Don't Try This At Home

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 made
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 guy 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."