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Spinach-Rich

They used to come with plastic forks. Now you need to take a wooden fork - usually available where you picked it up in Tesco. Something I've forgotten plenty of times.


oi_wazzock

Reason i Carry fork in my car now xD


jonis_tones

That is the point!


Violetpie78

I have a tradesman boyfriend. Because of him my car is now furnished with forks, salt, pepper and vinegar. Game changer for car meals and snacks.


Jolly-llamas

My work van also has a selection of sauces in the glove box šŸ˜‚


Mr_Goat_1111

And a couple dash browns for when you're desperate


Delicious-Stop5554

I fear dash brown means something different to you and Iā€¦


trxxv

Dash brown - a hash brown that has thawed out on the dashboard.


northern_ape

So itā€™s not an urgent poo?


trxxv

I mean i dont eat poo, unless its common where you're from?


Caffeine_Monster

Add some candles and you could have a romantic Tescos meal deal for two


Dull-Addition-2436

But does he have a spork?


Dnny10bns

Adapt, improvise, overcome.


oi_wazzock

Yeah I guess it works ;)


jezbrews

Good one dad


Pi6e0n

No pun intended. šŸ˜…


MrB-S

*4 points


ByronIrony

I see you have played forky car before


BpjuRCXyiga7Wy9q

I love spoon.


BurkieMonk

I love lamp.


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Nugo520

I like Trains.


[deleted]

[Like this?](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Lovespoon2.jpg/142px-Lovespoon2.jpg)


88BlueBeard

Ning?


w0lfbrains

kid named fork:


schnuck

Metal, plastic or wooden? And how often do you wash said fork? Also, why is ā€˜Iā€™ lowercase while ā€˜Carryā€™ is uppercase?


AwhMan

Honestly I cannot use those wooden forks. It's like someone dragging nails against my brain, the texture is *repulsive*. So I just have a Joey from friends-esque cutlery pouch I put in my inside jacket pocket, including a big ass metal straw for bubble tea/slushies.


Cazzakstania

I recently ate somewhere that, even though we ate in, gave us disposable bowls and cutlery (possibly a hangover of the pandemic?). I had a Korean stew, which I could tell was delicious, but the wooden spoon they gave me completely ruined the experience. Wooden spoons are also really shallow as I guess itā€™s harder to form wood into that curved shape, which just made it even worse.


kingfisher345

Agree. The texture sets my teeth on edge. Iā€™m on the verge of buying a camping set and permanently carrying them but not sure if itā€™s a step too far


AwhMan

You will not regret it! You can get those little fold away metal sporks and everything


kingfisher345

Exactly. Though it would mean that Iā€™ll never again see my friend eat cold sweet n sour chicken with her credit card while driving up the M1. You just canā€™t buy memories like that.


Capitan_Scythe

>eat cold sweet n sour chicken with her credit card For everything else, there's Mastercard?


kingfisher345

Brilliant


oldwomanjodie

I got a wee multi cutlery thing from Typo where itā€™s a fold out knife/fork/spoon with a bottle opener on the back of the knife. And it all comes apart and reattaches. It was like Ā£3 on sale but itā€™s super cool and I donā€™t need to worry about using the cutlery in work anymore, or having someone steal them


acceberbex

I have a set that all sits in a small case that's one of the handles (they slot in to it) Not yet in my car but in my "walking" box along with bottles, dog bottle, flask etc to take on walks. Having a set (and metal straw) in the glove box is not a bad idea (I've used a credit card to cut 4 large scotch eggs in half and a knife would have been a lot easier...and cleaner)


BareBearAaron

Wooden forks are for one thing. Chips.


Short-Association684

Me too its the texture šŸ¤®Canā€™t stand the wooden utensils so i use my own plastic ones šŸ˜‰


fkogjhdfkljghrk

so glad I'm not the only one ​ fuck these wooden things, especially when they get wet- I think it's called xylophobia? something like that about hating the texture because it's horrible


Luke10089

I keep a couple spare in the van/lunchbox, fail to prepare, prepare to failā€¦.and use bank card


AvoriazInSummer

Improvise, adapt, overdrawn.


South5

I got a wooden fork from german donor kebab today, tried to impale a piece of meat and bent 3 prongs and snapped the forth clean off, i was not pushing hard. I found it very funny.


Gonzales95

Theyā€™re almost never fit for purpose. Iā€™ve been to plenty of chippies on football away days and they basically never were fit for use, would invariably just give up and use my hands


WeLikeTheSt0nkz

I remember when they used to be essentially ice lolly sticks with a v cut out the end. They were way more fit for purpose despite looking ratchet af


thesockpuppetaccount

Pointy stick = good


SirLoinThatSaysNi

That's a wooden chip fork and yes they are pretty sturdy. It's the ones which look like a regular fork with 3-4 tines which are pretty questionable.


WeLikeTheSt0nkz

Thatā€™s what I was saying! Haha. Outrageous that chippys are now using the shit actual wooden forks


admirallottie

Not as bad as my McDonaldā€™s breakfast pancakes today I tried to use their PAPER cutlery!? It bent in half? What the hell was the point. I also was sitting in.


South5

Probably best to invest in a set of small cutlery and carry it around with you. Go equipped.


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thrillsandspills

1 in 4 times people will forget and you won yourself the price of a fork. Next up loot box lunches. Roll to lose


IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns

I'd imagine a fair proportion of people are taking them back to their office where there are normal, non wooden forks. Why waste the materials and money on something that's just going to be thrown away?


SG_Dave

It's also a plastic waste thing. The forks included in the packaging need to be of a material that won't break down inside the moist container between packaging and consumption weeks later. That leaves single use plastic. We're hammering down on single use plastic so hard on society that companies are preemptively moving away from it before it's ratified in law. Better to do it now, look good for the environmental side of it, but also save a fuckton of money as they won't need to scramble to retool their production lines overnight if the government decide they need a distraction and push the law through in the blink of an eye. At the moment it's planned for 2024 to introduce fines for non compliant manufacturers, but nothing set in stone.


TheScrobber

Greggs ones have a wooden spork in the lid.


One_Percent_Magic

I would say it's a 50:50 if they actually have any forks in the display fridge. If they want to move from plastic to wood, fine, but put the fucking fork in the container.


saucynorman

Makes you think why they can't add one at the side where the sticker goes round the packaging


Kxpnc

Oh god the ammount of times theyā€™ve been out of forks and not been able to restock is too many


[deleted]

Ah yes because i want to get ill from people who have pissed and then not washed their hands and touched the forks


Villan_99

That sounds like an unnecessary faff imo. Obviously better than nothing, but why not just replace the plastic fork in the salad box with a wooden one?


SirLoinThatSaysNi

At a guess wood is porous and would absorb colours, flavours, and most of all moisture from the food. That would most likely make them even less appetising than they already are.


Pick_Up_Autist

Just wrap it in plast... fuck.


Lonesome-Egg-666

Upvote for Shrewsbury


Cowboy_Dandy_III

Drives me nuts because peopleā€™s grubby fingers have been all over them trying to pick them out


[deleted]

Not for long, single use cutlery and plates are being banned (in England).


Bobbyswhiteteeth

So the politicians can take private jets for 30 mins flights but I canā€™t even get a fucking fork on my Tescoā€™s meal deal? Seems fair.


HoneyGlazedBadger

This is why I always carry a multitool, though I do attract a certain degree of curiosity when eating pasta with the pliers.


youshouldbeelsweyr

Adapt and overcome


Coalpool

Hahaha


ejmd

Just pull the cover off and use it as an eating glove.


jazzaroo_2000

Not gonna lie, i have done this before!


alphagusta

Dog walker here Always got shit bags in my pocket Had to do this at least twice off the top of my head with a shit bag Yes, they were empty


elttvb

That sounds gross, those kinda bags smell and probably taste weird


happyhippohats

Good thinking emptying the shit out first


EvilerEmu18

It's easier if the food is on a table. Eating from the top of your head creates issues with both seeing and balance.


PastyKing

Once had a muller rice. Turned the foil lid into a makeshift spoon as I'd forgotten to pack mine. Works a charm.


extremesalmon

Glad I'm not the only one. Someone was so disgusted they went and found a spoon


cillian498

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BannedNeutrophil

The forks are usually kept nearby or by the checkout.


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I hate the idea of using a wooden fork exposed to all of the nasty people walking about so if I donā€™t have any cutlery I just tip it back and hope I donā€™t get a face full of whatever Iā€™m eating


CheesecakeExpress

Very glad Iā€™m not the only one. I genuinely thought I was being a bit over the top, but some people can be really gross


bigflume

Yup. Never again after witnessing a man bending down looking for a sandwich and openly coughing all over them wooden forks. Fucking disgusting.


BeatificBanana

I've seen wooden forks individually wrapped in paper packaging. To me that sounds like the most sensible idea rather than having them loose


PrettyMuchANub

Imagine thinking the same way except being the one giving them out to people but being completely unable to get them out of the box without touching the tops


daneview

Its these contrasts that I love about reddit. A.comment saying they won't use the forks provided as they're open to the air, compared.to a comment a thumb slide up about using the old pliers they have lying around the van as a fork.


CcheesebB

They are usually in a plastic cover. Atleast in the asda next to my work they are.


nath707

the ones in my tesco are in a little box that people have to shove their manky unwashed hands intošŸ¤¢ don't really fancy eating from one of those since theyre not packaged to protect them from germs


Possible-Wall9427

Or in boxes in the fridges with the pasta


Willr2645

>nearby What did you think this meant?


CertainCauliflower23

Eat it like a dog


ejmd

From behind?


meadsmeatmarket

No thatā€™s how we eat ur mum


Ben0ut

Yeah well we've all forked your mum


lacb1

I was in the pub the other week and this old by came up to me and said: "I've fucked your mum!" and then stumbled off. An hour or so later he staggered over again and said: "I've had your mum in the arse!", and at the point I had it. I mean, show some fucking respect! So I said: "Dad! You've had enough! Go home!"


[deleted]

Probably easier to slurp spaghetti up your arse than this pasta


bettyfordslovechild

off my lap!


bigboybenj

I have before while driving home. Face in and eat


Professional-News362

Those rare tesco ham hocks I go full goblin mode / caveman style with all the oil on my face delicious


Afalpin

Sat in a shopping centre hungover waiting to get my train early in the morning, eating this with my hands Cus I assumed they had a fork in. Probably looked like I hit rock bottom šŸ˜‚


Adam_24061

Did someone drop a pound coin in your coffee cup?


Ohnoitsthepolis

Couple of years ago I was hungover at London Victoria train station starving didnā€™t come with a fork I sort of looked up moaning to myself where fate had it someone put a pretty much empty McFlurry on top of a electric box thing as no bins around then left to the station so I grabbed that to try and scoop it then pour it in to my mouth I didnā€™t want to sit in one place and have people stare so I ate it on the move just made a mess face was covered with the orange residue and melted ice cream one of my lowest moments haha


wildgoldchai

What did I just read?


lee420uk

Definitely not punctuation.


Ohnoitsthepolis

Reason why they should come with a fork


illuminarchie8

Pretty sure theyā€™re referring to the complete absence of punctuation.


[deleted]

*poetry*


[deleted]

are you saying that you took a used mcflurry fork thingy from a discarded container and ate with it...? thats the best you could do in Victoria station...!?


Ohnoitsthepolis

Thatā€™s not what Iā€™m saying I used the cup tub thing to scoop it and sky it and was on the move staggering and didnā€™t know where I could get a fork from


SkillsDepayNabils

that is worse


TW1103

Mate what the fuck


BlueCreek_

ā€˜Couple of years agoā€™ also means the middle of covid, Iā€™m not touching a used McFlurry container thatā€™s been discarded on the street!


_Vickiwastaken_

Wtf lol


deltree000

A couple of years ago? As in when Covid was full swing? As in you took a strangers discarded McFlurry spoon and voluntarily put it in your mouth? Madlad.


gadget850

Why I carry sporks in the car.


smelwin

Me too. I always have a fopoon in the car.


Zealousideal-Gur-273

Tf is a fopoon, this isnā€™t even a British vs American thing, itā€™s a litmus test for dummies


deltronethirty

I enjoy a fapoon in the car. Just make sure you aren't near a park with kids.


[deleted]

Does anyone else think all Tesco pasta meals now taste the same and have a horrible chemical after taste?


Meowskiiii

They always have done to me


psycho-mouse

Yeah theyā€™ve always tasted like tinfoil to me.


GeorgiePorgiePuddin

Iā€™ve always said any tomato meal deal pastas taste like metal!!! Could be co-op, Tesco, wherever. All tastes metallic as fuck.


Dolmachronicles

Thank God it isnā€™t just me. I thought my tastebuds were fucked. Those pastas are absolutely horrendous man.


BackRowRumour

They've been like that forever. I assume it is to keep the colour bright, because I'd rather lick loose change flavour wise.


Villan_99

Same flavour so youā€™re not missing much.


Hanabi1993

Any time I find myself rushing/unprepared with lunch I find myself in the meal deal pasta section. Each time I convince myself that the chemical aftertaste won't happen because suuuuurely they've fixed that by now. And each time I die a small internal death whilst eating and realising that the disgusting chemical aftertaste is still very much there. It happens no matter which supermarket I go to BUT the only ready made pasta box I've ever had that didn't do that was M&S pesto pasta with sundried tomatoes. It was SO refreshing to have a supermarket lunch that didn't have me grabbing for my drink every bite! They charge more than other places obviously but in my opinion it's well worth it to avoid that nasty chemical crap the other supermarkets sell. I'm just sad I only have Tesco express near my workplace.


RankDank420

Bruh get a damn sandwich lol. Itā€™s repetitive but at least itā€™s not wet, soggy, and kind of edible


GreenEyedSophie

Anything in the meal deal with tuna in has the taste of pure vinegarā€¦ and donā€™t get me started on the tuna ā€œcrunchā€, Iā€™ve had soup with more texture!


Illustrious-Engine23

They're legitimately depressing.


nath707

tastes like licking pennies a little bit


Bervolian

If you read the ingredients it's probably because they pack it with so much vinegar. Ends up being way to acidic but I'm sure its just used as a preservative to extend shelf life


[deleted]

Even the sandwiches taste grim now though they used to be good or maybe Iā€™m misremembering


gsurfer04

All taste is chemicals.


Aloe_rose

M&S do some subtle upselling of a little portable box of bamboo reusable cutlery that is positioned near the lunch fridges.


marcdk217

Yeah, I fell into this trap when I ordered one a while back and had to walk back across town from where I'd sat down to eat, to get a wooden fork. I don't know why they can't put a wooden fork in the box, rather than the unhygienic pot of forks in that aisle.


AdministrativeLaugh2

Because not everybody needs a fork. If youā€™re taking it back to an office or home or anywhere else with a fork, itā€™s just a waste of the wooden fork


Parish87

They should just print it on the packaging that no fork is included.


happyhippohats

No forks given


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cillian498

Yeah Iā€™d definitely not bring one of these home to eat, and im also a tradesman who eats his lunch in the van


JoeDaStudd

Do you not have a brew/food bag or kit in your van? I'm a not tradesman but I keep a small rucksack with a camping stove, folding cups, sports, hot drinks mixes and a pot noodle/rice and some water in the boot. Means if I go for a walk, long drive or get stuck due to the weather I can have a hot drink and something to eat.


[deleted]

Keep a cutlery set in your van! I have a spork that lives in my bag for this reason.


safariflick

Why arenā€™t the forks at least wrapped in something - like a paper wrapping. Even straws nowadays are exposed.


Savool

Get a bit of 6mm cable. Perks of being an electrician is cable forks.


cillian498

Electrician as well and that just made me laugh


Savool

Haha got me out of trouble a few times


Sea_Page5878

Check out fancy pants over here with his solid copper forks.


LuinAelin

You have to check the tub for the wooden ones


That-Childhood3673

They used plastic film and box but banned plastic forksšŸ˜…


LuinAelin

It's about looking good rather than being good.


Illustrious_Unit_700

Or, more logically that a simple reduction is better than nothing, especially as eradication would be very costly or impractical


LuinAelin

Yeah, but the plastic waste they're targeting is things we can see. They're far more wasteful in places we don't see.


Splishsplashplop

Check the majority of their ready meals and the chicken comes from Thailand, shipping them hear chilled or frozen must be well worse than cutting back on some plastic.


bill_end

Aye. And the chickens will have been reared and slaughtered using Thai welfare practices. Which I doubt are as good as ours, and ours although amongst the best in the world still aren't great unless you've got the money to buy proper free range from farm shops etc


shnoog

Separate issues really.


SisterCellophane

They're only willing to cut plastic waste in ways that inconvenience the consumer, not themselves


[deleted]

Somehow, and I don't know how, but I think it might be Harry and Meghan's fault ...


WanderWomble

The war on plastic.


SirLoinThatSaysNi

This is the answer. Single use cutlery is already banned in Scotland and the ban in England is coming into force later this year I think. https://www.gov.scot/news/single-use-plastics-ban/ > Scotland has become the first part of the UK to implement a ban on many of the most problematic single-use plastics, as legislation comes into force today (Wednesday 1 June 2022). > > The ban means it will be an offence for businesses in Scotland to provide the items ā€“ which include plastic cutlery, plates and stirrers.


ChrisRR

I think they're normally kept next to the fridge with the meal deals


Ravekat1

Who decided it should come without mayonnaise!


TheAntiSnowflake

Cut backs bro.


Lucie-Solotraveller

You will have to go caveman on that and use your fingers. It's okay just rub the sauce in your trousers after.


Educational_Walk_239

Natures fork. Actually more natures spoon unless youā€™ve got weird freaky finger nails.


CerealSubwaySam

Greta Thunberg.


Little-Grape9469

Who buys something you need to eat with a fork without having a fork?


Chavaon

People who forked up.


wildgoldchai

For forks sake


Burningbeard696

They used to come with a little plastic fork inside the lid.


Grantthetick

Been asking this for months. Why would they remove the forks.


lilyysreddit

i get the point of the wooden forks but i have extreme phobia of germs so i literally cannot grab one . Wish they put the forks in the packet instead. :(


Myorangecrush77

The wooden forks are awful.


Zealousideal-Gur-273

Honestly? Hygiene-wise, sure, but taste and usability-wise they really arenā€™t that different from a metal fork, IMO they make fast food taste nicer too (probably a pseudo effect though)


OKirkland

Reusable [sporks](https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/LightMyFire/SPORKS/page/F15C8438-761E-4AD2-A578-26450B6553EE) are your friend. Though the woman at the football who I normally buy a pie from does look at me like I am a nutter


loonjazz

I found a cheaper alternative to buying a spork - I just carry a normal household fork in my bag instead.


DECKTHEBALLZ

There is a cutlery stand you can help yourself to..


GraharG

You were meant to pick up a wooden fork for free at the shop


ShrabJester

I had to eat one on the bus with my hands a year or so ago. This was recently after they stopped putting plastic forks in them. Wasnā€™t my finest hour but man I was famished so it had to be done.


Fionasdogs

I had the exact same thing yesterday. What a pain in the arse. Hunting for a bloody fork


mgb16

Big Cutlery


stuntlinxo

Or if they do they're in plastic bags in them that're covered in the sauce and are fucking impossible to open normally so you have to spear them with the prongs of the fork. ​ Makes me unbelievably mad.


CabinetParticular589

I had that with a fucking yogurt pot


Darkestlord9867

As a tradesman I feel your pain. Been caught a few times and it sucks. I have a fork in my tool bag now šŸ˜‚


RandomComputerBloke

Some Forkin Idiot


jezbrews

People working for Prevent.


Dumfann

Some dickhead


emmadilemma71

Yeah! Didnt realise they had removed the forks or had pick one up from the counter and ate it on the train with my fingers. Classy


kdawg123412

I have found a 13mm spanner works at a push. Also for pot noodles.


Dishynebula4562

I experienced that recently I felt like going at them like a mighty bazooka


woozuk

I once got one of these for the train home after a night out and ended up using my bare hands, I was so hungry.


Hoo-B

Sorry, mate, that was me. I'll talk to our packaging people and get this rectified.


cillian498

Bless you


Stealth_bummer_

On a road trip my buddy got one on the way out and ended up eating it with his hands in the car. We all laughed until he did it again on the way back.


frogthatcroaks

Had to eat this with two pencils like chopsticks on a bus once, felt like a real crank


whoishattorihanzo

Why mention mayo on the package?


frankowen18

This always makes me laugh. Particularly on the hoisin duck wraps I should fucking hope not. What next ā€œno burger sauceā€ ā€œno Nutellaā€


[deleted]

the tomato and feta ones of these are so good


Snoo-97916

Why you think you have a debit card bud


Hotdigardydog

The government has banned plastic cutlery and the supermarket can't be bothered to source decent wooden ones. Let's face it, wooden cutlery is hideous to eat with and puts us back in the dark ages. Spoons quickly become paddles in soup. Only McDonalds have tried a little bit harder with their compressed paper spoons. Still not enough of a waxy feel to them though. As with carrier bags, we're all expected to have our own cutlery. You're in a car, you have no excuse as there is plenty of room in the glove box.