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seanandruby
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Post: # 29675Post seanandruby

thought you " Brewers" would like this one albeit it is an oldie !!!





For all of you who frequent restaurants and understand the need for the service to be faster, this short story is a timeless lesson on how
consultants can make a difference to 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.

It seemed a little strange. When another waiter 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?'

'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. 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, 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.'
sean

lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 29676Post lutonlagerlout

roflmao
n1 sean
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YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

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Post: # 29890Post Artisan

Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop ...


I've deleted the rest of this post because it is racist and belittling. Not all of us Irish speak with comedy Oirish accents (I certainly don't as anyone who has met me will confirm!) and many of us are educated to a higher standard than many other Europeans.

This so-called "humour" might have been tolerated in the 1970s but it was offensive then, and is even more so nowadays when we are supposed to be more racially sensitive.

This 'censorship' will apply to any racist "humour", not just Irish.




Edited By Tony McC on 1216201197

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