List of things that annoy an optimizer (not remotely comprehensive)

• Boarding airplanes.

  • People blocking aisles while boarding when 200+ people are waiting to board

  • Flight attendants not encouraging people to clear aisles and speed boarding.

  • Flight attendants slowing everyone handing off candy while the whole plane is boarding in the rain and people are queueing on the stairs.

• Water heaters around the world, reheating the water just after everyone else showered at home. Only to be wasted in the next 12 hours overnight.

• Sprinklers running on “schedule” on rainy days

. Teas not served in a way you can remove the tea from the hot water on second serving.