Efficiency

[steve dave]

Super efficient with 23541 posts on goEMAW.com

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.

[8manpick]

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.

[BleedingPurple7]

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.

[CNS]

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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[Bloodfart]

Yeah, like you need to be efficient when stacking hay bales in the barn.

[star seed 7]

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.

[Cire]

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.

[Tobias]

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.

[mcmwcat]

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.

[steve dave]

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. 

[OK_Cat]

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.

[steve dave]

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)

[OK_Cat]

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.

[mcmwcat]

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 

[michigancat]

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.

[steve dave]

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. 

[felix rex]

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?

[michigancat]

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.

[felix rex]

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.

[steve dave]

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

[michigancat]

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.

[steve dave]

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

[felix rex]

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.

[TBL]

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

[michigancat]

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.