Another list member forwarded this to me, and I thought it was
quite apropos because of recent discussions on the board.
In light of some of the prior posts, I do hope that you think that
the "wit outweighs the vulgarity"
-Babe-
My friend said: .....I thought this "tied" two major vpFREE "threads" together, so to speak........
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 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 aconsulting 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
tip of you know what, we can pull it out without touching it
and eliminate the need to wash our hands, thereby 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.
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