Waiters and Waitresses are not suppose to spray those bottles when your eating. thats a violation of a health code, the chemicals can wind up spraying on your utensils or you breath it in.
the time to clean the tables is when theres no customers sitting at any tables. either when business is slow or after you close.
what the restaurant help should do is when the customer is done eating they carry an small bucket of soap and water and a cloth wipe the booth and table and chairs. that works just as good or better than a spray bottle.
I'm all for a bucket, or a rag with switches!
Seriously, when I get the time off work I'm going to slight research this, look into health and safety regulations, and write a letter to my local MP. Or even better, if I can find the name/address of the major MP that deals with this kind of thing here in the UK, then I will pen it to them.
It's out of order. Ain't nobody got any right to go spraying chemicals around where people are eating, even if they are 'employees'.
I'd like to speak to Gordon Ramsay on this subject, I bet he'd agree with me. Fuck it, I'm going to start a protest.