about 15 years setting job standards and piece rates for factory workers. (Junior Industrial Engineer).

So I timed workers using 4 stop watches simultaneously to capture the precise time it took a worker to do each movement in their little piece of the manufacturing of high end menswear. I essentially watched and timed them; revised methods where I saw wasted seconds in their process; and then weighted the time according to the established standards that an average trained worker should need to complete each movement in the process. (Ex: Pick up, fold seam together, place under needle, sew 3 inches, back stitch to set, remove from under needle, fold a certain way to set up for the next person's part, lay back on garments truck, and take the next piece. Very boring stuff)

I hated having to "rate" people's performances according to how fast or slow they were going. Nearly everyone tried to trick me into believing they were working at average capacity in the hopes that I'd give them a higher, cherry rate that they could make a bundle on.

Most would deliberately slow down. A few sped up out of nervousness and I had to recognize that so I didnt set the rate too low, forcing them to work at maximum capacity to earn a fair pay.

I always added an automatic 20% "PF&D" to the rated time for "personal, fatigue, and delay" so they could eat, pee when necessary, and still be okay during the afternoon fatigue set in. I wasn't one of the monster engineers who didnt take those factors into account when setting the rates.

Sooooo, in essence, I was trained to establish the "best methods" to accomplish every job without any unnecessary wasted time or trouble.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Wordle is JUST a game and I only attach minimal importance to games. So it's not unhealthy in spite of my OCD.

Now it's just a challenge to NOT lose. LOL and I enjoy seeing how other people play. Pure curiosity, not competition. I am very interested in what makes people tick and therefore very attuned to their habits, interests, and patterns.