Most of the time, you walk through a buffet (or other such collection of food) and you find separate serving utensils for various types of the same thing – Like when there are separate Meat and Vegetarian versions of a main dish, as an example.
If it’s a self-serve situation, I’ve resigned myself to expect the oblivious, lazy public to use whichever utensil is free to grab whatever food stuffs they desire, then place said utensil down any ol’ place they want. It bugs me, and causes me to sigh and roll my eyes, but what can you do.
What really *pisses* me off, however, is when the Wait, or Catering, Staff do this very same thing!! Why even bother putting out, what gives the appearance of, separate utensils when even YOUR sorry asses are too inconsiderate to respect their separateness?!
I’m not a vegetarian, but I don’t eat pork for religious reasons, so when the food is some generic “Meat” substance, I opt for the vegetarian version. But why should I even bother, when you careless catering fucktards don’t seem to want to respect the illusion of the choice?