Bill Gates famously declared his preference to hire lazy people due to their tendency to find efficient ways to accomplish the task. Have you ever wondered if Bill Gates' Lazy Person Theory has any truth to it? Here are ten real-life stories of how laziness pushes the “work smarter, not harder” mindset:
1. Let Your Computer Do the Heavy Lifting
Computers are the future, so why not use them to your advantage? A user described the genius of his coworker who turned simple repetitive work into sequences of events (of keystrokes, clicks, and delays) called macros. The coworker quietly automated his work and smartly enjoyed his downtime without alerting the bosses. A cushy job with full pay is only one lazy hack away!
2. The Laziness of Youth
A commentator described the resourceful and clever idea of his nephew, who was paid $10 by his father for chores. Turns out the kid outsourced labor from the neighbor kid and underpaid him $8 while keeping the surplus. So the kid earned $7 a week without lifting a finger! Such clever employee exploitation definitely shows that this boy has what it takes to become the modern evil CEO.
3. Printer Expert
An expert definitely knows and uses all the functions of a machine, whether secondary or primary. That's what a clerk in a user's workplace did. Upon being asked to bring 145 white paper sheets, instead of counting the sheets, he printed 145 blank sheets to make the process automated. Who would have even thought to use a printer this way?
4. Accidental Efficiency
A Canadian resident narrated the story of accidental wintertime efficiency in Canada, where snow weighs on power lines, causing failure. A team sent to shake the poles to shake off the snow spotted a bear shaking the pole, which launched a series of innovations. First, they manually painted honey on each pole to get the bear to shake it. Then they decided to use a helicopter with a sniper to shoot honey paintballs on the poles but found out the force of the helicopter blades rendered the need for the sniper or bears useless. Talk about stumbling across the perfect solution!
5. The Ruination of Apple Picking
A warning: lazy geniuses can destroy age-old fall traditions. One user took the charm out of apple picking with a smart hack that only a lazy person could invent. Instead of individually picking apples, they suggested streamlining the process by laying down tarps on the ground to catch the apples that would fall upon shaking each tree. Simply lifting the tarp and unloading it into the truck effectively saved time and ruined what was to be a family day picking apples.
6. Lazy Parent Hack
Having young babies is definitely one of the most tiring parts of the parenthood journey, second only to toddlerhood with the infamous “terrible twos.” One dad described his unique hack to soothe his baby without even being in the room. He tied a string to the baby's crib and pulled to rock the baby! Parents need to note down this useful hack to use for their kids.
7. The No Plates Kitchen Hack
You've heard of one-pot dinner recipes that will save you from washing multiple kitchen utensils, but have you ever heard of eating straight out of the pot to avoid doing the dishes? That's what one user revealed they do when they reach peak laziness. Another user chimed in with the idea of eating in Tupperware if they expect to have leftovers to save on washing dishes.
8. Thankless Employers
Another user described how they saved time doing inventory in an automobile shop. They counted the weight of 10 screws or washers of the same type and used that weight, the total weight of those kinds of screws, and some simple mathematics to reduce the painstaking work of one day to a single hour. All this and the reward is a pat on your back and back to the grind.
9. The Laziest Manga Writer
One manga enthusiast mentioned the lazy genius of Akira Toriyama, the writer of Dragonball and Son Goku, who faced the grilling conditions of working as a manga writer in a demanding industry by using a series of shortcuts. He altered several plot points to make things easier for himself like Goku destroying the tournament arenas to avoid having to draw them repeatedly. He also names groups of characters around themes like alcoholic beverages and vegetables to easily keep track of them.
10. Everyday Editing Lifesaver
A commenter shared their savvy trick for saving time on editing documents. When needing to edit a lot of text, they used the “Find and Replace” to find specific words and automatically replace every occurrence of that word with a replacement word. Sometimes, the simpler ideas that can save a lot of time get overlooked due to a lack of knowledge. Luckily, this tech-savvy user was kind enough to teach us something that will be useful to many!
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