One thing I come across a lot in my job is items being strewn about: candy on the wrong racks, unwanted coffee or soda cups left on the counter after someone dropped them instead of throwing them out, peanut butter crackers where the prepackaged cookies go. My last shift I had a customer drop the tongs meant for grabbing food off of the roller grill try to hang them back up! (It doesn’t help that he hung them up in the wrong spot.)
If you don’t remember where you got an unwanted item from, or just plain don’t want to go back, that’s fine! Just please, ask one of the employees to do it. It’s what we’re there for. Yes, it’s part of our job to put things back where they belong, but it makes it just that much easier if we don’t find them at random.
If you drop a cup, or unwrap a straw, please throw the cup or wrapper away. If you don’t know where the garbages are, ask. (Also, please don’t just hand us your wrappers and say “throw this away for me.” It’s low-key dehumanizing.) Again, I understand that it’s part of our job to keep the store clean, but it helps just that much more when customers pitch in a little. Your mom doesn’t work there, and if she does, she probably wants you to pick up after yourself, too.
As for the tongs, please hand them to an employee and let them know that it was on the floor so they know to wash it off. Should go without saying that if it falls on the dirty ground, it won’t be touching the food again anytime soon. Plus, we probably have more in back.
Inconvenienced 
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