Saturday, April 6, 2013

Self-service

On my list of first-world problems this week: At an art show opening I went to the other night, the food table had attractive but not-so-practical offerings. On the fruit tray were piles of individual grapes, not bunches, and blueberries, but there were no spoons or bowls. What were we supposed to do, just grab them individually with our fingers?
And another platter had various cheeses sliced in squares and triangles and a molded rice dish. But again, there were no serving implements, or even crackers or toothpicks (not that toothpicks would have helped with the rice).
The hungry man in front of me looked at the table helplessly.
"Maybe you get issued a packet of crackers if you buy a piece of art," I suggested.

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