Sunday, October 02, 2005

Mastering Inefficiency

When you have to work for 8 hours with tasks that could be done in maximum 4 hours (on a good day) you need to learn how to be inefficient.

It is the higher "authority" that dictates these longer than necessary hours, and being a slave to the wage, you gotta do what big brother wants you to do.
So the first while, you finish your work in 4 hours, then spend the rest of the time bored to tears, bumming around or checking random blogs of people who you don't even know.
Then you learn to master inefficiency.
You can actually do the work in the 8 hours, by doing one zillion things at a time. So you are constantly working, but at the same time blogging, checking your email, chatting with colleagues etc.

Even though it's the same thing - but it gives you the fake feeling that you are at work 8 hours a day because you need to and not because big brother wants you to.

2 comments:

Jennifer said...

WHY don't you do AIESEC in that time :) I am sure there is some country that needs opening that could use your inefficent help :)

Shireen said...

After working for almost 1 year, I now have become a master on how to be inefficient... You know at first I use to only click on refresh button waiting for anyone to send me e-mails... and for the first time I enjoy reading spasm :)
Unfortunately I can’t chat while I’m at work, so the only thing I do is talk on the phone  which is good too…. Try it