I’ll read out the subtext for people who are unable to:
“When I say ‘hurry up’, what I mean is that I’m annoyed because you should have hurried up before getting to the bus so that I don’t have to wait for you while you’re late.”
It’s like those old cartoons where they would try to “sleep faster”. The cue was the faster breathing cycles.
Hamon!
Related:
“When will [task] be done?”
When I told you it would be done.
“But why isn’t it done now?”
Because it’s not when I told you it would be done yet.
“Well, you need to hurry up and do it faster, because we need it right away.”
Great! But you standing here arguing with me about it is now actively preventing me from getting it done. It will be done when it’s done, which will now be about 20 minutes later than it would have been before you came over here and started shooting your mouth off about it.
If I had a dime for every time I’ve had this conversation with middle management in my various careers, I’d at least be able to afford a Taco Bell combo meal by now.
Some people like to give commands just to feel important.
I used to have a manager who’d tell you to do exactly what you were already doing in the moment. Like if you were sweeping she’d say something like “hey, could you sleep the floor?”
Great, now it’s not getting done.
I can see the speed of the second image
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Just tell him that you’re home alone. Horny ingenuity is something to behold.
