At the US hotel I stayed at they had a waffle machine so that you could eat waffles for breakfast. To make waffles you took a plastic cup to the "faucet" of the waffle machine, filled it with paste and then poured it into the waffle frying pan. Then you threw the cup away. Apparently, there was no need for a more efficient way. Americans seem to be very, very good at working very, very hard but not so good at efficiency.

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ecshafer 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It would probably be less efficient to have a more complicated waffle machine with a dispenser attached that costs more. Having a re-usable glass or metal cup, would require cleaning, and waffle batter is kind of annoying clean. Instead you buy a big ole sleeve of paper cups that are used one time and cost $.01 each. It is more efficient than paying someone making $20/hr to spend 5 minutes a day scrubbing it.

	▲	bjourne an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The obvious solution is to reuse the same plastic cup for all customers each morning. Voila, now you save 309 plastic cups/day.

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warkdarrior 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I am failing to make the connection with the topic of the article. Are Americans sad because they are not efficient with their waffle-batter cups?

	▲	bjourne an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes. They are wasting their abundance on dumb shit. Even poor Americans have more resources than me. But their society is ridiculously inefficient.