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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: steve dave on February 24, 2012, 01:46:43 PM
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I'm kind of an efficiency freak. I don't plan to be, I just am. For example, I will do the absolute minimum amount of actions to get from my vehicle into the house and get aggravated if I realize I didn't do it the best way and wasted time. Like, say I have some bags and need to get the mail and I need to get the garbage can from the bottom of the driveway. These are all very easy tasks but it pisses me off if I waste more than the minimum amount of time to do them. I will drive by the mailbox and get the mail and put it in my bag, pull into the garage take out my bags and set them down and then unlock the door to the house opening it (so I don't have to put the bags down to do that on my way into the house) then go get the garbage can and set it in the garage, pick up my bags and head into the house via the open door. My wife will do the same thing and take three times as long and have to get back into the car and put down her bags and then make an extra trip to the base of the driveway and then go get the mail after all this is done. I will put away dishes in the same kind of way. I will make the minimum amount of trips from the dishwasher to the cabinets and I have a set order I put things away. I'm like this at work too. I will do one process for every single client at the same time so I don't have to go back into a system each time. People I work with never have anything done and I'm always doing their crap for them when they come to deadlines because they are ridiculously inefficient. I try to explain ways to streamline processes to my wife, coworkers, etc. but they all just look at me like I'm a weirdo. I may be a bit autistic. Not sure.
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I'm kind of an efficiency freak. I don't plan to be, I just am. For example, I will do the absolute minimum amount of actions to get from my vehicle into the house and get aggravated if I realize I didn't do it the best way and wasted time. Like, say I have some bags and need to get the mail and I need to get the garbage can from the bottom of the driveway. These are all very easy tasks but it pisses me off if I waste more than the minimum amount of time to do them. I will drive by the mailbox and get the mail and put it in my bag, pull into the garage take out my bags and set them down and then unlock the door to the house opening it (so I don't have to put the bags down to do that on my way into the house) then go get the garbage can and set it in the garage, pick up my bags and head into the house via the open door. My wife will do the same thing and take three times as long and have to get back into the car and put down her bags and then make an extra trip to the base of the driveway and then go get the mail after all this is done. I will put away dishes in the same kind of way. I will make the minimum amount of trips from the dishwasher to the cabinets and I have a set order I put things away. I'm like this at work too. I will do one process for every single client at the same time so I don't have to go back into a system each time. People I work with never have anything done and I'm always doing their crap for them when they come to deadlines because they are ridiculously inefficient. I try to explain ways to streamline processes to my wife, coworkers, etc. but they all just look at me like I'm a weirdo. I may be a bit autistic. Not sure.
You could be a robot. Do you think you might be a robot?
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can a robot love?
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I majored in efficiency (no joke). I can come take a look at some of your processes and offer some suggestions for improvements if you want?
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I majored in efficiency (no joke). I can come take a look at some of your processes and offer some suggestions for improvements if you want?
Coming to take a look at my processes should give you about 15 credit hours towards your master in efficiency.
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I do the same thing when putting the dishes away. Sometimes my wife trys to help and I find myself clenching my jaw so tight that my ears ring.
Maybe I should see some one?
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I'm kind of an efficiency freak. I don't plan to be, I just am. For example, I will do the absolute minimum amount of actions to get from my vehicle into the house and get aggravated if I realize I didn't do it the best way and wasted time. Like, say I have some bags and need to get the mail and I need to get the garbage can from the bottom of the driveway. These are all very easy tasks but it pisses me off if I waste more than the minimum amount of time to do them. I will drive by the mailbox and get the mail and put it in my bag, pull into the garage take out my bags and set them down and then unlock the door to the house opening it (so I don't have to put the bags down to do that on my way into the house) then go get the garbage can and set it in the garage, pick up my bags and head into the house via the open door. My wife will do the same thing and take three times as long and have to get back into the car and put down her bags and then make an extra trip to the base of the driveway and then go get the mail after all this is done. I will put away dishes in the same kind of way. I will make the minimum amount of trips from the dishwasher to the cabinets and I have a set order I put things away. I'm like this at work too. I will do one process for every single client at the same time so I don't have to go back into a system each time. People I work with never have anything done and I'm always doing their crap for them when they come to deadlines because they are ridiculously inefficient. I try to explain ways to streamline processes to my wife, coworkers, etc. but they all just look at me like I'm a weirdo. I may be a bit autistic. Not sure.
I'm with you. I just rearranged my Android home screen to be more efficient. I now have fewer swipes, and my thumb travels less even when not swiping.
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:thumbs:
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You know what's the worst? Getting stuck in a situation where you have to wait for inefficient people.
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When I walk through the city to/from work, I plan my route around specific traffic lights that are especially long 2 parks to cut through a block. I am constantly thinking about how I can get to work without having to stop moving at all. It changes a bit every day, depending on the long lights I mentioned.
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Maybe if you put some line breaks in that wall of text I could read it more efficiently.
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Sounds like you guys waste a lot of time thinking about how to be more efficient.
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Sounds like you guys waste a lot of time thinking about how to be more efficient.
When you are super-efficient, you have a lot of extra time saved to come up with new ways to be even more efficient.
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Sounds like you guys waste a lot of time thinking about how to be more efficient.
The thing is, I don't plan to think about efficiency. I just do it automatically. I am only aware of it when I notice myself getting aggrevated at coworkers/wife/etc.
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Sounds like you guys waste a lot of time thinking about how to be more efficient.
did you see the part where I was thinking about efficiency while walking? TWO THINGS AT ONCE. EFFICIENCY. BOOM!
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steve dave
2.43 tasks per possession
23.6% mail percentage
46.8% bag percentage
56.7% door unlocking rate
Sounds pretty good.
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The OP seems pretty inefficient. I mean, if that was by half the posters on this site, it would have been a DNR.
Also, yeah, I automatically do things as efficient as possible. Hate people who dawdle, don't care, or even worse, are too stupid to even understand processes that lead to the efficiency.
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Super efficient with 23541 posts on goEMAW.com :rolleyes:
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Super efficient with 23541 posts on goEMAW.com :rolleyes:
Recent unread topics -> new posts button
LOL @ thinking you could amass that many posts without being efficient. :lol:
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With you 100% on this SD. I'm constantly tying to do things in the least amount of steps or I will have two or three things in motion at the same time. It's all about being fluid and always having forward motion. Annoys the crap out of me if I have to retrace steps cause I forgot something. I won't even go to the grocery store without a list and that list is always structured so that I can start at end farthest from the checkout lines and end up close to them so I don't have to walk back across the store. My girlfriend drives me insane with her innefficiency. I may be a little OCD.
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I will put away dishes in the same kind of way. I will make the minimum amount of trips from the dishwasher to the cabinets and I have a set order I put things away.
The most efficient way to put the dishes away is to leave them in the dishwasher until your wife puts them away. That's what Gooch believes anyway.
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YEAH, WHEN YOU HAVE DEADLY PNEUMONIA.
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Super efficient with 23541 posts on goEMAW.com :rolleyes:
I don't think you know what the word efficient means....
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Sounds like you guys waste a lot of time thinking about how to be more efficient.
The thing is, I don't plan to think about efficiency. I just do it automatically. I am only aware of it when I notice myself getting aggrevated at coworkers/wife/etc.
i'm this person. steven speilberg should film a movie about me and my efficiency. it's hilarious. i'm like zen guru of being efficient. it's also what i do for a job. it's also hilarious how inefficient women are.
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Super efficient with 23541 posts on goEMAW.com :rolleyes:
I don't think you know what the word efficient means....
I understand it, obviously you are an efficient poster, it's just an interesting way to spend all of that extra time you have.
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Super efficient with 23541 posts on goEMAW.com :rolleyes:
I don't think you know what the word efficient means....
I understand it, obviously you are an efficient poster, it's just an interesting way to spend all of that extra time you have.
ok. doesn't have anything to do with efficiency though. :dunno:
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Yeah, my original comment was not really about efficiency. Probably should have quoted the post and put it in a new (more topic appropriate) thread. I'll do better next time.
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I hear you, Steven David. I find myself frequently doing this with dinner because it can be a longer process. I try to start things at a precise time, that way everything is done cooking at the same time. Pisses me off if something still has a few minutes left to cook while something else is getting cold. Also, I like to watch a couple NBC shows online, and I'll get that show going before I sit down to eat that way I don't have to watch the intro advertisement.
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Look, guys, efficient isn't always OCD. there is a diff btwn efficient and Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)
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Yeah, like you need to be efficient when stacking hay bales in the barn.
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Sounds like you guys waste a lot of time thinking about how to be more efficient.
The thing is, I don't plan to think about efficiency. I just do it automatically. I am only aware of it when I notice myself getting aggrevated at coworkers/wife/etc.
i'm this person. steven speilberg should film a movie about me and my efficiency. it's hilarious. i'm like zen guru of being efficient. it's also what i do for a job. it's also hilarious how inefficient women are.
this. i rarely get agitated by men, but women, especially those over 40, are maddening.
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My wife gets mad at me when I tell her that I'll take care of it next time I need a drink or have to go to the bathroom.
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realized today after work that when i drop mail off in the dropbox thing at the post office, i like to set it up so i don't actually stop - just roll on through it and casually drop the mail in.
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i know you don't plan, sd, but these might be questions to ponder in the whole efficiency game.
the hardest and most aggravating thing about trying to be efficient is how easy it is for other people to eff up your efficient plans. how do you plan for the randomness of other peoples indifference, sloth, and stupidity? do you allow for that randomness or can you remove those factors from the equation? i think most of the time i'll just try to remove the randomness from the equation so if i have made plans then there's less of a chance of interference.
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i know you don't plan, sd, but these might be questions to ponder in the whole efficiency game.
the hardest and most aggravating thing about trying to be efficient is how easy it is for other people to eff up your efficient plans. how do you plan for the randomness of other peoples indifference, sloth, and stupidity? do you allow for that randomness or can you remove those factors from the equation? i think most of the time i'll just try to remove the randomness from the equation so if i have made plans then there's less of a chance of interference.
I usually tell them what I need super early in the process so they have time to slowly reach the goal I set for them. If I don't have time for them to get there at their super inefficient pace I just do it myself. If I can't do it myself and I can't give them time I yell at them.
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oh man, i plan my days out in advance to be efficient. Like on Saturdays, we normally do grocery shopping, etc. I make sure that we go to the store that is the farthest from our house and work our way back. If it were up to my wife, we'd bounce all around town and waste valuable sunlight driving back and forth.
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oh man, i plan my days out in advance to be efficient. Like on Saturdays, we normally do grocery shopping, etc. I make sure that we go to the store that is the farthest from our house and work our way back. If it were up to my wife, we'd bounce all around town and waste valuable sunlight driving back and forth.
efficiency protip > split up (not your marriage, your chore driving)
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oh man, i plan my days out in advance to be efficient. Like on Saturdays, we normally do grocery shopping, etc. I make sure that we go to the store that is the farthest from our house and work our way back. If it were up to my wife, we'd bounce all around town and waste valuable sunlight driving back and forth.
efficiency protip > split up (not your marriage, your chore driving)
would be most efficient if she just stayed home, imo.
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oh man, i plan my days out in advance to be efficient. Like on Saturdays, we normally do grocery shopping, etc. I make sure that we go to the store that is the farthest from our house and work our way back. If it were up to my wife, we'd bounce all around town and waste valuable sunlight driving back and forth.
efficiency protip > split up (not your marriage, your chore driving)
wish me luck with that :frown:
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I take the train home every day, and the trains are usually 8-10 cars long with 2 doors per car. I plan both directions so the door I enter will be right outside the escalator at my destination station and I don't have to wait on the lazy bastards that are dumb enough to STAND on the escalator.
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I take the train home every day, and the trains are usually 8-10 cars long with 2 doors per car. I plan both directions so the door I enter will be right outside the escalator at my destination station and I don't have to wait on the lazy bastards that are dumb enough to STAND on the escalator.
I do the same thing at airports with the trams. It's a total crapshoot when you are at an aiport for the first time and you don't know what the set up is. nerve wracking.
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I take the train home every day, and the trains are usually 8-10 cars long with 2 doors per car. I plan both directions so the door I enter will be right outside the escalator at my destination station and I don't have to wait on the lazy bastards that are dumb enough to STAND on the escalator.
Is it not custom to yell "stand on the right!" in that scenario there?
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I take the train home every day, and the trains are usually 8-10 cars long with 2 doors per car. I plan both directions so the door I enter will be right outside the escalator at my destination station and I don't have to wait on the lazy bastards that are dumb enough to STAND on the escalator.
Is it not custom to yell "stand on the right!" in that scenario there?
Not really - usually people do the body language equivalent of rolling their eyes and people figure it out. And really, most people stand to the right. But sometimes there is a little delay when people funnel into the escalator. And some people stand a little wide or have bikes or something that slows you down.
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I take the train home every day, and the trains are usually 8-10 cars long with 2 doors per car. I plan both directions so the door I enter will be right outside the escalator at my destination station and I don't have to wait on the lazy bastards that are dumb enough to STAND on the escalator.
Is it not custom to yell "stand on the right!" in that scenario there?
Not really - usually people do the body language equivalent of rolling their eyes and people figure it out. And really, most people stand to the right. But sometimes there is a little delay when people funnel into the escalator. And some people stand a little wide or have bikes or something that slows you down.
I usually only yell if I can tell they're not tourists. The cherry blossom festival is the worst. The entire smithsonian area is just fat families standing around all over the rough ridin' escalators, breathing heavily and smelling of hot dogs.
Also:
Don't Cut Corners
This pertains to pairs of escalators moving in opposite directions.
Second in idiocy to stoppers are corner-cutters. These are people who, when wanting to enter or exit, make a 90-degree turn and cut across the entrance or exit of the other escalator.
Instead of taking a few steps and making a button-hook to head the other way — thereby clearing a path for others wishing to use the escalator — these selfish twits disregard good manners.
If you do this, I urge you to change your errant ways before someone snaps and bludgeons you with the first solid object within reach.
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I take the train home every day, and the trains are usually 8-10 cars long with 2 doors per car. I plan both directions so the door I enter will be right outside the escalator at my destination station and I don't have to wait on the lazy bastards that are dumb enough to STAND on the escalator.
Is it not custom to yell "stand on the right!" in that scenario there?
Not really - usually people do the body language equivalent of rolling their eyes and people figure it out. And really, most people stand to the right. But sometimes there is a little delay when people funnel into the escalator. And some people stand a little wide or have bikes or something that slows you down.
I usually only yell if I can tell they're not tourists. The cherry blossom festival is the worst. The entire smithsonian area is just fat families standing around all over the rough ridin' escalators, breathing heavily and smelling of hot dogs.
Also:
Don't Cut Corners
This pertains to pairs of escalators moving in opposite directions.
Second in idiocy to stoppers are corner-cutters. These are people who, when wanting to enter or exit, make a 90-degree turn and cut across the entrance or exit of the other escalator.
Instead of taking a few steps and making a button-hook to head the other way — thereby clearing a path for others wishing to use the escalator — these selfish twits disregard good manners.
If you do this, I urge you to change your errant ways before someone snaps and bludgeons you with the first solid object within reach.
eff that guy and eff mean townies
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eff that guy and eff mean townies
felix won't yell at tourists, just have disdain for them. I still think tourists are cute and LOL @ townies who hate all tourists and everywhere tourists go.
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eff that guy and eff mean townies
felix won't yell at tourists, just have disdain for them. I still think tourists are cute and LOL @ townies who hate all tourists and everywhere tourists go.
yes, very awful people
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eff that guy and eff mean townies
felix won't yell at tourists, just have disdain for them. I still think tourists are cute and LOL @ townies who hate all tourists and everywhere tourists go.
No more disdain than I have for the lady who insists on writing a check at the grocery store but doesn't start digging around in her purse for the checkbook until all her groceries are rung up. Or coworkers who are really slow and screw up my timeline. Or the dumbass who wrecks his car into the divider on the beltway and adds an hour to my morning commute.
Do you know how long it takes to get to the top of this thing with everybody just standing around? I understand you're resting your enormous calves for the grueling trek to Ford's Theater later, but some of us have actual meetings to get to.
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Hyper-efficiency could be construed as being, what used to be referred to as, anal retentive. It seems to me that for this to have been an efficient thread, it should have been locked down after his opening post. Wouldn't have to waste valuable time replying to drivel. imo
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Hyper-efficiency could be construed as being, what used to be referred to as, anal retentive. It seems to me that for this to have been an efficient thread, it should have been locked down after his opening post. Wouldn't have to waste valuable time replying to drivel. imo
But the thing is if I'm with someone I don't worry about things like the absolute shortest distance between two points. It's just something to do with my time. now get on the right, loser.
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Hyper-efficiency could be construed as being, what used to be referred to as, anal retentive. It seems to me that for this to have been an efficient thread, it should have been locked down after his opening post. Wouldn't have to waste valuable time replying to drivel. imo
But the thing is if I'm with someone I don't worry about things like the absolute shortest distance between two points. It's just something to do with my time. now get on the right, loser.
Lollersnort
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http://lifehacker.com/5895172/get-up-dressed-for-work-and-eat-breakfast-in-5-minutes-+-the-japanese-tv-show-way
WILL TRY
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http://lifehacker.com/5895172/get-up-dressed-for-work-and-eat-breakfast-in-5-minutes-+-the-japanese-tv-show-way
WILL TRY
damn, i already do most of those things. disappointed i can't shave a few more seconds off of my morning routine. oh well.
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Super efficient with 23541 posts on goEMAW.com :rolleyes:
Recent unread topics -> new posts button
LOL @ thinking you could amass that many posts without being efficient. :lol:
This post, and my subsequent use of it, led me to read and get tempted into posting in the D-K dome and reduced my enjoyment of life. eff you michigancat. At least I'm more efficient now. :rolleyes:
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When I'm really feeling efficient, I flush the toilet about 10 seconds before I'm done peeing, knowing it takes about that long to flush.
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When I'm really feeling efficient, I flush the toilet about 10 seconds before I'm done peeing, knowing it takes about that long to flush.
YELLOW LET IT MELLOW
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my computer lately has been lagging and it is throwing me off.. terrible feeling
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http://gizmodo.com/5995497/how-long-should-you-spend-on-making-tasks-more-efficient
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http://gizmodo.com/5995497/how-long-should-you-spend-on-making-tasks-more-efficient
I think that for truly efficient people (life myself, obviously) that chart is somehow imbedded in our dna. like I inherently know how much time I should spend trying to be more efficient in any one task and my subconscious keeps track of how much time I've already spent. I'm not saying I never eff up. I always know when I've spent too much time on trying to improve my efficiency and that I'm just essentially being really inefficient at that point and then it really pisses me off.
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There are times when being purposely inefficent is the best course of action.
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There are times when being purposely inefficent is the best course of action.
Dilbert?
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There are times when being purposely inefficent is the best course of action.
if being purposely inefficient is the best course of action and you are, in fact, being inefficient then you are actually be pretty efficient. boom I just blew your mind you're welcome.
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I majored in efficiency (no joke). I can come take a look at some of your processes and offer some suggestions for improvements if you want?
Just realized raquetcat and I probably had the same major and might know each other.
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http://lifehacker.com/5895172/get-up-dressed-for-work-and-eat-breakfast-in-5-minutes-+-the-japanese-tv-show-way
WILL TRY
I just love that the audience appears to think everything this young gentleman is doing is the greatest thing they have ever seen. Almost to the point of fainting great.
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This is where they yell at you for not understanding that it's a PODCAST that you can PAUSE and listen to at DIFFERENT TIMES. It's a recurring theme.
The ipad is great in that you can play these things at 1.5x - 2x speed with almost no decrease in pitch or quality of audio. Still pretty awful. Y-W.
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I've discovered that the chai tea in my office's coffee machine gives me superior focus and allows me to operate at an increased efficiency.
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I've discovered that the chai tea in my office's coffee machine gives me superior focus and allows me to operate at an increased efficiency.
Someone in your office is hiding adderal in with your office's chai tea storage area.
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I've discovered that the chai tea in my office's coffee machine gives me superior focus and allows me to operate at an increased efficiency.
Someone in your office is hiding adderal in with your office's chai tea storage area.
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I have a great new efficiency tip:
When folding laundry, I do it right next to my dresser where most of my clothes go. I open the top drawer half way, and the second drawer all the way. Then I fold my laundry and immediately place it in its appropriate location. Saves time but more importantly, I feel smart doing it and don't have piles of clothes all over the place.
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Stop parking in the garage. Relax on the hail damage, little collateral for efficiency. Along that thought, stop hiding your trash cans (everyone has one, and they poop, and they use tp).
Go straight home after work. You will really cut down on bags if you make all them errands a whole another trip you probably didn't actually need. Stop having your liquor put into paper bags. Carry them out proudly, and put it in the same bag you use for mail.
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Don't eat on days I drink #effciencybosslevel
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And efficient Trogdor is a happy Trogdor. I seriously rage if I think of another way to do it
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I've discovered that the chai tea in my office's coffee machine gives me superior focus and allows me to operate at an increased efficiency.
Someone in your office is hiding adderal in with your office's chai tea storage area.
Adderall makes you about the exact opposite of efficient.
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My last girlfriend had like some sort of OCD I think, she had very "thinky" type job and was always really busy... even after we broke up I think some of it rubbed off on me and it's really annoying. I think over-thinking things is like the opposite of efficiency.
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I majored in efficiency (no joke). I can come take a look at some of your processes and offer some suggestions for improvements if you want?
Were you born online?
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My last girlfriend had like some sort of OCD I think, she had very "thinky" type job and was always really busy... even after we broke up I think some of it rubbed off on me and it's really annoying. I think over-thinking things is like the opposite of efficiency.
Well, OCD probably doesn't make someone very efficient.