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The guy on the bus who timed my entire life
Had a guy on the 7:15 AM bus last Tuesday start giving me unsolicited advice about my route to work. He told me I was wasting 12 minutes a day by not taking the express that runs 4 blocks over. Then he pulled out a stopwatch and said I should check my phone less because it cost me 3 extra seconds per scroll. I just nodded and let him calculate my hypothetical yearly savings. Got off at my stop and he yelled 'You could save 2.8 days a year!' through the window. Anyone else get micromanaged by a stranger during their commute?
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kim.zara25d ago
Wait, 2.8 days seems a little off to me. If you're saving 12 minutes a day on a standard 260 day work year, that's around 3,120 minutes total. Divided by 60, that's 52 hours, which is just over 2 full days, so maybe he was rounding up or counting weekends too. I mean even without the math, a random guy timing your phone scrolls with a stopwatch is a whole other level of bus weirdness.
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mark_mitchell25d ago
Wait, did anyone catch that the guy was counting evenings and weekends too? @kim.zara, you're probably right that he was including non-work days to bump up the total. Most people don't save exactly 12 minutes every single day either, it's just an average. So between rounding up and counting every day of the week, 2.8 days makes more sense as a rough guess not a hard number. The real point is standing on a bus, staring at someone's phone with a stopwatch is already weird enough. No amount of math makes that behavior less creepy.
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robinson.hannah25d agoTop Commenter
Wait 2.8 days actually does add up if you count weekends too. 12 minutes saved 365 days a year is 4,380 minutes, divided by 60 gives you 73 hours, which is just over 3 full days. So 2.8 is actually LOW if he was including weekends. I think the guy probably rounded down or used a different baseline. Either way, the math is the least weird part of this whole bus situation. Standing there with a stopwatch counting someone else's phone time is already WAY past normal behavior, no matter what number he lands on.
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