Tuesday, June 01, 2004

The concept of "Nothing happening soon!" explained

The basis and simplicity of the above named concept relies on the presence of everyday factors:
delays
more delays
laziness
...and anything related to the above.

Too many things take a lot more time than needed, and because of that a lot of things planned do not actually happen. For example, somebody ows you money, which that person in turn still has to get from somebody else, or there are transportation problems which do tend to happen for various reasons. This same pattern occurs everywhere in life which is most noted as having to wait for what should in theory be quick.

Practical example: I was giving a friend of mine a lift the other day, and he had to get a phone number from his sister who phoned him about the number. Instead of giving him the number during that honecall, I ended up dropping him of there to get the number, and I had to wait for him to come back to the car. Instead of him just getting the number at the door, his sister still wanted to talk to him about many things, when she knew from the phone call that he doesn't have time for that kind of thing. Because of the talking that could have waited until a few days later, a lot of valuable time was wasted and both of us were tired due to work related stress and ong working hours.

Example number next: Clients that cannot make up their mind. Something is recommended to the clients, and the client want something else, then the work is done. Weeks later they say that they never wanted what was done, so in many occasions they end up back with what was proposed originally. The delays to get feedback from the client are yet another concern, since that can also easily take a week or more, even when they wanted the project done urgently and before a specific date.

B. K. E.

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