Place your order, get a number, put number card on table or pick up when called

You are over estimating the average idiot customer. Most of them completely forget where they are after they order. Many of them are on their phone. Few of us are attentive.

Never ever underestimate how vile and foul and malicious the general public can and will be.

A lot of places used to us those little number stands. A lot of places used to spend a lot of manpower cleaning those little number stands too.

Turns out those little number stands were a health hazards. Not talking just from multiple hands all over them, try kids chewing them, bums wiping their mucus and other secretions on them, teens sticking them in their pants then back on the table...

Still interested in little numbers on your dinner table? There's more, and worse, to still describe....

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Just a bit of a germaphobe aren't we?

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I've observed all that I noted in various establishments across the country. Very common for little kids to chew on the numbers. Very common for stupid teens to do stuff like blow their noses on the numbers or stick the numbers down the back of their pants.

Saw a pretty nasty wino looking guy use one of the old number stands as a back scratcher, inside his shirt.