The silver spoon

This happened to 2 of my friends while onsite.
The names have been changed for purely security reasons!!!

Venue: Pennymarkt,Hildesheim,Germany
Cast: Tuttu and Kuttu and a spoon.

One day Tuttu and Kuttu went for shopping, the normal stuff-groceries and stuff for the coming week.As usual after the shopping and billing, tuttu was packing the day's loot in her bag and kuttu was helping her with the same.It is then that the protagonist of our story, the 'silver' spoon, leaped out of tuttu's bag and safely secured it's place somewhere between the trash cans.

Action!

The hunt begins!!

Tuttu and Kuttu started the search for the spoon.My God!If the house owner finds out that a spoon is missing!!Tuttu needed no more encouragement than that.After frantically scanning the area, finally it was spotted.But there it lay under the trash cans, beyond either of their reach!
'Chechi, get it with that rod at the counter'Kuttu suggested.
Even before tuttu could take a look at 'the rod at the counter' ,kuttu had taken the 'Next customer please !'divider, a cuboidal object which could help in the situation,from the billing counter and started her excavations.
Distracted by all this the cashier stopped the billing and volunteered to help.Our friends tried explaining the situation. Not understanding a single word, the cashier queried amongst her customers for someone who knew English.
A gentleman in the queue shot his hand up.But unfortunately neither could he make out their tale of the missing spoon.But every one present were assured that these ladies had lost something precious.
The whole shop now joined in the hunt for the missing prize .
After a few minutes of hard work and a shower in dust, the cashier lady was able to move the trash cans and all the adjoining stuff.And still nothing precious came into view .
'The tissue paper'tuttu said..
What!!We had done all this for a tissue paper.
Tuttu read the expression on the onlooker's and most importantly on the cashier's face.
'Its under the tissue paper'Tuttu put in, before their expressions transformed into exasperation .

But on seeing the treasure under the tissue, I don't think their expressions would have changed much!!!
If only someone could understand English or atleast our friends knew the german word for spoon!!!