The Spoon...

[Guest lightning]

Last night, I went with 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 I 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 a consulting firm 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 end 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 restroom by 76.39 percent."

"Hhmmm...After you get it out, how do you put it back?" I asked.

"Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others... but I use the spoon."

[Guest io5885]

Bro Norman,

u went the Soup Spoon eat ah? :smile:

[Guest blackknight]

lightning wrote:

Last night, I went with 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 I 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 a consulting firm 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 end 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 restroom by 76.39 percent."

"Hhmmm...After you get it out, how do you put it back?" I asked.

"Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others... but I use the spoon."

jhun 4040:tsk: uses the spoon too

[Guest jhun_4040]

i carry alot of pens la wif me, but not spoon

[Guest Yap ST]

Hi Lightning, wish u good luck. hope the spoon is a new wothout having gone into the toilet yet....

:becky::becky:

[Guest MBC200]

The 1st part of Bro Lightning posting sounds interesting cos I thought the owner really followed our SG gov call to increase productivity..

i thought of asking my svc staff to put chopsticks,serveittes, toothpicks in their pockets so that they don't have to go into the kitchen too many times..

But.....part 2 become very amusing...haha..

[Guest 6008]

MBC200 wrote:

The 1st part of Bro Lightning posting sounds interesting cos I thought the owner really followed our SG gov call to increase productivity..

i thought of asking my svc staff to put chopsticks,serveittes, toothpicks in their pockets so that they don't have to go into the kitchen too many times..

But.....part 2 become very amusing...haha..

Hmmmm....... Bro , Japs chopsticks ? Tell your staff not to press too hard :Cry:while using that to hold "his" when in the toilet . Muahahaha.....:bounce:

Some restaurants staffs carry toothpicks with them . I wonder how they use that in the toilet ?

[Guest io5885]

6008 wrote:

Some restaurants staffs carry toothpicks with them . I wonder how they use that in the toilet ?

Bang Bang Bang.. IA!! IA!! :becky:

[Guest DarkAv]

Can't imagine how this story will turn out if the title is changed to "fork" :becky:

[Guest 6008]

DarkAv wrote:

Can't imagine how this story will turn out if the title is changed to "fork" :becky:

Hehehe..... Just imagine how you eat a sausage at a high end western restaurant . Wuakakaka...... :bounce:

[Guest kepiting1sg]

DarkAv wrote:

Can't imagine how this story will turn out if the title is changed to "fork" :becky:

Waitress to diner : "Sir! U wanna a fork?"

Diner to waitress: "No! Not now! We eat first! We fxxk later!"

[Guest io5885]

kepiting1sg wrote:

Waitress to diner : "Sir! U wanna a fork?"

Diner to waitress: "No! Not now! We eat first! We fxxk later!"

Unker scottish england sibei good!! :thumb: