Tongs

For those of you who don't know what these are, they're a pointless piece of bent metal that many people use to pick food up without touching them. Due to fear of getting into trouble for not using them, I've decided to write an argument against them. (I expect counter-arguments or agreement in any comments I read on this post. Others will be deleted.)

Example:

Like scisors and glasses, it is a one-object plural. Sure a pair of pants has two legs, yet its one item. Same with tongs.

As for practical reasons, everyone touches the tongs. Besides on barbecues or other cooking places (which I don't mind tongs being used for, as hands might burn without them), tongs are used so that we don't touch more food than we want on our plate. However, we touch the same tongs that a sick person might have used. Rather than only touching what we want on our plate, that which only we have touched, we instead touch something touched by others.

In addition, using a pair of tongs minimizes dexterity. If a person's hands are not steady, using tongs will make it worse. I would rather use my own fork or spoon to make sure that I only touch what I want.

Thank you for reading.