On Ketchup

Tonight at karaoke (Tuesday night is karaoke night), I asked my friend Andrew--who is a waiter--the following question:"Andrew-Who-Is-A-Waiter," I began, "what is the grossest thing about the restaurant business that most people don't know about?"Andrew didn't pause. He said: "Ketchup."I looked at him with slight confusion. "Forgive my look of slight confusion," I said, "but why ketchup?""Well," he responded, "when we close up we 'marry' the ketchup.""You marry the ketchup?" I asked incredulously."Yes," he answered. "We take all the ketchup and put it in this big carton. And then we redistribute it the next day. So it's really gross--it's like this ketchup from God knows when all combined in this big box that keeps getting recycled over and over.""That is gross," I agreed.Someone began singing "The Rainbow Connection" from "The Muppet Movie.""Thank you for sharing," I concluded."No problem," said Andrew.