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In a World of Delegation, Should We Be Doing More Ourselves?
They sell it as ‘convenience’ but maybe it’s just laziness
I’ve had a few sessions of flat pack furniture in the last fortnight. Some small, some large. All took longer than I thought they would. Can’t get cocky with IKEA furniture, there’s always one thing throw you off-piste.
But no matter how many bolts I had to undo because the damn pole was the wrong way up or I’d arrogantly skipped ahead only to realise that order had a reason — I would still put it together myself every time.
Why, when for an extra tenner I could just get them to deliver and build it for me, do I so love putting it together myself?
Because it’s real.
Delegate for an easy life
I did a bit of copywriting for a sort of handyman company a while ago. The kind where you can book a cleaner, someone to build flat pack furniture or someone to do other handy things, like mount your TV.
It’s a great company, offering tons of services at the click of a button. In short, it makes life easy. And don’t we all like ease?
And then there are companies like Deliveroo. With a few taps you can get restaurant food delivered to your door by a slightly frazzled…
