A man having lunch at a Chinese restaurant noticed that the
table had been set with forks, not chopsticks. He asked why.
The waiter said “Chopsticks were provided only on request.”
“But,” the man countered, “if you gave your patrons chop-
sticks, you wouldn’t have to pay someone to wash all the
forks.”
“True,” the waiter shot back, “but we would have to hire
three more people to clean up the mess.”