The Spoon

Last night, I went with 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 I 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 a
  consulting 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 end of our "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."
  "Hhmmm...After you get it out, how do you put it back?" I asked.
  "Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others... but I use the
  spoon."