Originally Posted by Eujeanie

What kind of item? A dirty dish or something you were eating or what?

I recall back in the day I worked at a fancy restaurant, and we were supposed to take the salt & pepper off of the table every time someone finished their main course and before dessert. Looking at S&P shakers while you were eating ice cream and cake obviously caused a lot of trauma. Then when those people left and the table was reset the S&P came back for the new people. And was taken off when they had dessert. It was something I had such a hard time remembering (because it seemed so stupid to me) and I got reprimanded for it all the time.