Foggy thoughts as I exit the bed… only perturbed by the cold edges of my kid’s toys ruthlessly stabbing my bare feet. My resolve on autopilot, I carry myself to the kitchen, just before sunrays deign light up the place. Mechanically, I spoon black powder, pour down the boiling water from the kettle over it, and throw in a white cube to sweeten the bitter ordeal. A sip. Senses start to slowly infuse my useless torpor. First coffee of the day, once a daily ritual, now a necessity; must probably be the definition of an addiction.

Noon and the third cup already. I consciously refuse to review all the negative effects (link to “coffee for us” blog) that over consumption of caffein must have on me. World consumption trends (from ICO website) slightly soothes me. I clearly am not alone in this. I did try to stop, but my social and work life greatly suffered from the lack of concentration and energy.

And Effy in all that? Efficiency being a result, it’s heavily dependent on the resources that are fed into the process. So, artificially boosting these resources could drastically improve inefficient processes. As such coffee acts as the perfect orthotics (from Collins dictionary) to any human resource based process.

Constructive comments welcome.

G.M.

PS: Max, to develop on your Hell Lingering Within chapter 4a (” The early crowd of tedious ants queueing between the building’s official coffee dealer and the imposing set of concrete towers encasing a series of elevators.)”, I hope that now you understand why it’s conceived as such.

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