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Date: 17-03-2010 4:33 pm (14 years ago) | Author: jacob london
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I took some clients out to dinner last week, and I noticed a spoon in the shirt pocket of our waiter as he handed us the menus. It seemed a little odd, but I dismissed it as a random thing. Until our busboy came with water & tableware; he, too, sported a spoon in his Bosom - pocket. I looked around the room, and all the waiters, waitresses, busboys, etc. had spoons in their pockets. When our waiter returned to take our order, I just had to ask, "Why the spoons?"

"Well," he explained, "our parent company recently hired some Andersen Consulting efficiency experts to review all our procedures, and after months of statistical analyses, they concluded that our patrons drop spoons on the floor 73% more often than any other utensil at a frequency of 3 spoons per hour per workstation. By preparing all our workers for this contingency in advance, we can cut our trips to the kitchen down and save time... nearly 1.5 extra man hours per shift." Just as he concluded, a "ch-ching" came from the table behind him, and he quickly replaced a fallen spoon with the one from his pocket.

"I'll grab another spoon the next time I'm in the kitchen instead of making a special trip," he proudly explained.

I was impressed. "Thanks. I had to ask."

"No problem," he answered, then he continued to take our orders. As the members of my dinner party took their turns, my eyes darted back & forth from each person ordering and my menu. That's when, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a thin, black thread protruding from our waiter's fly. Again, I dismissed it; yet I had to scan the room and, sure enough, there were other waiters & busboys with strings hanging out of their trousers.

My curiosity overrode discretion at this point, so before he could leave I had to ask. "Excuse me, but...uh...why, or what...about that string?"

"Oh, yeah" he began in a quieter tone. "Not many people are that observant. That same efficiency group found we could save time in the Men's room, too."

"How's that?"

"You see, by tying a string to the end of our, eh, selves, we can pull it out at the urinals literally hands-free and thereby eliminate the need to wash our hands, cutting time spent in the restroom by over 93%!"

"Oh, that makes sense," I said, but then thinking through the process, I asked "Hey, wait-a-minute. If the string helps you pull it out, how do you get it back in?"

"Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the other guys; but I use my spoon."

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- asaph at 17-03-2010 07:00 PM (14 years ago)
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Jaylon, plz let me read this next tym
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- larry2u at 17-03-2010 08:46 PM (14 years ago)
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you are comin up guy
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- lyinka at 17-03-2010 09:17 PM (14 years ago)
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...

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- colenzo at 17-03-2010 11:58 PM (14 years ago)
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newbies mentality

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- jaylon at 18-03-2010 11:21 AM (14 years ago)
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colenzo u on dey ur body
Posted: at 18-03-2010 11:21 AM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
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- omatseye at 18-03-2010 11:43 AM (14 years ago)
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COOOL
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- Mistura at 18-03-2010 01:22 PM (14 years ago)
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BRB to read dis hmn

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- MrDon at 18-03-2010 01:45 PM (14 years ago)
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me too
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- abdullove at 18-03-2010 02:21 PM (14 years ago)
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funny
Posted: at 18-03-2010 02:21 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
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- diaxoul at 18-03-2010 02:22 PM (14 years ago)
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passing by
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- MrDon at 18-03-2010 03:11 PM (14 years ago)
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wear helmet cos we dont want no accident on the road
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- Andes at 18-03-2010 04:15 PM (14 years ago)
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O.k
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- MrDon at 18-03-2010 04:27 PM (14 years ago)
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ok ok
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- Andes at 18-03-2010 04:29 PM (14 years ago)
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Sure sure.
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- monasea at 18-03-2010 05:04 PM (14 years ago)
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cool
Posted: at 18-03-2010 05:04 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
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- larry2u at 18-03-2010 08:21 PM (14 years ago)
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d guy don do somtin
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- federico at 18-03-2010 09:52 PM (14 years ago)
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posted b4...again
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- lyinka at 18-03-2010 10:07 PM (14 years ago)
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ok

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