In a tragic story emerging from a coffee shop in Boise, ID, your 24-year-old best friend Indigo Azuma just halted your conversation to admit she probably has to get some work done because “it doesn’t magically do itself,” then paused for a really long time, desperately hoping you’ll say otherwise.
Sources confirm you and Indigo have spent a lovely two hours together catching up over a cup of joe, an experience which has made both of you grateful for the joys of living on this Earth and the opportunity to go through it all with friends. Indigo had to put a stop to this, however, because she needs to finish a report for her marketing job.
“It’s such a shame to have to pause this riveting conversation to instead do my job,” she told you with a wistful sigh. “If only there were a way for the work to get done on its own. But that’s crazy! That could never happen. That doesn’t happen, right?”
Indigo then looked at you sideways and gave you a lot of space to say otherwise.
“No, I mean you’re right,” you responded, fundamentally unable to give her what she wants, but still hopeful, yourself. “Work doesn’t magically get done. Unfortunately, we have to do it, or so I’ve been told.”
The two of you went back and forth like this for some time, each admitting there was no way for your jobs to get done without the act of doing them then waiting for the other person to reveal a magical solution that would prevent this.
“They sat at the back there for, like, 30 minutes talking about how they wish ‘a sorcerer of sorts could offer them an agreeable trade in exchange for doing all their work,’” said barista Tana Fromson. “Do they know about ChatGPT? Or like, Craigslist?”
Sources confirm you do know about both of these things, but you’re too cheap to hire someone from Craigslist, too afraid of A.I. and getting caught to use ChatGPT, and ultimately both perfectionists who are unwilling to outsource your work.
“You know what they say: ‘To get a job done right, you’ve got to do it yourself,’” Indigo continued. “Unless…”
She then trailed off for 25 whole seconds in anticipation that you might offer an alternative.
As of press time, the two of you had decided to focus on your work for 20 minutes and immediately got all of it done.
