I don't think I'm alone when I say I hold the discs by the edges and set it gently down in the tray. I then press the "close" or "play" button to retract the tray. I HATE when people just shove the tray in to get it to "auto" retract.

Toss 'em from across the room, eh? Remind me to never buy any used cd/dvd's from you.