[AdmiralAsshat]

So, to use an analogy:

"Yeah, we broke into your house and rummaged through your stuff, but it's okay, we were only there to count how many spoons you had.

Yes, I know, we could've asked you before we broke into your house, but we tried that before, and for some reasons we had no takers. And it was really important to our researchers that we get a good idea about the number of spoons!"

[hsod]

Or how about if the spoon company paid your cable guy to count how many spoons you have while he was in your house.