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PSA: The new elevator code in Chicago is making simple jobs take twice as long
I was working on a traction job in a Loop office building last week and the new inspection points added 3 hours to the process. Has anyone else run into this or found a good way to work with it?
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simon2826mo ago
Honestly this feels like everything lately, where added rules just make basic tasks take forever. I mean my building's recycling system has like six different bins now and sorting takes ten minutes. Maybe it's just me but it seems like more checklists always come with more delays and not much actual improvement.
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ramirez.keith6mo ago
My buddy tried to renew his car registration online last month. The website made him confirm his address like four separate times and answer new security questions that weren't there before. Tbh he said it took him forty-five minutes just to click through all the pop-ups and warnings. Felt like the system was more worried about catching some tiny mistake than actually letting him pay his fee. He ended up just driving to the DMV because the line there was faster than the website.
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jamiesullivan6mo ago
You're right about the checklists. I see this everywhere now, like at my doctor's office where the front desk has to click through ten screens just to check me in. It's all meant to cover someone from getting sued or to hit some checklist, but it just adds time for everyone doing the actual work. The rules pile up but the people who make them never have to deal with the slowdown themselves.
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the_felix6mo ago
My pharmacy added a new ID check for every single refill last year. The techs have to scan your license, then type the number in, then get a manager code if the scanner glitches. I asked one of them about it and she said corporate added it after one store got fined. Now every location has to do it for every customer, even the regulars they've known for a decade. The whole thing adds maybe two minutes per person, but that's a full extra hour of delays by the end of the day. The people who made the rule don't stand there watching the line back up to the door.
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