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I've long advised my family and friends: "always take the 1st appointment or flight of the day. Never book the end of the day's schedule" for doctors visits an

I've long advised my family and friends: "always take the 1st appointment or flight of the day. Never book the end of the day's schedule" for doctors visits and airline flights. Chaos, delay, and error compound themselves throughout the day and then get reset to baseline overnight.

prdonahue 7y ago
I read this as I dread waking up to board a flight at 5:20am leaving Austin.
draugadrotten 7y ago
That, or after a break or meal is the best to meet the judge. "They found that the likelihood of a favourable ruling peaked at the beginning of the day, steadily declining over time from a probability of about 65% to nearly zero, before spiking back up to about 65% after a break for a meal or snack." https://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/apr/11/judges-lenient-break https://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/apr/11/judges-lenient-b...
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  Debunked. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19915540 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19915540