Efficiency
Efficiency by I_eat_beans_for_breakfast December 1, 2019
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Sue: "To increase my efficiency while baking this cake, I'm going to gather all the ingredients from the fridge before I start mixing anything together."
Bob: "You're not being efficient, you're just being lazy. Now make me a sammich."
Bob: "You're not being efficient, you're just being lazy. Now make me a sammich."
Efficiency by lifeinhd August 16, 2010
Efficiency king
To do the absolute minimum in the workplace, making sure all tasks are completed to a minimum standard with absolutely no extras.
Lol he just does his work and leaves almost as if he knows his employer is nothing more than the medium by which money enters his account, he’s such an efficiency king.
Efficiency king by Big aldo January 1, 2022
Efficiency Bot
Someone who whines about efficiency and/or metrics all the time but barely does anything to actually fix it.
Vacation bot: “We call them Efficiency Bot but their full name is Corporate Efficiency Blockchain Database Metrics Champion Bot. What’s efficient about that?”
Or
Person A: “The metrics just keep getting worse!”
Person B: “Dude you’re such an Efficiency Bot. If you want the metrics to improve then start working instead of whining all day.”
Or
Person A: “The metrics just keep getting worse!”
Person B: “Dude you’re such an Efficiency Bot. If you want the metrics to improve then start working instead of whining all day.”
Efficiency Bot by Olivesandolives June 19, 2025
Efficiency Perspectivism
The application of perspectivism to efficiency—the view that efficiency is always seen from a perspective, never from nowhere. Efficiency Perspectivism argues that there is no view-from-nowhere efficiency, no neutral measure that captures how well things work for everyone. Every efficiency claim comes from somewhere, serves some interests, reflects some values. The task is not to find the one true efficiency but to understand different perspectives, to see how efficiency looks from different positions. Efficiency Perspectivism is the philosophy of pluralism in evaluation, of the recognition that how well something works depends on who's asking.
Example: "He'd thought there was one way to measure efficiency—the right way. Efficiency Perspectivism showed him otherwise: efficiency looked different from different perspectives. From management, it was about output; from labor, about working conditions; from community, about local impact. None was the truth; all were true from somewhere. He stopped looking for the one measure and started learning to see from many angles."
Efficiency Perspectivism by Abzugal February 21, 2026
Efficiency Contextualism
The application of contextualism to efficiency—the view that what counts as efficient varies with context, that there is no context-independent standard of efficiency. Efficiency Contextualism argues that a practice efficient in one context may be inefficient in another, that measures that work in some situations fail in others. Efficiency is always efficiency-in-context, never efficiency-in-itself. The theory calls for attending to context, for asking not just "is this efficient?" but "efficient in what context, for what purpose, under what conditions?"
Example: "The management technique had worked brilliantly in the tech startup. When applied to the hospital, it was a disaster. Efficiency Contextualism explained why: context mattered. What was efficient in one setting was destructive in another. He stopped importing solutions without asking whether the context fit."
Efficiency Contextualism by Abzugal February 21, 2026