Now even before the prisoners have arrived, I have about 300 dirty trays that I don't need. any ideas how to solve this?THE PROBLEM: cooks stack dirty trays to a big stack (usually a stack of 14 or 18 trays) on top of a table in the canteen, but never haul that stack to the kitchen sink. Hey, i have the Problem, that some of my prisoners take their tray after eating with them and throw them everywhere in my prison (visitor room, outdoors, floors. They hold up the break rotation for everybody else, which pisses them off. Thread starter cняis. . Staff will not eat even though there are trays, food, a sink and plenty of cooks. I've got lots chefs that just mill around while the size of the stacks increase. You might have to connect the staff room to a kitchen via the logistics menu to fix this. I have a staff cantina before any prisoners and before a kitchen, and I ended up with a hallway of dirty trays. Don't forget to leave a like and comment. Cooks don't clean trays just because they are dirty, I think they are just topping off what the serving tables need. If there are dirty trays sitting on your tables you need more cooks, if the trays are stacked neatly somewhere you need more sinks. Are you talking about the event when staff. any ideas how to solve this?Some of my prisoners take their meal out of the canteen into the yard (and maybe 1 into the reception) and eat their meal there. Guards getting stucked. The. I've got a max security wing where in the canteen, it's too dangerous for the cooks to collect the dirty trays. . Now even before the prisoners have arrived, I have about 300 dirty trays that I don't need. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. Marcuz Sep 2, 2021 @ 3:08pm. . Hey! I have a prison of 54 inmates, three sinks, and 12 cooks (as well as 5 jobs available to the prisoners in the kitchen). Spoiled ingredients will be put in bags of garbage. I know that this has been a bug for a long time, but it really bothers me that I can literally catch the Cooks just dumping trays randomly in hallways or near the walls of my staffroom. The serving trays were being picked up by staff then being pushed or routed into the staffroom and immediately dropping it, thus causing a pile of trays no one could pick up to move or wash. I dumped them all and now no new ones have been ordered. Without clean trays, guards can't pick up a meal. I am a long long term player since before the game came out. A cook (or prisoner if prison labor is enabled and qualified prisoners are available after. . ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. The. Solved. . The cleaning rooms are just so prisoners can clean as a labor task. Hello, I made this account to especially post on the forum here about the state of PA. No trays for my staff or prisoners, I have already had 2 riots because lack of food for both. After that, they will sit down on a Bench or Table / Table&Chair. Food trays wont be delivered to the serving tables and the prisoners starve while the cooked food goes to waste. Do you have enough sinks (with water), have you time planned where your cooks haven't to prepare. After eat time, the cooks will collect all the dirty food trays. I just had to put all the canteen stuff in the Staff Room and eliminate an actual Staff Canteen Room! Now, the cooks are not washing the dirty trays and restocking the trays at the service table fast enough! Sometimes a half day will pass before a cook. . This is why I was overly thrilled that PA was bought by Paradox and will be getting. from Yard, Laundry or just random hallways. . Prison Architect. Edit. Observations: 1. but it ain't), used Food Trays with stinking pieces of rotten food still on them (fire the lazy cook who threw it. A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by Introversion Software and sold to Paradox Interactive. . Mighty Mar 22, 2015 @ 12:43pm. Yes, there are clean trays available. . A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by Introversion Software and sold to Paradox Interactive. ago. #3. Visit our. But not in the way they do for inmates' canteen, where serving tables are always fulfilled to the 50 - 70 trays each, even if it leads to 200 - 300 trays for 50 prisoners. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. smelly Dirty Prisoner Uniforms (somebody thought the washing machine is broken, but it ain't),. 2. Ahloz Dec 20, 2017 @ 5:31pm. There's a bug in the beta that prevents guards from fulfilling their food need. So all you need to do is add a sink. The Staff Room is an area where the staff members of your prison will go when they begin to tire. Hey, i have the Problem, that some of my prisoners take their tray after eating with them and throw them everywhere in my prison (visitor room, outdoors, floors. you also should plan some hours a day, where your cooks haven't to prepare meals, as they also have to carry the food to the kitchen and wash the dirty food. May 24, 2021. ergo: no clean trays, no food is serviced, prisoners and guards get pissy because starvation. certainlyforgetful • 21 days ago. I know that this has been a bug for a long time, but it really bothers me that I can literally catch the Cooks just dumping trays randomly in hallways or near the walls of my staffroom. If staff needs are enabled, they visit the staff room during their breaks to fulfil various needs. A cook (or prisoner if prison labor is enabled and qualified prisoners are available after mealtime) will walk up to a sink carrying a stack of dirty food trays and proceed to clean the trays with what appears to be scrubbing brush. I have one massive Kitchen and a small kitchen. Reason: The limited amount of food trays in a staff canteen don't get cleaned. * 3. any ideas how to solve this?Only compatible with Prison Architect Update 14 and above, due to many new modding features! If you are playing with an older. I have to manually delete and reinstall the water surface beneath the bridge so that the. Have various vending machines, coffee machines, water coolers/fountains and orange juice tables around your prison to settle the Luxuries/Food needs for prisoners and Comfort/Food needs for Staff members. Reason: The limited amount of food trays in a staff canteen don't get cleaned. It keeps queuing the task but they never actually complete it, and I have plenty of cooks who aren't actually doing. Does anyone else have this problem?So I have about 3 canteens and 2 of them never get enough trays! This has been a problem that I've noticed for a while now. Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy Jan 22, 2016 @ 2:23pm. I tried a few of the solutions (check if the laundry room is correctly enclosed, put every path between. Food Trays outside of the Canteen. So the staff canteen runs out of clean trays for guards to use. . 1. Because your kitchens do not cook for the staff canteens. So my chefs aren't collecting the dirty trays in my staff area. You must first research deployment and set a canteen to staff only to make a staff canteen. from Yard, Laundry or just random hallways. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. your cooks start to prepare the meals 4hours before worktime. These will be cleaned by the Cooks if there is a Sink nearby. There are plenty of cooks to clean them and washing sinks. They have tasks assigned to them when hilighted but just endlessly stare into the walls. The remaining 3 canteens are working normally and having the trays cleaned and returned properly. Seigest. Prisoner will take a clean food tray and put cooked ingredients on it. Find me on Twitter: as several players have noticed. I've got 493 inmates, does that mean that there will be 493 food trays and I haven't got enough serving tables?Okay, I have posted this problem before but never got a clear answer of why it starts to happen. I just noticed a big problem with dirty tray, and I am not sure if it's a bug or not. . Mar 16, 2018 @ 9:39pm. Prison Architect How to: Get staff to eat! Prison Architect 2. Ingredients arrive in a delivery truck and are then transferred from the deliveries to the fridges by the cooks. So these abandoned food trays are just sitting there, and they arent being picked up again or cleaned or dumped. When the bar has depleted, a staff member will cease their activity and head to a nearby staff room in order to recover their energy to. Cancel. Items (39) Subscribe to all. They were not removing the used food trays fast enough I guess, and new food trays were added each time prisoners had to eat. any ideas how to solve this?A small serving table is a smaller version of the serving table, where cooks will place cooked food and clean food trays for the prisoners. eg. Cause: Only cooks (and prison labour) clean dirty. Prison Architect Calculator (Version 2. My prison keeps getting extra food tray, enough to fill up the sinks and start backing up on the tables in the canteens, every now and again I dump every food tray but it keeps getting to the stage that they are overflowing again. But my cooks are not collecting/cleaning the dirty trays. I have just tried opening my. A Screenshot of Prison Architect. Īfter a prisoner has finished eating, they will leave their dirty food tray on the table and, if the eat regime is over, will proceed out of the. Staffroom wasn't set to staff only. . The problem is that now, the pile appears to be stuck. THE PROBLEM: cooks stack dirty trays to a big stack (usually a stack of 14 or 18 trays) on top of a table in the canteen, but never haul that stack to the kitchen sink. Dumping them seems to not work, it says . The cons will help you prepare the meal and also help clean up afterwards. 1 Lowers N/A Requires: Water Yes Sinks are used by the Cooks to wash dirty food trays . Dumping them seems to not work, it says . #2. So as several players have noticed. Suggestion is try manually dump all the food trays, spawn 30-50 more cooks, or build more sinks/ serving tables and wait for trays delivery. It is created by building a standard Canteen and then designating it as " Staff Only " via the Deployment menu. Without clean trays, guards can't pick up a meal. I feel like this has been brought up a number of times. THE PROBLEM: cooks stack dirty trays to a big stack (usually a stack of 14 or 18 trays) on top of a table in the canteen, but never haul that stack to the kitchen sink. So, I've been running into two issues I don't know if they are connected or two seperate bugs. With the addition of staff meals in Update 11 (and the dirty trays that come with. . So the staff canteen runs out of clean trays for guards to use. I've got 493 inmates, does that mean that there will be 493 food trays and I haven't got enough serving tables?Business, Economics, and Finance. The trays will. Without clean trays, guards can't pick up a meal. Without clean trays, guards can't pick up a meal. Seriously, it's like a tray museum more than a prison currently. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. But if your Eat times are too close, there might not be enough time for them to deal with the staffroom as well. If attached to a Hot Water Pipe, sinks will work more effectively. - I have 6 cooks and it is enough - cuz they just stand when there is no work for em - Cooks do clean food trays from Canteens - There is enough sinks for tray cleaning - Yes, I do have cook labour - I found that I need. Beverage obtained so let's play Prison Architect. any ideas how to solve this?Hey, i have the Problem, that some of my prisoners take their tray after eating with them and throw them everywhere in my prison (visitor room, outdoors, floors. If i dump them a new one will be served and it will work but they dont get cleaned automatic. 3. I know that this has been a bug for a long time, but it really bothers me that I can literally catch the Cooks just dumping trays randomly in hallways or near the walls of my staffroom. I built a whole new prison (unlimited funds) and included a staff canteen. Prisoners keep carrying their food trays out of the canteen and eating in common rooms and the yard etc, basically wherever they can get to that has any kind of seating. #1. Cause: Only cooks (and prison labour) clean dirty. Jul 19, 2020. Top: Empty Middle: With food Bottom: Dirty When the eat regime is active (or just before), a cook will put clean food trays on a serving table in a canteen, along with food. Thanks for the answers, I figured it out for those also wondering. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. This modpack contains a set of modules, which are intended to provide working the player with an exhilarating experience. any ideas how to solve this?So I have about 3 canteens and 2 of them never get enough trays! This has been a problem that I've noticed for a while now. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. 1. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. If attached to a Hot Water Pipe, sinks will work more effectively. A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by Introversion Software and sold to…A Workshop Item for Prison Architect. Locked post. Without clean trays, guards can't pick up a meal. Can move. Sinks are required in every Kitchen and need a Water Supply. Food Tray: $1 Needed to serve food in the Canteen. The food tray effectMy prison keeps getting extra food tray, enough to fill up the sinks and start backing up on the tables in the canteens, every now and again I dump every food tray but it keeps getting to the stage that they are overflowing again. Trays not cleaned usually means that you need more cooks. Your staff will prefer to eat in the Staff Canteen, but can eat their meals in a Staff Room until you have all of the prerequisites for one. To solve this, I just manually dumped all the used trays in the staff room to the garbage which resets all the trays in the staff room. I know that this has been a bug for a long time, but it really bothers me that I can literally catch the Cooks just dumping trays randomly in hallways or near the walls of my staffroom. There's a bug in the beta that prevents guards from fulfilling their food need. Edit. So the staff canteen runs out of clean trays for guards to use. All Discussions. Now even before the prisoners have arrived, I have about 300 dirty trays that I don't need. Fewer workers to build and repair stuff and other. 5. The problem canteens have no difficulty with food delivery, just tray removal. New comments cannot be posted. Yes, the food is fully stocked. THE PROBLEM: cooks stack dirty trays to a big stack (usually a stack of 14 or 18 trays) on top of a table in the canteen, but never haul that stack to the kitchen sink. Here are some of the most common prison jumpsuit colors in the US. A native of Charlotte, he received his Bachelor of. If i dump them a new one will be served and it will work but they dont get cleaned automatic. Have various vending machines, coffee machines, water coolers/fountains and orange juice tables around your prison to settle the Luxuries/Food needs for prisoners and Comfort/Food needs for Staff members. they still need a staffroom to rest but now I don't have loads of dirty trays all over the place and my staff members aren't constantly pissed off even though I let 40% of them take a break at a time. . The cook is an essential when starting a new prison as it helps to satisfy your Prisoners ' hunger need . There's a bug in the beta that prevents guards from fulfilling their food need. By: murgh. And if somehow a guard takes a tray, he starts to bring to somewhere away then throws it. . ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. Otherwise they will be disposed of and clean ones bought after every meal. But my cooks are not collecting/cleaning the dirty trays. Hey, i have the Problem, that some of my prisoners take their tray after eating with them and throw them everywhere in my prison (visitor room, outdoors, floors. I'm having a problem with dirty clothes. Like an actual tutorial (weird, right?) Share if you know people that are a little. ergo: no clean trays, no food is serviced, prisoners and guards get pissy because starvation. I appear to have encountered what seems to be a bug with food trays? I obviously had insufficient cooks for a while and they weren't cleaning trays quick enough, so they began to build up on a couple of tables in the canteen. So I have always alot of food but there is never enough trays so they can't eat i have lots of sinks and lots of staff any ideasMy prison keeps getting extra food tray, enough to fill up the sinks and start backing up on the tables in the canteens, every now and again I dump every food tray but it keeps getting to the stage that they are overflowing again. 0 TipsSteam Workshop: Prison Architect. Once cleaned, they'll put back on the serving table. Don't forget to like and subscribe!GET THE GAME HERE:Server. The problem canteens have no. 4 kitchens also have prison labor. I dumped them all and now no new ones have been ordered. All Discussions Screenshots. Architect. - I have enough staff/sinks - sinks are not blocked in any way Any tips/fixes? Thanks!Nick, try to optimize the prisoner canteens & kitchens and then the staff canteens will run nicely as well. 2 if canteen serves high variety meals. Cooks will not collect dirty trays from the staffrooms to wash them in the kitchen. They walk into a wall and sit there forever unless ordered to move. I've got 493 inmates, does that mean that there will be 493 food trays and I haven't got enough serving tables?Okay, I have posted this problem before but never got a clear answer of why it starts to happen. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. Will adding guards to the canteen make it any less dangerous or will it have no effect? Showing 1 - 1 of 1 comments. I do this adding/linking on pause to prevent the canteen from going active without demand, which consequently keeps all the trays in the new canteen from immediately getting transfer orders to the old canteen, which does show a demand. THE PROBLEM: cooks stack dirty trays to a big stack (usually a stack of 14 or 18 trays) on top of a table in the canteen, but never haul that stack to the kitchen sink. - I have enough staff/sinks - sinks are not blocked in any way Any tips/fixes? Thanks!Hey, i have the Problem, that some of my prisoners take their tray after eating with them and throw them everywhere in my prison (visitor room, outdoors, floors. 2. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. Instead, when serving table is empty, cooks are triggered to go for one pile of trays to kitchen. It has to be a canteen, not a staffroom. Hey, i have the Problem, that some of my prisoners take their tray after eating with them and throw them everywhere in my prison (visitor room, outdoors, floors. Seriously, it's like a tray museum more than a. mabye i should refrase the trays arn't being. When staff are eating at regular tables, dirty trays are stacking on the tables. It is created by building a standard Canteen and then designating it as " Staff Only " via the Deployment menu. Observations: 1. - I have 6 cooks and it is enough - cuz they just stand when there is no work for em - Cooks do clean food trays from Canteens - There is enough sinks for tray cleaning - Yes, I do have cook labour - I found that I need. any ideas how to solve this?Hey, i have the Problem, that some of my prisoners take their tray after eating with them and throw them everywhere in my prison (visitor room, outdoors, floors. When the prisoners take foods, eats and left, the dirty tray is left. So I've been playing for a bit, the game is quite entertaining. • 3 yr. Now ask why staff kitchens have to have an oven and freezer despite the fact that staff eat ordered in meals. So as several players have noticed. 4 comments. I have one massive Kitchen and a small kitchen. Prison Architect. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. Cooks won't take aways the dirty trays, guards won't take the food, the serving tables are not getting filled even if I have only one staff canteen. Are you talking about the event. The solution to fix this is to check your sinks and if the trays are still on the todo take to sink, but already there, you have to dump them for a cook to continue cleaning trays. - I have enough staff/sinks - sinks are not blocked in any way Any tips/fixes? Thanks!I feel like this has been brought up a number of times. There's a bug in the beta that prevents guards from fulfilling their food need. . There's a bug in the beta that prevents guards from fulfilling their food need. Cooks don't clean trays just because they are dirty, I think they are just topping off what the serving tables need. Cooks don't clean trays just because they are dirty, I think they are just topping off what the serving tables need. I know that this has been a bug for a long time, but it really bothers me that I can literally catch the Cooks just dumping trays randomly in hallways or near the walls of my staffroom. This modpack has officially been released to the public after 8 months and 5. My prison keeps getting extra food tray, enough to fill up the sinks and start backing up on the tables in the canteens, every now and again I dump every food tray but it keeps getting to the stage that they are overflowing again. Edit: found the fix. Prison Architect. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. The modules strive to be simple, well documented and modification friendly, in order to help players quickly jump into their own workings. It's not even that they're not bothering to take away his meals when he's done with them - they're bringing them from a canteen half way across the prison. . it is connected just no sink. EnigmaticRose4 Feb 22 @ 8:31am. The used trays are piled up after the meal and get cleaned by a Cook if there is time. Trixi Jul 30, 2016 @ 10:30pm. There's a bug in the beta that prevents guards from fulfilling their food need. . Solved. My prison keeps getting extra food tray, enough to fill up the sinks and start backing up on the tables in the canteens, every now and again I dump every food tray but it keeps getting to the stage that they are overflowing again. I had enough cooks because they were standing around with nothing to do in nonpeak periods while these dirty trays laid around outside. As the title says they're all just sitting there. No mods, just a chill build. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. Anmelden Shop Startseite Entdeckungsliste Wunschliste Punkteshop Neuigkeiten StatistikenCinematic trailers. Business, Economics, and Finance. any ideas how to solve this?So I have always alot of food but there is never enough trays so they can't eat i have lots of sinks and lots of staff any ideas Iniciar sesión Tienda Inicio Lista de descubrimientos Lista de deseados Tienda de puntos Noticias EstadísticasTHE PROBLEM: cooks stack dirty trays to a big stack (usually a stack of 14 or 18 trays) on top of a table in the canteen, but never haul that stack to the kitchen sink. . A Screenshot of Prison Architect. . Cooks will not collect dirty trays from the staffrooms to wash them in the kitchen. . In an effort to get rid of it I hired. So first of all is the cooks in my prison some of them get stuck. Showing 1 - 1 of 1 comments. I've got 493 inmates, does that mean that there will be 493 food trays and I haven't got enough serving tables?A Serving Table is where cooks will place cooked food and clean food trays for the prisoners. ergo: no clean trays, no food is serviced, prisoners and guards get pissy because starvation. I've got 493 inmates, does that mean that there will be 493 food trays and I haven't got enough serving tables?So as several players have noticed. . Then, I installed a sink in the. - I have enough staff/sinks - sinks are not blocked in any way Any tips/fixes? Thanks!Okay, I have posted this problem before but never got a clear answer of why it starts to happen. ago. My prison has 2 kitchens and both. Staff like to feel safe - and safety in numbers. #3. Theres around 15 cooks just roaming idle in my kitchens not doing anything. . The. Once it has been dropped, they nobody will pick up the dirty food tray again. I do not get it, the cooks are just messing around in the kitchen, not even cooking, not washing, just walking around, i have a tray stack up to 159 and they will not wash the trays. kazuma Sep 17, 2014 @ 1:37am. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. Lets start solving that problem. So these abandoned food trays are just sitting there, and they arent being picked up again or cleaned or dumped. Medium quantity meals are composed of 2 ingredients. All of which with. My prison keeps getting extra food tray, enough to fill up the sinks and start backing up on the tables in the canteens, every now and again I dump every food tray but it keeps getting to the stage that they are overflowing again. I feel like this has been brought up a number of times. any ideas how to solve this?THE PROBLEM: cooks stack dirty trays to a big stack (usually a stack of 14 or 18 trays) on top of a table in the canteen, but never haul that stack to the kitchen sink. The. But my cooks are not collecting/cleaning the dirty trays. These will be cleaned by the Cooks if there is a Sink nearby. I've got 493 inmates, does that mean that there will be 493 food trays and I haven't got enough serving tables?I have a staff cantina before any prisoners and before a kitchen, and I ended up with a hallway of dirty trays. It keeps queuing the task but they never actually complete it, and I have plenty of cooks who aren't actually doing anything. Prisoner will take a clean food tray and put cooked ingredients on it. I've got 493 inmates, does that mean that there will be 493 food trays and I haven't got enough serving tables?It's causing a lot of staff not to eat as they reach the end of their break (even set at 240min break) before they can eat the food, and discard the trays in the middle of my prison, which nobody picks up. from Yard, Laundry or just random hallways. A Cook is a staff member of the prison whose main task is to cook food for the Prisoners. All the dirty trays are on the sinks, but since there's a 40 Stack of clean trays on the clean side of the sink, that might be blocking the action. ergo: no clean trays, no food is serviced, prisoners and guards get pissy because starvation. Food trays will be placed on the serving tables. One of the goals that shows up in your checklist is to feed all your prisoners. As the title says they're all just sitting there. Jump to latest Follow Reply. For whatever reason, staff meals are being delivered on some sort of highly aggressive schedule, and I'm left with this super-abundance of meals sitting in my deliveries area. The problem is, none of my kitchens clean the dirty trays so they. Add a sink. I have one massive Kitchen and a small kitchen. Staffroom wasn't set to staff only. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. The. I figured out the problem. Reason: The limited amount of food trays in a staff canteen don't get cleaned. Basically, have 1 serving table per 40 prisoners, 4 cookers & 1 sink per serving table, 1-2 fridges per cooker, and 1 cook per cooker/sink. Cooks will take the trash to the trash bin and workmen will take the trash bags to the garbage area. When finished, they. ago. Minedwe. LoyalDonut. If there are not enough sinks or cooks to clean all of. Prison architect is a simulation game where you are the architect of a prison. Okay, I have posted this problem before but never got a clear answer of why it starts to happen. Crypto My canteens worked well until about 2 days ago when suddenly for no apparent reason two of them no longer have any cooks removing the dirty trays from them. . The. There's a bug in the beta that prevents guards from fulfilling their food need. No matter what though, the chefs aren't picking up the dirty trays and leaving big piles of. #2. any ideas how to solve this?Tray pile of death. Prison Architect 450 Campaign 3 Escape Mode 12 Modding 48 Suggestions 420. -Body armour and tazer training also increases their happiness, but becareful - if you fail to keep them happy other ways and pee them off giving them tazers could backfire on you ;)) -Clean environment. Each prisoner, depending on ingredient variety will pick different ingredients for his meal. Dirty clothes everywhere. Then I don't have people covering post. Your WORKMEN bring food to staff canteen, NOT cooks. It is stated in the tooltip of the "Prison Labor". I have a staff cantina before any prisoners and before a kitchen, and I ended up with a hallway of dirty trays. No mods, just a chill build. Edit: photo of my prison. Solved. Cooks will not collect dirty trays from the staffrooms to wash them in the kitchen. That's it. I have one massive Kitchen and a small kitchen. Cooks don't clean trays just because they are dirty, I think they are just topping off what the serving tables need. any ideas how to solve this?Okay, I have posted this problem before but never got a clear answer of why it starts to happen. Check logistics and ensure that your staff room is connected to a kitchen. View Page. So the staff canteen runs out of clean trays for guards to use. Area Too Dangerous. Felyne • 1 yr. A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by…I started testing out the staff new staff needs update. Cooks don't clean trays just because they are dirty, I think they are just topping off what the serving tables need. Dirty Plates in Staff Room. I just had to put all the canteen stuff in the Staff Room and eliminate an actual Staff Canteen Room! Now, the cooks are not washing the dirty trays and restocking the trays at the service table fast enough! Sometimes a half day will pass before a cook. So, in order to feed my inmates, I've built a kitchen and canteen. ) but noone is cleaning them, so i have to remove them all by myself, which is pretty annoying after a while. .