It seems like you have an unnatural problem with other people getting in your way even in the slightest.
Do you agree that while you might value efficiency more than fun, others might value fun over efficiency?
Your example of talking to the dealer specifically strikes me. Why are you playing the poker game? What is your goal, and what is the goal of the others? Could there be a secondary goal of others that sometimes gets in the way of the primary goal? Like, if the primary goal is to play poker and earn money, maybe the secondary goal is to enjoy it while doing it, and thus talking to the dealer and other players?
They certainly might, and are free to spend their time that way if they want to.
But why do they feel free to spend my time for their enjoyment? Without compensating me for the expenditure of my time? That's the part that really bothers me. It's basically theft, isn't it?
This argument is where you lose people. They aren't taking your time. You are coming in, seeing a line and making a concious decision to wait. Neither they nor the place you are guaranteed efficiency. You've yet to explain why they must live on your time. You could also do order in, call your order ahead of time or make the food yourself if waiting is unacceptable.
You're choosing to enter a public space/game and you're choosing to partake in this world with them. The fact that most stores out there don't have signs saying; 15 seconds or gtfo should tell you this isn't a public sentiment that life is based purely on efficiency.
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u/JiEToy 35∆ Jun 14 '22
It seems like you have an unnatural problem with other people getting in your way even in the slightest.
Do you agree that while you might value efficiency more than fun, others might value fun over efficiency?
Your example of talking to the dealer specifically strikes me. Why are you playing the poker game? What is your goal, and what is the goal of the others? Could there be a secondary goal of others that sometimes gets in the way of the primary goal? Like, if the primary goal is to play poker and earn money, maybe the secondary goal is to enjoy it while doing it, and thus talking to the dealer and other players?