tbourner Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization: Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, 'Steve's Place,' and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, "Why the spoon?" "Well," he explained, "the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of 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 replaced 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 saw that all of 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 learned that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip 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%." I asked quietly; "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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Starts well, but I was expecting a cleverer punchline... if I'm honest. A reasonably elaborate knob gag 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 4/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Starts well, but I was expecting a cleverer punchline... if I'm honest. A reasonably elaborate knob gag 5/10 Feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I preferred the joke analysis to the actual joke, but it wasn't bad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 That joke has to be at least nine years old. No seriously, Andersen consulting changed their name in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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