西里尔·诺斯古德·帕金森所著的《帕金森定律》一书里有个老太太寄明信片的故事。一位老太太要给侄女寄明信片,她用了一个小时找明信片,一个小时选择明信片,找侄女的地址又用了30分钟,一个多小时用来写祝词,决定去寄明信片时是否带雨伞又用去20分钟。而同样的事,一个工作特别忙的人可能花费5分钟在上班的途中就顺手做了。 Cyril Nosy Parkinson’s book, Parkinson’s Law, contains a story of an old woman sending a postcard. An old lady wanted to send a postcard to her niece. She spent an hour looking for postcards, one hour for postcards, another niece for 30 minutes, more than an hour for congratulatory messages, an umbrella for sending postcards Take 20 minutes. And the same thing, a particularly busy person may spend five minutes on his way to work smoothly.