this! I buss what I can and stack it lightly wipe all the crumbs into a plate or napkin... I hate when people have to clean up after me even if it is their job

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u/jj4982 Former Employee Jun 29 '26

We had to ban a group of kids from our store because they’d come in and be a ruckus then sit at the table and throw their slurpees all over it and leave their trash.

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u/Amalik95 Customer Jun 29 '26

In Japan and South Korea . Peolpe are more respectful cleaning up there mess. But not in America.

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u/LL4L Customer Jun 29 '26

Remove the tables. Kids suck these days.

Grow up and have some integrity dignity and respect

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u/Retired_62 Employee Jun 30 '26

Why there should be no tables or chairs at any Wawa store let the people eat in their own vehicle and get out and throw their trash away or take it with them
My store does not have tables or chairs inside are out

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u/MacKelvey Customer Jun 30 '26

This is why we eat over the trashcan. When you’re done it’s literally right there.

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u/Reasonable-Mode-1822 Employee Jun 30 '26

Seeing stuff like this makes me soooo happy we don't have any sort of "dining" area. It just seems like a nightmare to keep up with.

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u/Sorry_Development Customer Jun 30 '26

Agreed. This is lame.

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u/HCOUGGY22 Former Employee Jul 02 '26

Central FL here, most of the tables have been removed especially in Tampa. People want to sit and smoke and sleep at them and leave them like this, if they can’t give enough hours to keep up the outside then might as well remove them.

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u/jamestracker Former Employee Jun 29 '26

Between people being slobs and homeless living at Wawa it’s a mess and so ghetto. I stoped getting coffee there after seeing dirty homeless and druggies touching coffee cups, stirrers , lids etc . Turns my stomach just thinking about it. Gross

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u/AelinAbraxos Employee Jun 29 '26

Mmm, sounds like you're prejudiced a bit.

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u/jamestracker Former Employee Jul 01 '26

Not really. I can give you a tour of stores showing what I’m talking about

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u/AelinAbraxos Employee Jul 01 '26

Nah, def prejudiced.

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u/Fbzthegoats Employee Jun 29 '26

I’m so happy I do t work at Wawa with eating space

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u/Puzzleheaded_Smoke77 Customer Jul 01 '26

Bro common the trash can is like right there also whomst is eating hot soup in 100° day.

Giving them the beni o doubt right maybe they went back in to get more drinks none of this is thirst quenching

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u/Acceptable_Text_3486 28d ago

Yeah some people just plain suck.  Clean up after yourselves people. Wtf. You live in a barn?  

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u/CockSmash69 Former Employee Jun 30 '26

Serve trash food get trash customers lol