At a lot of the clubs, it's quite unclear what you're to do with your dishes and trash. There are trash bins everywhere, but there aren't often places to put your dishes (and if there are places to put dishes, they're often hidden, like they're meant to be used by staff). So am I supposed to take my wrappers & trash to the bin and then leave my dishes? I can't think of any other place with this arrangement. It's usually an all or nothing deal with cleaning up (you either clean it all up, or they clean it all up). You add in the fact that there are indeed bussing staff, and I can understand that most people are simply expecting the bussing staff to clean up after them.

If you're talking about people leaving trash from their luggage and other sources, I can understand your frustration. But, IME, the trash/clutter that builds up in most of the clubs is about half dishes/cups and half service items (wrappers, napkins, food waste).

I think the real root of the problem is the poor bussing staff. I've sat around the DEN club watching trash building up everywhere, and although the staff made plenty of rounds, they never picked up the massive piles of dishes and such on the table.

Just my 2 cents.

Really though, I am definitely one that always clean up after my self, but I can understand the confusion some other people might have. It's kind of the opposite of my experience at a McDonald's in Hong Kong. They served us on cheap plastic trays just like in the US, with all the disposable goods, but there wasn't a single trash can to dispose of the trash in (which I only realized after wandering around the whole place like a stupid American with my tray). Apparently there it's the norm to just leave your tray on the table and the staff takes care of it.