Silverware and Dishes

I had breakfast with an old friend of mine this morning at a local greasy spoon that is always wonderful.  It is only open til 2pm daily and serves breakfast and lunch with half the restaurant being a pretty big counter.  Oh, it looks nothing at all like this picture above, but what the fuck.....Thought I would get you into the right mood.

      
I am sure that most of you have a place similar to mine that you like to go to every now and then ? The food is great , the portions large, and the prices are pretty reasonable. And most important the coffee is spectacular.  In fact, breakfast at Debra's (the name) is probably the same price as a special double Kim Kardashian coffee at Starbucks (or something like that).....OK, so I am one of the 7 people in the USA that not only hates Starbucks, but can't stand the smell of it either....... Oh, and this was not our waiter this morning either.

          What got me started this morning is while sipping on a nice cup of coffee and talking to an old friend who I hadn't seen in a while..........I  opened my napkin and glanced at the silverware. OMG, it was so fucking disgusting I wanted to scream.  I called over the waitress who I know and she simply looked at it, shrugged her shoulders and went to get me some clean silverware. Now we all know that some dishes or silverware will retain some junk on it, but that is still no excuse. One would think someone would look at it prior to putting it on the table....Well, one would be wrong.  It doesn't bother me that a piece of silverware was dirty...What bothers me is if in fact, the other silverware is really clean ?  I am such a clean freak that I get so grossed out at shit like this.

         We all know the answer to this. We all turn another cheek to that fact as well.  Yes, maybe it doesn't happen that much in 5 star restaurants, but it sure as hell does in your neighborhood breakfast or lunch place.  I can see the dishwasher from where I was sitting this morning.  He is a nice enough kid doing a job, probably with sub standard cleaning equipment, and probably not being sterilized by enough heat or hot water to really do a superior job....Being on his cell phone and texting probably doesn't help...... But WTF, it's just a local place and this is certainly not the first time this has happened.  Yet every single day there are lines outside the door waiting to get in and eat off the dirty silverware.

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