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Sunday, December 23, 2007

The Six Sigma Life 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 12/23/2007 10:23:00 PM

i've been wondering about this from time to time for a while now. i can't say i use a lot of the stuff i do at work in my everyday life outside of work. Such as six sigma. i've never cared to figure out how to apply it to other things. but today it hit me while dripping water on the floor in my parents bathroom, struggling to figure out what towel to use. "Why the fuck don't they just label these?!?" and it hit me. if the towel just said "Hands" on it with another that said "Face" and another indicator for "fresh/clean" and "used-once"we'd be all set. its not just for speed but for simplification of small exchanges of info. like the fact the towel is for hand or face with the quick glimpse, or green for clean and the back side yellow for good and not so good. six sigma has been taking place in the kitchen for a long time, the knife block for example, or a good spice rack. bam! standardization is the key. it'd be possible for any old stranger to walk into a totally new place and feel comfortable with everything correctly labeled and placed or easily identifiable.

the more i think of it the more it sounds great, but i see it taking a dark path towards totalitarianism and police states. damn you creativity. how dare art stand in the way of my efficient bathroom experience

3 comments

dude.

By  ron, at Monday, December 24, 2007 12:43:00 AM  

we cant even use the metric system in everyday life, forget efficiency

By  Anonymous, at Monday, December 24, 2007 8:11:00 AM  

I have to disagree Jess, I'm looking down at 10cm right now (I'm lying its more like 4cm because its cold in the basement.)

Merry Christmas!

By  Anonymous, at Monday, December 24, 2007 9:37:00 AM  

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