when he used to compliment them for dumping out the applesauce when a cockroach ran into it and praise them for lots of other honorable acts like finding cans that were dented and mouse-chewed bread bags and stuff , now he wanted them to hop to it and stay late doing all sorts of things he never wanted before like wiping the tables carefully , even on the edge and under the condiments , and filling napkin holders the right way so the napkins could actually come out one by one and not in a clump .