This Is How You Waste Your Life?

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There never seems to be a day that goes by without me wondering, “What is that person thinking?!?” For example, there’s this elderly couple that lives near me and for whatever reason they have a flimsy “gate” at the end of their driveway. I have a hard time calling it a gate because it wouldn’t stop anyone from trying to enter but maybe the eight “DO NOT ENTER” signs they have would. Anyways, every day when I go to work, I drive past their house at about the same time the wife leaves her home. Every time she leaves, she has to get in her car, reverse it to the end of the driveway, get out, open the gate, get back in the car, reverse it past the gate, get out of the car, close the gate, get back in the car, and leave. Every single day. Then she repeats the same process but in reverse when she gets home.

I just can’t understand why she’d want to waste so much time and energy on something that would only stall someone for three or four seconds if they wanted on her property. Maybe this is the pessimist in me, but in all likelihood she doesn’t even have that much time left to live. Doesn’t she know this?

We all do things that aren’t the most efficient. For me, writing for this site takes a lot more time than opening a stupid gate so perhaps this is a waste of time. Is it just me or do you notice people doing dumb things too?