Why is the cork on the fork?

The other night (who am I kidding, it was WEEKS ago; we’ve got kids…) we went out to dinner, and the maitre’d was wearing an eye patch. Now, do those things come in any color other than black? Anyway, it left us with questions, you know? Why? Why eye patch?

I don’t know, if it were me, I would have had a little fun with it. I would have seated guests and said, “Enjoy your meal, me hearties!”