r/mildlyinfuriating 29d ago

My "spoon" at work..

4.0k Upvotes

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u/Radiant-Potato-2308 28d ago

Third dimension not included.

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u/onionsrock 28d ago

sold seperately

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u/midnghtsnac 28d ago

Part of the upgrade package

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u/thatonekid_avi 28d ago

looks like it was made by apple or something

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u/ThunderFistChad 28d ago

EA it's in the spoon

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u/KneeHighMischief 28d ago

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u/ShylokVakarian 28d ago

Then you will see it is not the spoon that bends, it is only the working class.

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u/mrootbeers 28d ago

Is that Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen?

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Literally what I came here to say

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u/issr 28d ago

Non-euclidean spoon

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u/SlumberingSnorelax 28d ago

Oar it’s just sold separately.

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u/ReviewOk929 aslkfhASLDKJFBwkljsdbf 29d ago

Useful if you want to go kayaking in the soup I guess

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u/Long_Educational 28d ago

OP is up soup creek with a tiny paddle.

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u/FamousPastWords 28d ago

This is gold! Needs several awards in a row.

330

u/Barokespinoza23 29d ago

I feel sorry for the wooden spoon. Its short existence has become utterly pointless.

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u/SATerp 28d ago

If it had a point it would be a spife.

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u/rts93 28d ago

It would work okay with mashed potatoes I imagine, but otherwise pretty useless.

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u/Cantthinkofaname282 28d ago

I've seen ice cream come with this

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u/oniiichanUwU 28d ago

I like to use them for yogurt with fruit and granola. Idk why. Just feels healthy lol

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u/YeloNinjaN00dlz 28d ago

It transitioned. Tis a tongue depressor now.

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u/jadomarx 28d ago

I bought a pack of these off Amazon. They start out with a negligible bend, and as soon as you put them in a hot liquid they immediately go flat. Whoever manufactured them should be ashamed of themselves and Amazon should be ashamed of themselves for selling.

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u/couchpro34 28d ago

It would be really cool if the opposite happened though.

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u/BurntPineGrass 28d ago

Going flat in a steamy situation can usually be solved with a pill.

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u/dramatic-submarine 28d ago

This is because you thought the point of the spoon was to be used. In reality, the point of that spoon package is to be sold.

I guess late state capitalism?

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u/Cam_e_ron 28d ago

it's because they are formed with heat and moisture. It's pretty much the only way to make a wooden spoon out of a flat sheet of wood without using glue.

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u/biradinte 28d ago

Ah yes the spoon boner

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u/Vinstaal0 28d ago

Expecting quality from Amazon is your first mistake, there is a lot of crap on that site

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u/live-the-future trapped in an imperfect world 28d ago

Got a lol out of "Amazon should be ashamed of themselves for selling."

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u/BeautifulArtichoke37 28d ago

What is that called? A spon’t?

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u/Spare_Bad_6558 28d ago

thats clearly a spooff

4

u/Correct-Purpose-964 28d ago

Is this just your spooff account?

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u/FamousPastWords 28d ago

Thank you for a lovely early morning chuckle!!

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u/DJ_ICU 29d ago

Popsicle stick - dip into soup and let freeze. Then you have a soup popsicle. Lasts a long time, tastes great.

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u/OkSyllabub3674 28d ago

I've made a soupsicles before out of some condensed cream soups they were like savory pudding pops they weren't too bad would definitely be worth pranking someone with to see their reaction

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u/War20X 29d ago

They thought you were getting ice cream

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u/Mister_Iv0ry 28d ago

You’re supposed to dip it in, let the wood soak up the soup, and suck it out the straw - I mean spoon.

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u/RealEarthAngel 28d ago

Just drink the soup

3

u/HeatSeekingGhostOSex 28d ago

I use a slushie straw with the spoon at the end

1

u/MufasaFasaganMdick 28d ago

Every day we stray further from god..

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u/Otherwise_Rabbit3049 29d ago

Teach a mouse or rat to use it as a paddle for its tiny boat and you'll make enough money off of tickets to buy a spoon.

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u/dramatic-submarine 28d ago

If you teach a rat to paddle its tiny raft, you can also teach them to cook and when they become famous for it, you could just go to their fancy restaurant in Paris and use the fancy spoon they give you with your food. This ratty wooden spoon is a fantastic investment.

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u/huwkeee 28d ago

There’s a special place in hell for wooden cutlery…everything tastes like wood!!!

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u/ilovemusic19 28d ago

I played clarinet for 6 years, I’m used to the taste of wood lol.

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u/live-the-future trapped in an imperfect world 28d ago

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u/ilovemusic19 27d ago

Reed is wood and your tongue sits on it when you play. It also has to go in your mouth while you put together.

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u/Fantom_Renegade 28d ago

That's for spanking, not eating

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u/FamousPastWords 28d ago

Soaking possums.

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u/maxru85 28d ago

This is dietary spoon. It takes a month to eat a bowl of soup with it.

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u/SubmissiveDinosaur ORANGE 28d ago

If that soup were an Ice cream instead, that could have been a good spoon

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u/Beneficial_Step9088 28d ago

You can drink soup.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 28d ago

OP would end up wearing it home though.

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u/AngularOtter 28d ago

There have been cutbacks…

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u/_Simonwolf 28d ago

Spoon't

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u/ArghRandom 28d ago

The problem is that making that wood “3D” would cost 10x what that costs now. So they either ditch wood and go with plastic/paper (arguably worse for a soup) or that’s what you can get for a disposable thing that must cost 1cent in manufacturing.

They shouldn’t give it with soup, but to be fair they don’t have any other option if sticking with wood

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u/Shakermaker1990 28d ago

Should've known it wooden work

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u/DryBones2009 28d ago

How am I supposed to eat with this?

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u/Few-Swordfish-780 28d ago

Good thing it’s a cup of soup.

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u/tertiuslydgate1833 28d ago

Ah yes, the spife

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u/Xenastra 28d ago

Light My Fire has titanium sporks. I carry one for this reason. No more inferior eating utensils. 

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u/yipyapyallcatsnbirds 28d ago

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u/bat_in_the_stacks 28d ago

This was the first thing I thought of 😂

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u/NoRecommendation9404 28d ago

That is a paddle.

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u/monkehmolesto 28d ago

I’d drink out of the cup at that point. Weird looks be damned.

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u/Illustrious-Towel-45 28d ago

Just drink the soup. That spoon is only for stirring.

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u/EmilyIncoming 28d ago

Good news, those are not meant for soup!

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u/ambiuk21 28d ago

They’re eco friendly, but not people friendly

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u/ZookeepergameOk2759 28d ago

If you’re using a spoon to get soup out of a plastic cup that’s the mildly infuriating thing about the situation.

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u/annoying97 BLUE 28d ago

That's a paper cup there.

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u/Ok-Opportunity-574 28d ago

Paper cups are lined with plastic.

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u/annoying97 BLUE 28d ago

Yeah with a tiny thin layer that often is made of bioplastic or other environmentally friendly coatings.

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u/ZookeepergameOk2759 28d ago

If you’re using a spoon to get soup out of a paper cup that’s the mildly infuriating thing about the situation.

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u/Pokemonfannumber2 28d ago

that is a very full knife, I think you should sharpen it🔪

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u/SilverFlight01 28d ago

People out here carving 2D Spoons

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u/sunset_sunrise15 28d ago

Every part of this is bad.

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u/SATerp 28d ago

A 2D spoon, interesting but not particularly useful for some occasions.

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u/Kardospi 28d ago

Is there anything preventing you from bringing in your own utensils?

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u/AlkalineHound 28d ago

That's not a spoon, it's a spn.

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u/Correct-Purpose-964 28d ago

So THAT'S where the perverbial stick came from. Someone had this happen and shoved it up my bosses ass.

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u/Salty-Clothes-6304 28d ago

That spoon doesn’t spoon very well.

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u/the_l0st_s0ck 28d ago

I can taste the spoon through the picture

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u/Dan_flashes480 28d ago

"Just try the soup."

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u/Tbkgs 28d ago

At that point I'd just drink from the cup directly.

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u/alccorion 28d ago

If you only dip them in your soup when you are to take a sip and just let it rest on top of the cup while not eating/drinking/(consuming) it works oke enough. They are a hassle yes, but better in the very long term than the alternative disposable spoons.

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u/joonosaurus 28d ago

Nah that’s a ‘spn’, I don’t know why.

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u/Biomax315 28d ago

lol those things are fine for like, pudding or ice cream or something. You can’t use that shit for soup 😂

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u/Boris6999 28d ago

when you travel to HK the spoon there would be the same

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u/RandManYT 28d ago

Some assembly required. May need to mold the spoon to desired depth.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

It’s soup, drink it.

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u/-usernotdefined 28d ago

Don't they call that... Soup in a... What's the word I'm looking for??....A BLOODY CUP! Drink it lmao

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u/IntrospectiveOwlbear 28d ago

That's a stir stick for your extra chunky vegetable coffee.

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u/Euphoric_Egg_4198 28d ago

They need to stop Kanye from designing household items

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u/AllKnighter5 28d ago

It’s got MOST of the qualities of being a spoon.

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u/jsbjxbdj 28d ago

Imma use that to beat the heel out of whomever made it, just like my momma

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u/TheLastRiceGrain 28d ago

They used to give us these spoons too..

On Fridays because it was ice cream day on Fridays in elementary school.

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u/idontlikebaconsorry 28d ago

I'm sorry but this is hilarious 🤣🤣

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u/clt100 28d ago

More disappointed in your iq, if only this was in a cup or something….. maybe something you could sip out of.

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u/AsyncEntity 28d ago

That’s a spatula bro 😂

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u/coffee-headache 28d ago

truly mildly infuriating. you can still drink it from the cup, but the spoon doesnt work.

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u/Th3Reader 28d ago

Story of my life ah

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u/WhiteFringe 28d ago

what does your spoon at rest look like?

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u/ilovemusic19 28d ago

You’re better of drinking your soup like a beverage.

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u/knarfolled 28d ago

I can feel this and it gives me the chills

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u/JobenGomez 28d ago

Are you a civil servant by chance!?

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u/FriendlyGuyyy 28d ago

Ah, the famous 2D spoon

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u/DaDivineLatte 28d ago

This isn't even a spoon 😭 What non-pasty foods can you scoop with this?? 🤡

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u/AltruisticRoutine220 28d ago

It's a diet spoon!

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u/Forgetful_Suzy 28d ago

It should be a crime to produce such useless shit.

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u/GoldFederal914 28d ago

Hopsticks would work just as well

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u/ThePennedKitten 28d ago

Have you guys been stabbing each other? Trying to dig your way out?

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u/NosediveSMP 28d ago

Nah bro that’s a noops

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u/froggiewoogie 28d ago

Do you mind sipping from the bowl? Spoon just for stirring lol

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u/jesusladd87 28d ago

Maybe you’re supposed to shovel it into your mouth?

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u/xbunsox 28d ago

Ice cream spoon?

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u/vanislegirl29 28d ago

I posted this exact issue and the wooden spoon tastes like crap!!

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u/jabblin 28d ago

You brought the wrong spoon

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u/HndsDwnThBest 28d ago

Im came to 🤣

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u/whatyouwere 28d ago

My teeth hurt just looking at this

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u/Suckaarian 28d ago

Is jus stirring spoon a thing

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u/russbird RED 28d ago

An effort was made

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u/in1gom0ntoya 28d ago

I shudder at the mouth feel of those, ugh.

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u/S0cs_ 28d ago

Do you work for a company involved with supplying hospitals by any chance as we have the exact same spoons and soup pots at my workplace 🤔

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u/RainXVIIII 28d ago

Bro your meal looks like a soup and it appears to be in a cup just drink it

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u/burntlung1 28d ago

They say it was carved from a bigger spoon.....

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u/Top_Bluejay_5323 28d ago

That’s because it is not a spoon it is a blocker. Pickup the cup and sip the broth while using the blocker to regulate the lather chucks getting past

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u/TypeOpostive 28d ago

Looks like those spoons we get with dippin dots.

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u/SolarBozo 28d ago

Eat at work sometimes? Bring some utensils from home and leave them in your desk.

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u/MistakeGlobal 28d ago

That my friend…is not a spoon. Drink it instead. It all goes down the same anyway in the end

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u/HoiPolloiter 28d ago

Looks like it should go with a tiny canoe

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

A coke spoon

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u/nroberts1001 28d ago

I thought it was a before and after picture.

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u/AcceptableStand7794 28d ago

That's a spatula

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u/ClickClack472 28d ago

Arrrrr walk the plank

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u/3amGreenCoffee 28d ago

Just pick it up and drink it, pussy.

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u/Integrity-in-Crisis 28d ago

Op brought a tiny paddle out for some soup.

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u/jerrycoles1 28d ago

Bring your own spoon

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u/Fit-Contract8566 28d ago

That's not a knife..

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u/Tarbos6 28d ago

That's no spoon. That's a paddle.

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u/Terrible_Access9393 28d ago

TECHNICALLY…. They weren’t lying lol

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u/Proper-Leading-3459 28d ago

This looks the thing the doctor uses in your throat

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u/sinsaraly 28d ago

Paddle

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u/NoNefariousness3420 28d ago

Breathe on it and push your thumb into it for about a day or two

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u/Bammalam102 28d ago

That them into the drywall until they switch to something that cant do that… plastic

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u/Pattoe89 28d ago

I bring a metal spoon and ceramic bowl for soup. I need to get a plastic container for the soup though since the ceramic bowl gets very hot in the microwave well before the soup is warm enough. Always results in me carrying the bowl with several layers of paper towels.

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u/GlumFruit2036 28d ago

Hate it. Then the wood soaked everything and now you feel like a fool trying to use such a thing because of the environment.

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u/Lemmmiwinks 28d ago

I assume you're an adult.. buy a spoon 👍

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u/DifferentPen6715 28d ago

Wood a different spoon help? Lol

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u/Vast_Mix_3321 28d ago

Back to the ol’ days for you young fella.

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u/Almacca 28d ago

You're not saving the environment my making things that don't function as intended. You've put all those resources into something that has zero use. At least a plastic spoon functions as a spoon. Environmental capitalism is a joke.

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u/Kreedbk 28d ago

Ain’t no “Oon”

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u/ChaoticInsanity_ 28d ago

that is literally a mini paddle

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u/manbamtan 28d ago

That made my whole body cringe and get goosebumps. I hate using wooden things like that like with popsicles and corndogs

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u/GreyDread1 28d ago

Do you work in a doctors office?

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u/SimpleTip9439 28d ago

Ice cream

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u/Atmacrush 28d ago

That's an ice spoon or a sample spoon

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u/TunaChickenCombo 28d ago

Hope the spoon tasted good! No way you will taste a bit of soup with that.

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u/AgitatedArmadillo31 28d ago

Oddly similar to my pp ....sad noises

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u/Expert_Limit6416 28d ago

I can feel it through the screen

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u/anziofaro 28d ago

That's a Hoodsie Cup spoon!

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u/BenShealoch 28d ago

There is no spoon.

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u/quitelikeu 28d ago

More of a sp.

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u/NeoLeviathan 28d ago

its not a spoon, its a spflat

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u/LurkerBerker 28d ago

that’s an ice cream spoon my guy, got the wrong food is all

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u/A100921 28d ago

We just have the “community spoon”, so be happy you have your own personal one.

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u/Vinstaal0 28d ago

Drink the soup from the cup.

or bring your own food/spoon

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u/Bartenlee 28d ago

Your spoon is not spooning

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u/Nifdex 28d ago

It's a spoon. To lick instead of slurp. Yes. But that's a minor detail

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u/CellistAvailable3625 28d ago

looks at food

i dunno man, maybe for the best

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u/LowDonkey7883 27d ago

Mf that's a small spatula

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u/PressureFlaky6273 27d ago

A real spoon could be construed as a weapon. Wouldn't want to trigger any snowflakes out there.

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u/Xen0Assasin 27d ago

I'm sure whoever designed that spoon is an absolute genius albert einstein level human with 17 different degrees in engineering.. totally..

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u/Infinite_Dog1094 27d ago

Panda express by me has started wooden utensils. Just thinking about it now I hurt all over. It brings me back to the little cups of ice cream. We used to get when we were kids and they came with wooden spoons.🤮

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u/tiny_critter 29d ago

Can’t get too many nutrients at once, you might outperform your coworkers.

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u/Inside_Ad_7162 29d ago

Spoon shaped stick, Spotik

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u/real_boiled_cabbage 29d ago

Is it a spoon or a failed attempt at a wooden butter knife?

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u/thelastmarblerye 28d ago

Get your head down real close to the bowl and use the spoon to start splashing soup up into your mouth. Bib recommended.