The shadow side of productivity: creative procrastination!
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From the Procrastinators Club of America website:
A bunch of Procrastinators Club members, fed up (to here) with the "Early Bird Specials" concept, decided at long last, to take action, in spite of the negativism that "action" signifies.
We went to Seafood Shanty restaurant in Willow Grove, Pa., and protested during their busy lunch period, carrying signs that read, "Give Late Birds A Break!" . . . "Down with Early Bird Specials and Fast Food!". . . "Why not Late Bird Specials?". . . "Late Lunches are Better than Early Dinners". . ."Procrastinators Finally Take a Stand Against Early Bird Specials!"
We felt that restaurants all over (especially Florida, where the state bird is the Early Bird) were putting one over on us with the early bargains being over before people are even hungry. It was time for procrastinators to get a break for a change. After all, we are in the majority.
The protest worked. Joe Gentile, owner of the chain, vowed to henceforth offer only "Bird Specials", without specifying any particular bird type. He was very nice about it. He invited us all inside, out of the rain, to have lunch on the house.
And in keeping with the procrastinator doctrine, service was very slow.
A bunch of Procrastinators Club members, fed up (to here) with the "Early Bird Specials" concept, decided at long last, to take action, in spite of the negativism that "action" signifies.
We went to Seafood Shanty restaurant in Willow Grove, Pa., and protested during their busy lunch period, carrying signs that read, "Give Late Birds A Break!" . . . "Down with Early Bird Specials and Fast Food!". . . "Why not Late Bird Specials?". . . "Late Lunches are Better than Early Dinners". . ."Procrastinators Finally Take a Stand Against Early Bird Specials!"
We felt that restaurants all over (especially Florida, where the state bird is the Early Bird) were putting one over on us with the early bargains being over before people are even hungry. It was time for procrastinators to get a break for a change. After all, we are in the majority.
The protest worked. Joe Gentile, owner of the chain, vowed to henceforth offer only "Bird Specials", without specifying any particular bird type. He was very nice about it. He invited us all inside, out of the rain, to have lunch on the house.
And in keeping with the procrastinator doctrine, service was very slow.
