A short time ago, a local restaurant hired an efficiency expert for advice on how to better run its business. A consultant came in, and for a few days, followed everybody around with a stop watch. He then submitted his recommendations for doing things better and faster some of which were adopted by management. On my next visit, I asked one of the waiters what changes had been made, if any. "Well." he said, "you see these two spoons in my breast pocket? The consultant said I should always carry them with me. So whenever a customer asks for another bread roll, I don't first have to run back to the kitchen for a pair of tongs. For sanitary reasons, you know, we are never supposed to touch the food with our bare hands. So now, whenever a customer wants more bread, I just use these two spoons to transfer a roll from the bread tray to his plate. By just doing this, the consultant says I can save as many as 19 minutes in every eight-hour shift." "Remarkable." I said, "What else did he recommend?" "Well," the waiter said, pointing to one of his belt loops, "you see this string? One end is tied to my belt loop, here, and the other end goes into the fly of my trousers. For sanitary reasons, you know, we are supposed to always wash our hands after using the rest room. But the consultant was very distressed at how much time all the waiters spent washing their hands everyday. So now, whenever I visit the men's room, I open my fly, and pull on this string, the other end of which is tied to my penis. That way, my hands don't touch anything that requires them to be washed. The consultant says we can save 47 minutes everyday if all the waiters follow this new practice." "Very impressive indeed," I said. "But I'm curious about one thing. Once you use the string to pull it out, how do you get it back into your pants?" "Well, you know, I really haven't any idea how the other guys handle this. But here's what I do." he said, lowering his voice to a conspiratorial whisper. "You see these two spoons in my breast pocket.....?"
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