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 are provided only on request."
"But," the man countered, "if you gave your
patrons chopsticks, 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."