Spoon

[heycods]

>> THE STRING AND THE SPOON<br />>><br />>><br />>> A timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference for <br />>>an<br />>> organization.<br />>> Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and<br />>> noticed<br />>> that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his <br />>>shirt<br />>> pocket.<br />>><br />>> It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water <br />>>and<br />>> utensils, I<br />>> noticed he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Then I looked<br />>> around and saw<br />>> that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the <br />>>waiter<br />>> came back<br />>> to serve our soup I asked, "Why the spoon?"<br />>><br />>> "Well," he explained, "the restaurant's owners hired Andersen<br />>> Consulting to revamp all our processes. After several months <br />>>of<br />>> analysis,<br />>> they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped<br />>> utensil.<br />>><br />>> It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per<br />>> table per<br />>> hour.<br />>> If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number <br />>>of<br />>> trips<br />>> back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift."<br />>><br />>> As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he was able to<br />>> replace it<br />>> with his spare. "I'll get another spoon next time I go to the<br />>> kitchen<br />>> instead of making an extra trip to get it right now." I was<br />>> impressed.<br />>><br />>> I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the<br />>> waiter's fly<br />>> Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same <br />>>string<br />>> hanging<br />>> from their flies. So before he walked off, I asked the waiter,<br />>> "Excuse<br />>> me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?"<br />>><br />>><br />>> "Oh, certainly!" Then he lowered his voice. "Not everyone is <br />>>so<br />>> observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also found out <br />>>that we<br />>> can<br />>> save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of <br />>>you<br />>> know what, we<br />>> can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to <br />>>wash<br />>> our<br />>> hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39 <br />>>percent.<br />>><br />>> I asked "After you get it out, how do you put it back?"<br />>> "Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others, but I <br />>>use<br />>> the<br />>> spoon."<br />>>

 

[scrapper]

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I think I met that waiter once , He told something about penquins

 

[heycods]

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Ya see scrappy thats how to tell a clean joke.

 

[Limited-Time]

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Man walks into a restaurant sits down and orders a bowl of soup. When the waiter brings the bowl of soup the patron notices the waiters thumb is in the soup. Annoyed the patron mentions the placement of his thumb to the waiter. The waiter explains he recently injured his thumb requiring a trip to the Doctor. There the waiter stated the Doctor told him to keep his thumb warm, so he was just following the Doctors orders. Angered the patron replies “Well why don’t you stick your thumb up your bum?” The waiter replies “Well that’s where I keep it when I’m not serving soup!! “

 

[JamesCoste]

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With one click of the Email Stripper tool:<br /><br />THE STRING AND THE SPOON<br /><br />A timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference for 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.<br /><br />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 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?"<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />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."<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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?"<br /><br />"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 percent.<br /><br />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."

 

[RubberFrog]

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I am never ordering soup again.

 

[ZooMbr]

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Now you know why consultants get the big $$$'s.

 

[scrapper]

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James !!!!....Sounds an awful lot like the one by Heycods at the start of this thread