Subject: FW: Why Waiters carry extra spoons
- for those of you who "eat out" regularly....

A lesson on how highly paid consultants can make a difference in an
organization.
Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, 'Rog's Place,' and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket.
It seemed a little strange. When the bus-boy brought our water and utensils,I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket.
Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, 'Why the spoon?'
'Well, 'he explained, 'the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour.
If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.'
As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare.
'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now.'



I was impressed.



I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly.
Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?'
Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice. 'Not everyone is so observant.
That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the rest-room by 76.39% and saving 1157 gallons of water per week.
I asked quietly, 'After you get it out, how do you put it back in?'
'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon.'


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Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! Ewwwwwwwww :shock: :shock:

You got me going for awhile, but funny and hope it's not really true, May in Jersey

Oh my that is to funny!! And grose!!

Oh NO!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

GROOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

That was good!!!! I literally laughed out loud til tears ran down my cheeks! :mrgreen: If I ever need a spoon, I will think twice about it! LOL!!

The lesson learned from this story is NEVER drop your spoon and I guess check to see if the wait staff, etc. has strings on their zippers. :lol: :lol: :lol: :oops:

ROFL! OMG that is so bad and so funny!

That is so funny!

I nearly fell off my chair at the end. Didn't see that coming. Thanks for the giggle.

So, so so so funny!!

i cant stop laughing

ROFLMBO

HA HA HA HA I;m dyin laughing,I won;t be asking for a spoon

Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that was so funny!!! sure dont want the spoon in thier pockets...LOL

I'll skip that restaurant AHAHAHAHAHA
Thanks for the funny :D

Didn't see that coming. Now when I am in a eatery and see the spoons I will think about this. It was funny tho.

Tooooo funnnnnny!

I passed that on to my DD who is in food services.

Good idea! :thumbup:

piney

Phew...I think I'm just better off not to commment...lol

OH MY GOODNESS....I was drinking my coffee and had a mouthful when i read the punchline and learly spurted it all over my computer!!! Oh Gosh that was funny!!!!

my sons were waiters, I just had to send this to them, I did get a laugh out of it too. thanks for the uplift!!

lol!

Hahaha!!! I won't ask for a clean spoon anytime soon!

That is so good!!!! Hubby is going to like this one

That's too funny-Thanks!

Ewww!

That is soooo funny! Good to start my day with a giggle or two!

That is soooo funny! Good to start my day with a giggle or two!

Cute ! I enjoyed this.

OMG that is sooooo funny. I will be looking for spoons and strings when i go out

hahaahahaha My sides ..my sides .. owww.. LOL

OMG! this is hilarious - thank you I needed to laugh after a very stressful week!

Oh, how funny! You're going to give Ditter a run for her money! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hilarious!!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

And ick!