The spoon

[venney]

I found this on some site. I like it.

> Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and
>> > noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket.
>> >
>> > It seemed a little strange.
>> >
>> > When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I noticed 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 asked, "Why the spoon?"
>> >
>> > "Well", he explained, "the restaurant's owners hired PWC Consulting
>> > to revamp all 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 collectively save 15
>> > man-hours per shift."
>> >
>> > As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he was able to
>> > replace 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 noticed that all 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 found out that we can save
>> > time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of 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 restroom by 76.39 percent."
>> >
>> > I asked "After you get it out, how do you put it back?"
>> >
>> > "Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others, but I use the
>> > spoon."

[liljim]

Well now i know not to eat anywhere where the waiter carrys a spoon in his pocket.

[venney]

I'm a bit disapointed, i thought this 1 was a good 1 but it turns out that no 1 likes it

[th3_d0n]

I liked it

[Dave_Lethal]

That was good, although I've heard it before so I knew the punchline before I reached the end, so it took away from some of the hilarity.