Nope, my spoons and forks get tossed into their compartments, no spooning and no fork-spooning.

Mine are not spooned...just thankful when they are back in the drawer!

Mine are tossed into the drawer.

Oh, mine are definitely spooned! It bugs me when hubby puts the larger spoon on top of the small ones, then they don't stack nice. I'd like him to put it on the bottom of the stack.

LOL I was reading this thread to hubby and he said that he noticed the larger spoons but didn't realize that it was just one or 2 that was the odd-ball, he thought they were different spoons in general. He said that he'll definitely put it on the bottom where it belongs!

There is something so satisfying to have the spoons all nestled in their cubby all matched up tummy to tummy....same with forks. Knives are a bit more jostled looking, as they overflow over the top of their cubby.

Spoons and forks spooned and stacked neatly. I do wish the knives would stack as neatly.

All the spoons and forks are nested into their appropriate slots, according to size (purpose). Table knives are more disorderly...the handles are too big for nesting side to side.

I've admonished Robert about it, too, Jim. If the spoons and forks aren't nestled, they all won't fit in one slot!

Just spooned mine! Also stacked the forks and serving spoons

Spooned. Both forks and spoons fit better that way in their slots.

If I don't spoon and stack and nest, there isn't enough room for all of my kitchen stuff, flatware included.

Mmmm - I must have really big slots and I do have separate ones for my big and small spoons and big and small forks.

Stacker and spooner here. Salad forks and dinner forks need to stay in their separate slots. I just move them to the desired slot next time I open the drawer. Not worth discussing it again. Appreciate DH helping.

Spoon and stack. Separate slot for soup spoons, dinner spoons, salad forks, dinner forks, butter knives and servingware. I also have 3 different sets of silverware, each has its own drawer in a different area of the kitchen.

I have wooden compartments so large that spooning causes them to fall over so we just put them in all in one direction and call it a day.

Spoon and stack; it looks too sloppy, otherwise, for me, anyway.

When we used those Rubbermaid flatware trays, there really wasn't much room NOT to neatly stack -- otherwise, forks/spoons became a tangled mess and spilled over into the other compartment. Now that we have custom drawer dividers (DIY, so we made the slots wider), we toss the flatware in willy-nilly -- how freeing, after decades of slate blue, molded-plastic imposed discipline! :)

No. I removed the organizer and just throw everything in the drawer. I'm not the maid. If no one else wants to put that stuff away, then they can deal.

Spoons and forks spoon, except in the dishwasher where they are not allowed to be that friendly with each other.

Well I start them off spooned but they end up all messed up. Such is life!

Mine don't nest at all.

Having written that, I realized that my other flatware does. The "company" (cheap dreck) are in chests and spooned spoons and forks are stacked with dividers. The "outside" set that my mother got for Betty Crocker points (back when you didn't have to give money), are mostly spoony spoons and forks, in small stacks, but in a utensil organizer, without clasping dividers.

The stuff I use most, however, are a couple dozen with acrylic handles and there's no spooning around in the kitchen!

Our teaspoons and soup/cereal spoons 'spoon' because there's not enough room for them not to do so. The forks tend to stack, but I don't care. I'm grateful the DH *always* empties the dishwasher in the evenings. He puts everything away and sets out what we'll use for breakfast the next morning.

I tried several times to spoon the spoons and nest the forks, but they wanted none of it. My custom drawer insets are wider, so nothing stays in place. I miss the my old cheap Tupperware trays that kept everything tidy.

I'm a tosser, not a spooner or a nester. They have their own compartments but other than that, not orderly. I don't leave my flatware drawers open, nobody knows.

Shaken, not stirred

I mean they are tossed, not spooned.

Tossed in the drawer in their specific compartments and they kind of spoon on their own.

Spooned .....all 12 spoons, forks & knives, except for the ice tea spoons...tossed!

I have 2 drawers, and one silverware case. In one drawer, is a wooden set of dividers. No, I do not spoon anything in it. They do all go one direction. The other drawer has a set of plastic dividers (called a sliverware tray, maybe) and nothing spooned in that one either, just all going the right direction. The silverware tray for the better set, yes, they are all spooned or forked whichever, in their slots. I have 2 slots for large forks, 2 for salad forks, and 2 for teaspoons, and 1 for the larger spoons. For any serving spoons, there are slots in front of the row of forks and spoons. All knives for this set, go into slots on the inside of the top of the case.

In my drawer that flatware is spooning and "forking"

Hi there, Jim,

wasn't sure when I read the title whether you meant what you said.

As for dealing with the issue at hand: simple solution ...

... leave 'em all in the stand-up drying pocket in the drainer until next they're needed.

o j