Last week, I wrote about how I think the old adage "If you are five minutes early, you are 10 minutes late," is stupid and we should all just aim to be right on time because that's categorically most efficient for everyone involved.
Case in point: I had a dentist appointment today scheduled for 8:00 am to get a quick filling. I walked in promptly at 8:00 am. I did not even sit down; the dentist saw me walk in and immediately motioned me to sit down in the little dental recliner of death. After some quick small-talk about Russia invading Ukraine (as one does at the dentist), he reclined me backwards, grabbed his tools, and quickly gave me the filling. I was out the door and back in my car by 8:06.
It took this man literally six minutes to give me a filling.
I don't even go to the bathroom this quickly.
I can't even get a Big Mac from a McDonald's drive thru this quickly.
I could have started "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John when I walked in the door and been out the door again before the song finsihed.
I could have started a playlist of James Blunt's greatest hits when I walked in the door and only had three minutes to spare in the office after the playlist ended.
It was truly a remarkable experience, and I highly recommend everyone check out Rubinchik Cohen Dental Care in Redwood City if you're in need of a quick filling or some early morning Eastern European foreign policy discussion.
But my main point is that this wouldn't have happened if I wasn't right on time to my appointment or if my dentist wasn't right on time in being ready for my appointment. We didn't waste either of each other's time. We just did exactly what we said we were going to do. And look at how efficient that was.
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