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rockinghorse2005
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Last night, i went with some friends to a new resturant. i noticted that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket . it seemed a little strange. when the bus boy brought our water and utensils i noticed he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. then i looked around and saw all the staff had spoons in thier pockets.
when the waiter came back to serve our soup, i asked "why, the spoon?"
"well," he explained "the resurant 's owners hired a consulting firm to revamp all our processes, after severla months of analysis they concluded thatt the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. it represents a drop frequency of approximately three spoons per table per hour. if our staff are better prepared we can reduce the number of trips to the kitchen for spoons and save fifteen man hours per shift. As luck would have it i dropped my spoon and he was able to replace t with his spare the waiter commented " i'll get anohter spare spoon next time i go tot he kitchen this saves me from making a trip to fetch a spoon for you right now."
i was impressed i alos noticed there was a string hanging out of the waiters fly looking around i saw that alll the waiters had a similar string hnging out of thier 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 concluded we can save time in the restroom by tying this string to the end of or 'you know what' we can pull it out without touching t and eliminate the need to wash our hands so frequently this shortens our time in the rest rom by 76 percent."
"hhmmmmm....after you get it out how do you get it back in?" i asked
"well," he whispred " i don't know about the others....but i use the spoon."
when the waiter came back to serve our soup, i asked "why, the spoon?"
"well," he explained "the resurant 's owners hired a consulting firm to revamp all our processes, after severla months of analysis they concluded thatt the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. it represents a drop frequency of approximately three spoons per table per hour. if our staff are better prepared we can reduce the number of trips to the kitchen for spoons and save fifteen man hours per shift. As luck would have it i dropped my spoon and he was able to replace t with his spare the waiter commented " i'll get anohter spare spoon next time i go tot he kitchen this saves me from making a trip to fetch a spoon for you right now."
i was impressed i alos noticed there was a string hanging out of the waiters fly looking around i saw that alll the waiters had a similar string hnging out of thier 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 concluded we can save time in the restroom by tying this string to the end of or 'you know what' we can pull it out without touching t and eliminate the need to wash our hands so frequently this shortens our time in the rest rom by 76 percent."
"hhmmmmm....after you get it out how do you get it back in?" i asked
"well," he whispred " i don't know about the others....but i use the spoon."