MDR. ever notice the glasses...

[ilovetexas]

My kids (teens) help in the kitchen by setting the table, doing some cooking, fixing drinks, etc. If I worried about every little thing, I'd never eat! If you touched a wine glass then they gave it to me to drink out of....I'd assume the alcohol would kill your germs. :)

[PinotBlanc]

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 Kurt Salmon Associates to revamp all our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon is 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 staff-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, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%."

 

"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."

 

 

Lesson learned. Don't drop the spoon, drink the wine, and laugh more.

 

Penny

[fishycomics]

Oh can I have a refill please. sure a new glass and tea comes out. nah not your touched wine glass :D

 

 

At least my mind I s thinking.:rolleyes:

[Lsimon]

Makes me think of the bars and how often the bar tenders pick up used glasses on the bar in between making new drinks.

 

If I tried could probably think of lots and lots of other examples where others have touched something we will soon touch soon right after touching something others have touched - some in food and beverage service and some in other places. I bet this happens dozens of times a day to each of us on a cruise and even more often at home in stores, restaurants, workplaces and other public areas.

 

Am I worried about it? No

[fishycomics]

Along came Poly.:D