By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026These are parameters, things any Taylorist with a stopwatch could tell you. But Claudio explained how that extra idle minute would translate to chaos in the kitchen, as the cooks ran out of pots and the servers ran out of plates, and how they would take out their frustrations on the dishwasher. 41/ 1112
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026Blinkpatch's takeaway: dishwashing is the bottleneck the restaurant ran through - and how that meant that Claudio, who was "unambitious" by conventional standards, had the best understanding of the restaurant's overall operations of anyone on site. He was the keeper of the process knowledge 42/ 1122
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026This reply prompted another response, from "Marisol," a "haunted house actress and accidental IT person" who told the story of her time working at a medical office that specialized in mental health and addiction recovery: www.tumblr.com/marisolinspa... 43/tumblr.comTumblrTumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people. 170