"jt august" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Steve Calvin > wrote:
>
>> Yell all you want at me too, but the OP's right.
>
> I can tell you that SOME restaurants DO give you a spoon. Like the one
> I used to work at as a second job. A privately owned place in St.
> Charles, MO called Trailhead Brewing Company.
>
> But the reason some restaurants don't distribute spoons is that it
> reduces silverware cleaning costs to not clean spoons that were never
> used. Those restaurants will give you a spoon a request, but then they
> will wash a spoon that was actually used.
>
Well, that's why I brought up the second fork. If they're so worried about
water cost, then why the second fork? I think I can use my salad fork for
my steak.

Also, common sense would say that forks are for stabbing things like steak,
chicken etc. Or for holding something while you're cutting it. Spoons are
for scooping things up that you can't stab to easily - like potatos and
corn. If you had the option to scoop up a spoon full of corn with a spoon
or scoop up a couple kernels of corn with a fork which makes more sense?
Duhhh!

An yes, I can ask for a spoon, but why should I have to? Would most people
be upset it they didn't put out any silverware unless asked for?