Two Spoons
At a restaurant, one of the customers noticed that all of the waiters had two spoons in their vest pocket. Upon being asked, the waiter said, "We see that the most frequently dropped silverware are spoons, therefore we keep them for replacement."
Then the customer noticed that a string was hanging out of all the waiters' flies and asked what the string was for. "The string is for us to go to the bathroom," explained the waiter, "that way, when we pull it, it shoots and aims right away. Then we don't have to stop to wash our hands."
The customer asked, "Well, that's how you get it out, but how do you get it back in?" The waiter whispered confidentially, "I don't know about the others, but I use the two spoons."
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For all of you who frequently go to restaurants and understand the need for the service to be faster, this short story is a timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference to an organization.
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, but when another waiter 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 Andersen 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 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%.
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.
THATS SO WIERD IS IT TRUE
Hilarious! But I’ve started using forks quite a bit more than usual…
gay as michael jackson
Ewwww… Gross. Ugh. haha wow.
nasty. Ho’s probly
OMG thatt is soo GROSS ii sweaR tuu gOd yUUK iim nevaa gOiing tuu eaT iin a rstRauntt agaiiNn LOOL
Nasty!
1st version a killer
That’s my damn joke!
i heard this before… my dad’s friend said it.. i found it funny at the time.. so reading it here.. hmm…
but his version was different cause we’re all chinese.. so.. it was CHOPSTICKS not spoons!
but this is just a joke so don’t go and get all prejudiced after this or paranoid or wtvs..
This joke was alright… But i’m pretty sure some girls out there don’t mind having a penis tasting spoon. But anyway there are a lot more girl waitresses than guys…
Then I wonder what the girls do with the spoon Ralph*
lmao. Please answer Jamie….I wanna know dat too
Ummm….Ick?
well girls dont touch themselfs when they go exept accasionally when they screw up so this really doesnt apply th them