comment: >
  
  Plastic spork manufacturers are rejoicing
context: “Under the new rules, any restaurant with more than 20 seats – including work canteens, bakery chains, fast-food and sushi outlets – will have to provide reusable, washable cups, plates, dishes and cutlery for customers eating in.”
  Post COVID I rarely see people dinning in at fast food restaurants.  I assume the quickest way to become compliant in most locations is to reduce the number of seats to 20. >
  
  I still really don't get how this works for sushi joints.
  I don't think I've ever been to one that had reusable chopsticks, even upscale ones. >
  
  Metal chopsticks in restaurants were very common when I traveled to Asia. I assume restaurants elsewhere in the world rarely bother because it's more work. Given that most people suck at using chopsticks and stick to forks or fingers anyway, they probably figure its not worth the hassle >
  
  I live in Japan I have never once seen a restaurant have reusable chopsticks >
  
  What? I just moved from Japan and saw them all the time. Wasn't a majority but they were there. Not metal though unless you're at a Korean restaurant. >
  
  Where? Literally EVERY single restaurant I've been too provides you with wooden chopsticks >
  
  Loads of small restaurants use them in Japan. There is a Taiwanese place near me that uses them. Chains usually use reusable ones but mom and pop shops tend to have single use ones.  At least in my countryside town >
  
  I really only go to the small ones, but even places like Hama Sushi has one use.