An efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note of caution….
“You don’t want to try these techniques at home.”
“Why not?" asked somebody from the audience.
“I watched my wife’s routine at breakfast for years," the expert explained. “She would make lots of trips between the refrigerator, stove, table and cabinets, often carrying a single item at a time. One day I told her ‘Hon, why don’t you try carrying several things at once?’”
“Did it save time?" the person in the audience asked.
“Actually, yes" replied the expert. “It used to take her 20 minutes to make breakfast. Now I do it in seven”.
My uncle was a “time and motion” expert and worked for a large federal firm. I don’t know what exactly he did, but he made good money and was always in good spirits.
dadthedawg Premium Member about 1 month ago
Maybe he’s a deficiency expert…..
Superfrog about 1 month ago
He decided the bus was cheaper than a taxi.
oldthang about 1 month ago
That was my experience with them.
littlejohn Premium Member about 1 month ago
An efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note of caution….
“You don’t want to try these techniques at home.”
“Why not?" asked somebody from the audience.
“I watched my wife’s routine at breakfast for years," the expert explained. “She would make lots of trips between the refrigerator, stove, table and cabinets, often carrying a single item at a time. One day I told her ‘Hon, why don’t you try carrying several things at once?’”
“Did it save time?" the person in the audience asked.
“Actually, yes" replied the expert. “It used to take her 20 minutes to make breakfast. Now I do it in seven”.
blunebottle about 1 month ago
Many years ago (about 60) I saw a Blondie comic, where Dagwood comes home from work and Blondie asks him how his day went:
DAGWOOD: Oh, we had one of those efficiency experts around today. He changed us from paperclips to staples.
BLONDIE: Does that make things more efficient?
DAGWOOD: Well, no…last week we had one that changed us from staples to paperclips.
HarryLime Premium Member about 1 month ago
My uncle was a “time and motion” expert and worked for a large federal firm. I don’t know what exactly he did, but he made good money and was always in good spirits.
eced52 about 1 month ago
Real efficient.
rshive about 1 month ago
We were always very polite to Federal people who came to our plant. Whether they were intelligent or not, they had lots of power.
Just-me about 1 month ago
Check out the Wikipedia article on Frank Bunker Gilbreth. Interesting article about him.
andersjg Premium Member about 1 month ago
We found most of them trying to tell how to do something better that they knew nothing about.
elgrecousa Premium Member about 1 month ago
So many things these days, from products to repairs, are so subpar that I can’t help but wish for the good old days.
Strawberry King about 1 month ago
Expert, my patoot!