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  Steve Franklin January 7, 2014 at 11:18pm

  Its the attitude, why should I bother to clean up someone else's place? Especially when I have paid to be here, let them take that money and hire someone to clean. This attitude irritates me to no extent, but I have finally learned to keep my irritation under control. What are the trash cans and garbage bags kept for. There is no use telling them this, they will have excuses and explanations for which you won't have an answer. So I just keep quite and clean the place myself and put it in the trash can for trash removal. I feel happy when someone joins me which usually happens. It gives pleasure knowing that I am not alone.
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  Pat Falk December 14, 2013 at 10:31am

  A trash bag is always a part of our setup. When packing up, the trash is the last thing since I am cleaning up the area.  Numerous times I have picked up the zip ties left by a neighbor (I don't use them).  Since everything fits together like a puzzle in our vehicle, when trash cans have disappeared it usually ends up on the floor by my feet.  Sometimes the trash contains empty beverage and food containers from customers who have asked us to dispose of them.  We usually fuel up the night before so it is a long drive to the next gas station.  I can relate!
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  Alison Thomas December 13, 2013 at 4:05pm

  I don't leave my trash behind but it does frustrate me when the shows take away the porta potties and the trash cans right when the show closes.  Every once in a while I will read advice about weights to buy cinder blocks and just leave them behind.  That is one of my pet peeves.
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  Carrie Gardner December 13, 2013 at 11:56am

  It would never have crossed my mind to leave trash behind.
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  Anne Marie Solomon December 13, 2013 at 10:28am

  It's not a big deal to take your trash with you. Come on people , you can throw it out at the next gas station!
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  greta anthony December 12, 2013 at 2:17pm

  I always clean up after I'm done packing down my booth but it does irritate me when the trash cans disappear. Do they think we have nothing to throw out?
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  Robin Rebeck December 11, 2013 at 10:09am

  Webster's dictionary definition of vendor: one who vends or sells, seller

  vend: to sell, esp. by peddling

  sell: to exchange (property, goods, etc) for money or its equivalent

  peddle: to go from place to place to sell small articles, to carry from place to place and offer for sale, to deal out or circulate

  Webster does not define what the product is that is being sold.

  I did not mean to offend anyone with the word vendor. Yes, we are all artists, but I do shows to sell my art for money, and I go place to place, so I also am a vendor according to Webster. If you still disagree with this definition, take it up with Webster.

  Now back to my comment on trash. If you know you have food or smelly stuff, why not put it in the trash a few minutes before the show is over. Hopefully the trash cans are still in place. And if you leave smelly garage behind, if left overnight, raccoons, dogs, etc might be interested in whats in the bag and tear into it, thus leaving a real mess behind. 

  Kuddos for everyone who takes responsibility for themselves and respects their surroundings.
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  John Hartung December 10, 2013 at 4:56pm

  I pick up after myself, but my pet peave is when shows put the trash cans away before we leave. Where do they expect us to dump the trash? Depending on how much trash and what kind I may put it in my vehicle until I come across a trash can. But if it's smelly or too much, I'll just leave it in a bag on side of the street. 
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  Larry Berman December 10, 2013 at 7:50am

  Lucky thing they weren't artists, only vendors.
  
  Larry Berman
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  Joan Tweedell December 9, 2013 at 4:33pm

  Some people are just pigs. But I think that when shows include a trash bag in their info packet the odds are better that the exhibitors (PLEASE don't call us "vendors"...vendors sell popcorn.) will use them.