How lazy are some people getting when..?

[Warped9]

How lazy are some people getting...

When reading a paragraph or two or at most a page is considered too much?

Or taking a two or three minute walk across the street for a coffee is considered too far?

I've actually seen this and other things happen numerous times.

Any other examples?

 

[Kelso]

I didn't finish reading your post. It was a bit long.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

my son has to set his alarm to wake him up for 1pm

 

[Canadave]

my son has to set his alarm to wake him up for 1pm

Laziness and abnormal sleep cycles aren't the same thing. I'm not really an overly lazy person, but my natural sleep cycle generally has me fall asleep around 3 or 4 AM and wake up between 12 and 1. Doesn't make me lazy, it's just how my body works if I don't force it to adapt to another schedule.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

my son has to set his alarm to wake him up for 1pm

Laziness and abnormal sleep cycles aren't the same thing. I'm not really an overly lazy person, but my natural sleep cycle generally has me fall asleep around 3 or 4 AM and wake up between 12 and 1. Doesn't make me lazy, it's just how my body works if I don't force it to adapt to another schedule.

Same as ~ it just made me laugh when I saw the note on his bedroom door. I admit to being woken up by someone knocking on the door at 11 this morning ~ but we had been playing board games 'til 4am.
I actually don't think it should be classed as 'abnormal', I'd prefer 'a differently selected choice of sleep time'

 

[Deckerd]

A paragraph or two on TrekBBS can sometimes be much much more than enough. Humungously more.

 

[Canadave]

^ That's fair. It just bothers me when people get classified as lazy if they sleep until the afternoon, but some of us just function better that way!

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Reminds me of this medical joke I once heard:

An off-duty anaesthetist is on a long-haul flight from Heathrow to LAX with his wife and two young children, seated in the economy class, getting ready for a nice holiday. At one point the PA sounds off, with the head flight attendant announcing, "This is a passenger announcement. If there is an anaesthetist on board, could he or she please make their way to the first class compartment as soon as possible please."

The anaesthetist turns to his wife who assures him, "Don't bother, darling, we're on holiday, and who's to know you're here anyway?" So the anaesthetist stays in his seat and enjoys some complementary peanuts.

Five minutes later, the PA sounds off again with the flight attendant saying, "This is a passenger announcement. Could an anaesthetist please report to the first class area as soon as possible please, as one is required there as a matter of urgency."

Again the anaesthetist's wife says "No, darling, you're on holiday, you're here to relax, not get embroiled in work." So the anaesthetist again stays in his seat, and opens his Top Gear magazine and begins to read.

Five minutes later again, there is another announcement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have an urgent request from First Class asking for an anaesthetist to be present immediately. If anyone with any anaesthetic experience is on board, please make their way to the First Class compatment immediately."

The anaesthetise, now becoming more nervous, thinking he may be missing something very important or life-threatening, says to his wife, "Don't worry, honey, this won't take long," and gets up to make himself aware to the nearest stewardess, who then escorts him to the First Class compartment.

The anaesthetist arrives at the First Class lounge where everything seems perfectly normal. The stewardess then ushers him towards one of the passengers - a man in a bespoke suit, lying down in his reclining chair, trying to read his copy of the American Journal of Orthopaedics while clutching his programme for an international surgical conference in Los Angeles.

"Here is the orthopaedic surgeon who wants to speak to you, sir, " said the stewardess to the anaesthetist, before leaving.

"Ah, " the surgeon said, "you must be the anaesthetist."

"Yes, " the anaesthetist said, "is there a problem?"

The man in the suit replied, "Yes. Could you adjust the light for me please?"

 

[K'Ehleyr]

^ That's fair. It just bothers me when people get classified as lazy if they sleep until the afternoon, but some of us just function better that way!

I always say I'm still running on Caribbean time (never been there in my life) but my whole household seem to be 4 hours behind the rest of the UK

 

[Alpha_Geek]

The long, silent, and vacuous stare I often encounter these days when approaching a fast food counter. The person behind the counter staring at me, the customer and source of their paycheck, like they are a farm animal in a pen. No comprehension.

I generally break these gulfs in communication with "I believe it's customary for you to greet me at this point and then offer to take my order."

 

[FordSVT]

^Hell yeah. I worked customer service for about a decade until I got out of school, and the training and QC&F some of these people receive must be absolutely minimal. When I walk up to the counter at a fast food place, 50% of the time the counter person just stares at me and waits for me to tell them what I want. "Anything else? 12.67.." Those three utterances are all I'm likely to get. I swear even a "thanks" is hit or miss.

I know these people just make minimum wage, but so did I (when minimum wage was half what it is now) and I wasn't a fucking idiot to my customers. Don't get me wrong, some customer service people are great, don't want to focus solely on the negative. If it was always negative I'd probably never eat out.

 

[Warped9]

The long, silent, and vacuous stare I often encounter these days when approaching a fast food counter. The person behind the counter staring at me, the customer and source of their paycheck, like they are a farm animal in a pen. No comprehension.

I generally break these gulfs in communication with "I believe it's customary for you to greet me at this point and then offer to take my order."

What really gets me are the dolts who are in line ahead of you for five to ten minutes and still haven't decided what to order when they get to the counter. "Uh, hmmm. What have you got?"



I could kill.

 

[Holdfast]

A paragraph or two on TrekBBS can sometimes be much much more than enough. Humungously more.

Ain't that the truth.

The long, silent, and vacuous stare I often encounter these days when approaching a fast food counter. The person behind the counter staring at me, the customer and source of their paycheck, like they are a farm animal in a pen. No comprehension.

So true...

Soon, they'll be supplanted by robots, and THEN where will these people work?

 

[RoJoHen]

On message boards, unless I'm really really interested in the subject, if it's more than a couple paragraphs I probably won't read it. I'm not lazy; I just don't care. I'd rather skip it and find a different topic.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Well, it depends on how well written your post is, and the interest level. If it's poorly written, poorly structured, is right/left winged, and so boring you want to have a seizure, don't be surprised if someone wants to skip reading it all. I'm not saying you have to type like an English teacher, but at least make an effort to pass by were any Grammar Nazi wonm't complain.

A paragraph or two on TrekBBS can sometimes be much much more than enough. Humungously more.

Ain't that the truth.

The long, silent, and vacuous stare I often encounter these days when approaching a fast food counter. The person behind the counter staring at me, the customer and source of their paycheck, like they are a farm animal in a pen. No comprehension.

So true...

Soon, they'll be supplanted by robots, and THEN where will these people work?

Fixing the robots, and the robots will not work properly.

 

[RoJoHen]

Well, it depends on how well written your post is, and the interest level. If it's poorly written, poorly structured, is right/left winged, and is so boring you want to have a seizure, don't be surprised if someone wants to skip reading it all.

All of this is true.

I have very little patience for posts with bad grammar.

 

[CorporalClegg]

^
Luckily, it's not really a big problem 'round these parts.

I post/read boards where it's worse. Much worse.

 

[RoJoHen]

^
Luckily, it's not really a big problem 'round these parts.

I post/read boards where it's worse. Much worse.

Oh, I know. That's one of the reasons I don't even visit other boards anymore.

There are some posters around here, however, that I always skip over just because I know their posts are going to be incomprehensible.

 

[Amaris]

TLDR.


J.

 

[Holdfast]

The long, silent, and vacuous stare I often encounter these days when approaching a fast food counter. The person behind the counter staring at me, the customer and source of their paycheck, like they are a farm animal in a pen. No comprehension.

So true...

Soon, they'll be supplanted by robots, and THEN where will these people work?

Fixing the robots, and the robots will not work properly.

They'll only not work because people with the intelligence of farm animals will be responsible for fixing them...