People Share How They’ve Been Working Smarter Not Harder (17 Clever Shortcuts)

Bill Gates is often credited with the quote, “I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” But it actually came from the engineer Frank B. Gilbreth Sr.

People are sharing real-life examples of this online and some of the stories are pretty impressive. Lazy people get a bad wrap a lot of the time. The trick is to not tell anyone you’ve figured out an easier way to do a job so it doesn’t backfire. Keep that to yourself so you can get paid to tell people on the internet about it like these lazy employees did.


1. Lazy Temp

wilksonator

2. Lazy employees always find a way.

codymreese

3. Sometimes, it backfires.

seancurry1

4. Give this guy a raise.

Daxos157

5. Herding with a drone.

Nametoholdaplace

6. Work smarter, not harder.

Fromhe

7. Pro Tip from this lazy employee.

clickerroy

8. That’s how it’s done.

cramias

9. Nicely done.

UltraRunningKid

10. Lazy or Smart?

explision

11. Never let a review go to waste.

khaki53

12. Lazy high school student.

AngelusCaedo

13. Keyboard Shorcuts For The Win

jaymeekae

14. “We call it a ‘Controlled Drop'”

mcrackin

15. Record Time Saving

Manu442

16. “So Sharp”

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17. Lazy cashier.

precipiceblades
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Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.