Justifying Laziness
I think that being lazy is one of my finer qualities. I didn't always think this way though, I used to curse myself for being so lazy, but thats all over now. Now I can say that I am proud to be lazy. In my opinion, there is nothing better than laziness.
Think of all the wonderful inventions that have come out of people being lazy. First of all, there's the postal service. That evolved through people being too lazy to go and deliver their own letters, so they created a business where people you don't even know come to YOUR house, pick up YOUR letters, and deliver them to YOUR friends. Sounds pretty lazy to me. The only problem is now, postmen are getting lazy too. To remedy this problem, email was created. Now, instead of going all the way to your front steps to put a letter in the mailbox, you can send mail to other people from the comfort of your own home.
Another great invention that has come from people being lazy is the power window. People are too lazy to roll down the window everytime they want a breath of fresh air, and can you blame them? I mean, once you roll down that window to where you want it, your arm gets pretty tired, so you take a rest, and roll it up again, but the effort of rolling up the window again takes the wind out of you, so you need another breath of fresh air, so you start all over again. Without power windows, people would be caught in an endless cycle of rolling windows up and down just for a breath of fresh air!!! But with power windows, anybody can get the air they need at the touch of a button. It's so much more convenient this way.
Pizza delivery is just one more of the many many great inventions brought on by laziness. People don't want to leave their houses around 5:00 at night, when everything good is on tv, just to go out and get a pizza, but at the same time, they can't resist that great pizza taste that we've all come to know and love. Nobody can live without pizza, so the pizza delivery service was created. Now, instead of driving the whole two blocks to get to the pizza place, some kid drives two short blocks to your house, rain or shine, to bring you your pizza. Is that great or what?
The first thing created for lazy people by lazy people was probably the wheel. The wheel, created long long ago, in an age long forgotten, was the invention that started people on the road to inventing things to make their lives easier. Before the wheel, the world was in chaos. People were barbarians, eating each other and beating animals with large clubs, this was most likely created by the stress caused by moving around heavy objects. This stress was removed from daily life by the wheel. The wheel was perfect for rolling things such as rocks or food around. Yes, you could even say that the wheel civilized mankind. From the wheel evolved what we now know as the wheelbarrow, and things just spread from there.
The wonderful products mentioned in the above paragraphs are just a few of the many great things invented by lazy people for lazy people. There are many many more, such as the telephone, the computer, automated teller machines, full service at the gas station, mail order catalogues, speelcheck on computers, garage door openers, tv remotes, motorcycles, credit cards, answering machines, automatic door locks, vcr's, coin sorters, cheese graters, books on tape, can openers, fast food, microwaves, and last but not least, velcro. Through using many of these outstanding products, I have gained a certain pride in my laziness, which I am very thankful for.
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