+Robin Williams Rather counter intuitively this is not the case. 5 holes will spill salt onto the food... too much. So it has one hole. One hole will result in pepper which is finer simply dropping to the bottom with very little falling through the hole. The air cannot permeated the body of pepper, its much too fine, so there is no pressure to allow it to fall through the single hole. To get around this pepper shakers have more holes. You can check this... most people today do not use these items though, but lots of us have them. However sometimes pepper in the shaker is ground in a machine in the restaurant meaning it will be more coarse and oddly shaped, and larger in granulation than the salt.... in which case it should not be in a shaker at all, but supplied in a grinder. Ergo pepper shakers 5 holes and salt one hole. However almost nobody knows this in the 21st century. So we always check. The more expensive the restaurant the more accurate this will be. The whole thing has fallen out of prevalence. Its now 2016, not 1916 or 1816, so it doesn't matter. For the same reason leaving a sign that says 'wet paint' will results in lots of finger marks. Not leaving such a sign results in lots of clothing marks. It will also result in higher sales of clothing locally. Simple thing, complex result.

+Goddess Solaria Also sounds legit. Thanks for the insight :)

+Robin Williams Good thing I wouldn't use either.