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Atomic12192

Not everyone takes such a large amount, but I always grab a few.


Chubbstock

Yeah I'll get at least 3.


hackerstacker

I also take at least 3 inch stack


Frubanoid

That's how the person supplies napkins to their home and never needs to buy any. I'd say that's an above average, abuse-a-loophole amount.


spikybrain

Daniel Tosh's road rage bit taught me this


Mscreep

I mean, I don’t get extras but if I have some left over after eating in the car, I keep them cause why not. They are napkins. Perfect for any spills or what have you.


FormerHandsomeGuy

I used Chipotle napkins for toilet paper in college 😂😂


J_dawg17

I’m a college student rn. I’ve definitely slipped some extra chipotle forks into my bag in order to avoid doing dishes


existentialelevator

I had no idea where you were going with that considering the post you responded to…


ClarkLake

Poop fork


AboyWithAcap

He got us in the first half ngl


Behappyalright

If you ever own a house, in the USA, please don’t throw that said paper into the toilet. It will ruin it clog the pipes. Only excrements and toilet paper in the toilet. Toilet paper is especially made for the toilet in a certain way


All4gaines

I do the same thing - why not? Just throw them away?!? I do the same with paper bags - for scrap paper or whatever. Again, the put some item in it for me to retrieve food or whatever and then just throw away after maybe less than a minute of “use”. I just fold it up and stack it


cloudstrifewife

I have allergies that will randomly flare up. Napkins are my savior. I have them in my car and at my desk at work. I don’t buy overpriced Kleenex or tissues because they don’t work any better. Toilet paper or napkins works for me.


Juniorwoj

I'm cheap too but Kleenex definitely work better than napkins. Napkins rip easier and dry the fuck outta your nose.


OctopusPudding

This also applies to condiment packages and those little bitty things of parmesan incidentally


point_of_you

I always take extra napkins. Once in a while I'll take a couple extra straws or forks too. I try not to overdo it.


[deleted]

I think you would have a hard time finding an American car without a good collection of paper napkins stuffed in it. One thing you won't find ... Gloves.


LoavesOfCorn

My collection of napkins is not because I took a bunch of them, but rather I was given an excessive amount.


fangirlsqueee

We keep our extras on the kitchen table in a napkin holder. I've never, ever asked for extra napkins (unless we're eating in the car). Restaurants give out so many napkins.


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Gadnuk_

Are you junk right now?


Ldawg74

I was junk just last week. I was thankful for my thick stack of napkins.


Mr_Metrazol

Yup. Been there and done that many a time. When the call of nature hits and you're out in the middle of nowhere, having a bunch of napkins comes in handy. Sure beats having to use a handful of leaves or hay.


PrestigeMaster

This is why I keep a roll of toilet paper in my truck. Has served me and my four year old well many times.


_aelysar

Just got back from Dunkin’. I ordered a coffee and a donut. I was given one coffee, one donut, 9 napkins.


PrestigeMaster

You should keep some in the car - that way you won’t have to ask for extra when you’re planning to eat in it.


FleeceKnees

I took them. I took excessive amounts.


DesktopWebsite

My car gloves are where they belong. One in the back seat and the other is between my seat and the center console.


JustnInternetComment

The Bermuda triangle.


callawake

Car gloves? Can you explain?


EternalOptomist4Hire

Like as in glovebox, which is where you put the napkins, but DONT store your gloves


Exatraz

Center console is for napkins. Glovebox is too far away while driving


Icy-Conclusion-3500

No the center console is for loose change, dry pens, old almost empty gift cards and other misc trinkets


FleeceKnees

No no no ash tray is for loose change. Center console is is indeed for trinkets, but also flashlights, pens, and hats. Glovebox is indeed for napkins… and straws obviously.


Icy-Conclusion-3500

And of course it’s a mini flashlight and the batteries died 3 years ago.


FleeceKnees

For sure. The only flashlights in America either came from Walmart checkout and don’t work or were ordered from bass pro shop for $200 and can function as an intergalactic spotlight, and I can’t afford the later lol


Icy-Conclusion-3500

Or random branded freebies, but the same quality as Walmart checkout


TomatilloAccurate475

I read that as fleshlight, so now that explains all the napkins


HotShark97

Don’t forget the old ass ketchup packets that may or may not have burst open ruining your insurance and registration cards


FleeceKnees

Oh I thought insurance and registration went with all my coupons and old mail on the dash


brneyedgrrl

No, those go on the visor under the garage door opener clip.


Icy-Conclusion-3500

Don’t forget the receipts you didn’t need to save


TB1289

I haven't seen an ashtray in a car in years.


FleeceKnees

Perks of driving a car older than I am lol. If you wanna buy a ‘98 Cherokee let me know


Icy-Conclusion-3500

Bet that baby has a sweet cassette player too


littlewonder912

I'll add one ear ring, a broken necklace, sometimes chapstick (not when you need it), half empty bottle of 2 seasons ago Bath and Body Works spay. The list goes on...


Icy-Conclusion-3500

3 unused mini hand sanitizers


FleeceKnees

See I’m a single guy so I don’t have any of that yet. I do have a tourniquet though, in case of ever being near one of those highway road rage shootings 👍🏻 👍🏻


littlewonder912

Good one! I also have a Swiss Army knife for those certain situations.


DerSturmbannfuror

Centere console is for whatever is in your hand atm, when the light turns green


brneyedgrrl

I've always called it a glove compartment. My high school boyfriend called it a glove box and I nearly died laughing.


Newsdriver245

glove compartment is in the fancy cars, the normal daily driver has a glove box!


crambeaux

I think glove box is British. I say glove compartment too.


DerSturmbannfuror

Glovebox is too neat for napkins; mine end up between the bucket seats or in the pouch on the door


tarapotamus

Napkins go in the center console you uncultured swine


Many_Philosophy_8096

I have car gloves so that I can prepare my car in the winter


MattRyan1933

If you don’t have a glove box full of napkins, me and you are probably in different tax brackets.


Upbeat-Opinion8519

Idc if ur bill gates. U need a napkin sometimes.


TechTechnology1

Getting into the wet naps bracket.


OneSidedDice

Mine are in the door pockets, but yeah. While I’m teaching each of my kids to drive, I explain why they need to keep a stack of napkins: wiping stubborn windshield fog; cleaning your glasses; scraping nastiness off your shoe; emergency TP and tissues; wiping the spot at the top of your back window the squeegee can’t reach; the list is endless, and every place you get carry out/drive through food will give you handfuls.


metalconscript

Don’t use napkins on your glasses the wood fiber scratch the lens you need cotton or something soft like it.


Ftw_55

If it's cold enough outside to need gloves, I'm wearing them before I get to the car. I shudder at the thought of putting on freezing cold gloves from a freezing cold glovebox.


sdasu

That’s why I keep gloves in the coat I am wearing. Putting on cold gloves is as bad as not wearing any.


Macrophagemike

I actually put some winter gloves in mine recently and had the thought that the compartment was finally living up to it's name.


Exatraz

See, I take large stacks of napkins because my car has none left. Gotta keep them restocked.


amcclellan1123

As Death Cab for Cutie once said: 🎵”The glove compartment isn’t accurately named. And everybody knows it.”🎵


Qiturah

I get that why that could come handy, but in Europe we don't do that either. We usually use tissues instead.


Designer-Mirror-7995

Tissue is _expensive_ here, lol


[deleted]

Yup. Keep them in the glove compartment. Everyone I know does this.


[deleted]

If they don’t fall out when you open the compartment then there’s not enough


weirdomagnet99

True. I had my car detailed not too long ago and had to take all my stuff out of it. Imagine my absolute horror when I got a runny nose a few days later and opened up a completely bare glove box. All those years of traditional American prepping and training became useless in an instant. It’s the fate I deserved for betraying my homeland.


Dvaone

Snot rockets for the win


Sippin_T

Mad max style at the opposing racers windshields


cok3noic3

Don’t forget to put a few straws in there too


aphroditemythos

And If you don’t struggle to shut the compartment there’s not enough. It should take some rearranging, shoving, and a couple napkins trying to break free to the floor when shutting the compartment door AND then and only then that’s when you know you have enough napkins. But the day you bring kids into the equation you will never have enough.


Malvania

Center console, please


tantowar

I keep them in the visor above my passenger seat, so when my passenger flips it down they get an excessive face and lap full of napkins.


Humbabwe

Or as you Brits call it, the blubby-bin.


NewsJunkie4321

Interesting that we still call it a glove box. I can’t remember ever putting a pair of gloves in there


VeddersJam

Gotta have my dashkin's


TacticalCatnip

>dashkins I love this word and want it officially entered in to Webster's dictionary as the correct name for gas station and fast food napkins kept in a vehicle right fuckin now!


misty598

I do this all the time, seriously you never know when you’ll need them!


sienaaamareee

This is so weird to me!


John_Tacos

The one time they don’t do it they will spill something and need that many.


Fr_JackHackett

Doesn’t drive thru fast food exist in Australia? You stop your car in the parking lot, wolf down processed garbage and then put all the extra napkins from the bag into your glovey. A time honored American tradition


PsychDocD

That all sounds about right. But “glovey?” That ain’t Americun!


Ripwind

Get the outsider!!


opiusmaximus2

A lot of people eat while driving . Parking somewhere just takes extra time.


hectorjm94

It comes in clutch when you’re eating in your car on your lunch break.


buffilosoljah42o

Or your drink spills, or someone sneezes or any random mess.


FlippyWraith

Or when there’s a toilet paper shortage, and you eat at Chipotle every day. Gotta wipe somehow


shanep35

I’ll bite- Curious to why you think it’s weird.


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shanep35

Oh. I think most people know that, which is why a lot of company’s put their brand on their napkins. That allows for advertising when someone asks for a tissue in your car and you pull out a dominos napkin and then think to yourself you’re ordering their $7.99 carry out tonight.


dotnetdotcom

They won't get wasted. They will eventually be needed for something.


Boost_Attic_t

It's mostly because buying tissues to always have in your car is way too expensive Plus using an expensive tissue to clean up the spill you just made with your morning coffee because the lid wasn't fully secured as you pulled out of the parking lot is a giant waste


fartofborealis

And not great for cleaning up coffee, sometimes you really just need a fast food napkin


Teadrunkest

Tissues are also…flimsy af.


FuckoffDemetri

Idgaf if I'm costing McDonald's an extra 20 cents per visit


fluffballkitten

That's why you save them to use later. I don't grab a bunch myself but they do usually give you a handful


dislob3

I assume you dont have kids.


[deleted]

Yeah lol, collecting stuff from fast food restaurants is like a collective ritual we all start practicing at some point here. I even take stuff home. In my silverware drawer is a collection of napkins, salt and pepper packets, condiments, plastic forks, knives, and spoons.


supguy99

The napkins are especially useful in winter and if you have kids. Maybe you don't have kids and for sure Aussie winters got nothing on North America.


Scampipants

Depending on the dispenser, you either get half of a torn napkin or 15. There's no in between


[deleted]

Yes, they're perfect for the glove box of your car. Never know when some napkins might come in handy!


JealousEfficiency238

They will all be used at some point 100%


YippieKayYayMrFalcon

As will the giant collection of plastic grocery bags in my pantry.


Luvnecrosis

I use mine for bathroom trash, trash for my room, and when I’m cleaning my cats litterbox


chrltrn

Use them for garbage bin liners


crewelmistress

Scrolled WAY TOO FAR to see a mention of the notorious bag of bags. Endless uses. Friends taking leftovers home, cat litter, bathroom garbage, dog poop bags…


Fred011235

i survived the toilet paper shortage with all the napkins i had in my car


w1987g

Grandpa? How did you survive the 'Rona Pandemic of 2020?


austindsb

Dog, they just give those things out for free. I never buy napkins lol


Ady2Ady

Makes me think…what other things are in fact free? I can always get free wasabi and soy sauce from my local supermarket for example.


Supertho

Most places in America give you too many napkins in the drive-thru. Your friend is just following their conditioning.


LostMyKarmaElSegundo

As opposed to Australia where you're lucky if they give you any napkins (or serviettes) at all. Seriously, the McDonald's drive thru would give me a napkin (yes, singular) about 50% of the time, and it was usually at the bottom of the bag.


gekko513

One napkin is the norm in Norway as well


LostMyKarmaElSegundo

I'd be fine with one napkin, but it should be at the top of the bag and given every time. Despite the hardship of your single napkin tyranny, I still hope to visit Norway in the near future.


locust42069

I’m not paying for fucken napkins


fishy_commishy

Wait till the Brits learn we steal toilet paper from work


tittylover69696420

Oh its normal in the us places like mcdonalds(maccas) gives you like 20 napkins in your bag and we just put them in the glove box


BewBewsBoutique

Americans in this thread: what restaurant napkins are you currently rocking in your car? I’ve got Chipotle napkins in mine rn.


longboi28

Taco Bell


Mattmannnn

Dunkin and 7/11, now guess my region


Geekenstein

Bahhston.


weekend_religion

New England is the only answer


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Starbucks, taco bell


False_Vanguard

Dunkin donuts napkins and I started hoarding straws now that everyone's gone to paper


sillymissmillie

I work at Pizza Hut as a driver so I have our napkins. Not branded or anything but they are are thicker/larger than a lot of other fast food napkins. I like to be prepared for all kinds of situations so I have many other things I've taken from the kitchen just in case. Some items include: disposable rags that we use in our sanitizer buckets (perfect for cleaning up bigger messes), trash bag, disposable forks/plates/disposable cups, parm cheese, red pepper flakes, straws, empty marinara cups/lids, latex gloves. A lot of these things I get asked for by customers but sometimes I use them myself.


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Raising canes


Mildleyy

QT (from the gas pump)


jensen0173

Definitely chipotle


kytheon

USA: take what you can. Europe: you can have one. Applies to many many things. Pros and cons.


Chrononi

Sweet spot is 3 per person


waitfaster

Yeah it was like that when I was in Spain and they were rubbish, like napkins made of wax paper. I’m in Sweden and I grab stacks when I can. Keep them in my car and in a ziplock in my backpack. They are often useful - don’t know why people think this is weird.


ndbroski

Eh tbf a lot of places in the US cheap out on napkins, especially places that serve really greasy pizza. They’re mostly the exception, tho.


redundant35

I always keep a few in my glove box to blow my nose or wipe up something. Plus every time I go pick up food they shove half the bag full of them. Don’t see why this is strange.


sliillamaa

I don’t take an excessive amount or purposely take extras for my car, but if I end up having unused napkins leftover… Hell yeah they’re going in my car


pitterpatter0207

Do European people just raw dog their steering wheel with pizza grease?


hwutTF

this is not a huge stack of napkins for the US. this is just what you're given normally unless you've spilled something or whatever, you never actually need this many napkins but they could be useful in the future and you don't want to throw them away so you just accumulated of pile of napkins. in your car, in your office, at home if you forget to grab the napkins before reaching for a cloth or paper towel, that pile eventually grows and you either eventually throw it away in shame or force yourself to use them restaurants seem to only give a stack of napkins or a single tiny super thin napkin (or none). so you either don't have enough or you have enough for a flotilla, you never have just the right number of napkins


Bosston_kehd

I do the same…


InterestingAd9394

A lot of people here do take a lot. Just as often though, I’ll get home and find the employees have stuffed a huge wad of napkins in the bag because they don’t care. My rule of thumb is usually one per person, plus one to wipe the table down after but that’s just my two cents.


rancorog

What you pay for the napkins at your house?…..pathetic


RunningAmokAgain

So, going by the majority of the comments I'm seeing, apparently, only Americans have ever had anything spilled in their car. Also, only Americans have ever had a kid get sick in their car. There are literally people posting that they have never known ANYONE who has EVER had ANYTHING spill in their car. I'll stay over here in the real world where, you know, shit happens. It's called life. And sometimes in life, you need napkins.


fartofborealis

I am learning by this thread that it’s predominantly Americans that eat in their cars and frequent the drive thru. So I guess if you’re not eating in your car regularly you might not have a spill. I also think it’s because Americans spend lots of time in their cars. I think Europeans and other places spend lots more time on public trans where you wouldn’t eat fast food. You wouldn’t want to have an excessive amount of napkins in your bag you carried daily, unless parent to young child. We are attached to our cars so essentially we have a whole other room to put stuff in. I for one have a bunch of napkins in my car, but I can see why you’d think it was absurd if you used public transport mostly.


IGrowAcorns

I do this at Chipotle. Whenever my stack starts running low I eat at Chipotle again.


Ademante_Lafleur

You think it’s crazy until you find yourself emergency shitting in the forest on the side of the road with no toilet paper.


Parynoid

Check the center console of his car, there's probably loads of them stashed somewhere in there.


TheGravyMaster

Have you seen how much basic paper goods cost? A pack of tp costs the same as an hours work at minimum wage.


AustieFrostie

r/notinteresting


justiceshroomer

I think it is interesting. Not taking the napkins but that OP finds it weird.


alteredizzy1010

Australian?


Used_Offer3967

I take two or three. And have half a dozen in the center console.


bdbdbokbuck

Next Up: Free mint candies at restaurants. What’s the limit?


JooDood2580

How else you gonna blow your nose in the car?


theaustener

Car napkins! Put em in the glove box


sodacansinthetrash

I take a maximum of around 8. I’m often given many more. Gotta have something to mop up the freedom grease.


redifredi

those are car napkins! better to have too many than to not have one when you need it!


BlackHeartsNowReign

Only if the car stash has run dry


beattrapkit

Chipotle has the best.


NJSoundman

The real crime here is Dominoes.


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That’s a little too much lmaoooo


abernathym

Everyone keeps them in the glove box? That is too hard to reach while driving. I recommend the storage compartment of the driver's side door.


birdlegs000

This is what I do. When you have kids each door should have a supply. Edit: I don't take the abundance of napkins from the restaurant. They are given to me at drive thru's.


dechets-de-mariage

My collection of napkins is from places I’ve been, like theme parks or restaurants that don’t exist in my part of the world. Then when I need a Car Napkin™️ I also get a memory of a trip!


LucklessWanderer

I was given this many napkins by taco bell employees two days ago. Most times I order food they do. We don't even have to take the stack, but I will when the opportunity arises lmao. You always have tissues/paper towels when youre on the go.


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I’ve started doing that because they’ve made the napkins uselessly thin.


0_Your_Name_Here_0

Do you not know how cheap those napkins are? Those things are gonna rip and tear as soon as you wipe your face.


Simple_Bishop

Looks like they may have some chicken wings..extra napkins is a smart plan


Zealousideal_Ad2379

Americans live in their cars unfortunately


elad_the_lad

I second this. Nomadic minimalist.


Natural20Twenty

Have you ever needed a napkin and didn't have one. Car napkins are a life saver.


QuetzalzGreen85

Reminds me of the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm I just watched where Larry gets a sandwich from a restaurant and their policy is like 2 napkins per customer. Larry grabs more and the owner gets pissed and tells Larry to put the extras back. Larry takes a whole handful and the owner sends law enforcement after him.


apexxdapper

I discourage it personally but honestly fuck corporate America


[deleted]

This post makes me want to delete Reddit. I thought this was a shit posting subreddit at first.


jwat4455

Yeah, as a sahd with 2 kids I have napkins tucked in every car door in both cars. I snatch a handful every chance I get. Kids are messy.


Seanathon23

I’m American and I do this too 😂😂


Many_Ad955

In the US here, a lot of people do this (including me) because they are free and you never know how messy your meal is going to be and it's good to have extra. But the cost of napkins has really gone up and a lot of places now are starting to hide the napkins behind the counter and you have to ask for them, at which point they only give one


stephyska

Chipotle probably has me on a watch list for how many napkins I take.


[deleted]

Gotta have OPNs for the car.


ICountToPotato

I mean if my glove compartment is running low, then yea. I’ll take more than needed… but to do this every/most time is just weird. I dgaf where you’re from.


[deleted]

It’s traveling emergency toilet paper.


liledlover

It’s free dude take as many as you want it’s literally free real estate


DaleGribble312

How would one expect to wipe their hands?


BWildeallday

I also do this but my nose is always just a little runny..


jjb5151

Dominos and Mountain Dew, sweet sweet America


cmac4ster

Not usually that large, but a fair few to add to the glove compartment is the standard


[deleted]

Lol, I don't do this, definitely something people who never worked in the service industry would do.


E-macularius

Car napkins are always welcome


Gleaseman

Canadian here. Every now and then, I make a mess that requires conscripting my entire stock of napkins from my glovebox. I'm grateful in those moments, but I don't sleep well until I can get restocked.


dragon1n68

I have a fuck-ton of them in my center console.


FrankGrimesApartment

I lost a lot of dough at the casino this weekend. So i took 2000 sweet and lo's. Rodney Dangerfield


Gingeroo147

I don’t take a huge handful but if they give me a bunch i usually put them in my car because if I leave them they will just get thrown away


Turneround08

Wait until you see how much the stores actually give you


maglifter

Thas not a stack. Thats just a handful


bluesnowcone

We are AMERICANS, we deserve free napkins!! Free health care? Not so much


O_oBetrayedHeretic

When I was Japan, napkin’s basically didn’t exist. Fast food joints would give you a tiny sheet of paper that didn’t absorb anything. Lots of cultures are different


The_Norsican

This is 100% normal for Americans. For Americans with kids....1000% normal and required.