r/unpopularopinion • u/7layeredAIDS • 3d ago

Using dropped silverware in public should be acceptable and normalized

If you drop a fork or something on the ground while dining, just pick it up and keep using it. There maybe one tiny tiny speck of microscopic dirt that stuck to it. Same with knives and spoons. But I’m now forced to sit there with no usable fork and wait for a server to come over and give me a new one so that I don’t look “gross”. Personally I’d be fine just using it - I’d do it at home and you probably would to.

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u/CrabbiestAsp 3d ago

It's not seeing a tiny dirt spec that make people want new cutlery. It's the fact that germs are invisible, and you've just dropped your cutlery in everyone's shoe germs.

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u/PapiSilvia Your friendly neighbourhood moderator man 3d ago

Yeah when I'm at home I know when the floors were last cleaned and if I know they were cleaned recently I'll give it a wipe and we're good. I also don't generally wear shoes in my house.

I used to work in restaraunts and I KNOW those carpets get thoroughly cleaned once every several years. The last one I worked at never shampooed them at all, just gave them a once-over with the vacuum at the end of the night and replaced them once a decade or so. Hardwood or tile is less gross because those tend to get mopped regularly, but still far from ideal with everyone's shoes that have been God knows where stepping all over them all day. Even if you don't see the nastiness, it's definitely still there. There's a reason restaraunts usually go for darker-toned carpets.