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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:50 PM Original message |
Must read - The Myth of Multi-tasking |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I could have told people this YEARS ago |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's that simple |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My return to people who say that is |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. LOL! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Some PDs that's how they assign P1 anymore |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. It's always tougher to enact a general prohibition |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. I had to laugh today: I was reading an article about getting your house |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. hehehehehehhe that's funny |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I do wish people wouldn't pee and talk on the phone at the same time. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I knew a politician who would do that kind of shit... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. And here I was just talking about peeing. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Good point |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Finally someone telling the truth |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Witnessed a woman today..talking on her cellphone..drove right into the side of a truck while |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. One more fugging self-absorbed |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I can't tell you how often I saw someone coming in to merge on my right |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. They hold up lines, too. They don't move with the rest of the line because they're on the phone. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I have been a witness to this as well. I work in retail, and when someone |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bush couldn't multitask! He couldn't walk & chew gum at the same time. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's not multitasking as I understand it. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Me too. |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. We can only give our "full attention" to one thing at a time |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. seems just a mere few decades ago |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. K&R. Intense downsizing at work has pushed multi-tasking. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. That's true. And almost every job description includes multitasking. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. that's me |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. True. Many people simply lack the ability to focus on one thing at a time. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. They drive me crazy |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. at work I notice it's mostly men who cannot multi-task |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. Whew- I thought this might have to do with having multiple windows open |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'd love to read this, but I have my wedding to plan, my wife to murder, |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. One more thing that's more dangerous than marijuana ... nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. what century is this guy in? |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. When you multitask, you're not paying total attention to any one task |
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FionaMcG (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. This may be true for males, but not for females. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. And I know for a fact that this isn't the case |
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