Would you waste something when there was a shortage of it? There is a major drought and water is limited. A considerate person would know the value of the water they have and use it sparingly. If someone allows you to drink their water, you would only drink as much as you need.
In both of these situations I am assuming that you are an intelligent and considerate person, which is a lot to ask for I know, but I have a lot of faith in people.
We "spend" time on things, and they all I've an opportunity cost. We are able to choose how we spend our own time, but in some instances we are given the responsibility of determining how we spend other's time.
Would an intelligent and considerate person then waste other's time?
If we spend money, and we spend time on things, then we consider them both valuable.
So then why would we waste time of we don't waste money?
Sometimes there are instances where we do not know that we are wasting other's time, or even our own. It is easy to see when we are wasting money because it is a physical thing we can see. You see your bank account draining or feel the weightlessness of your wallet. Time is an ongoing thing that we often times forget. Its ticking as you read this. Hopefully you do not find reading this as a waste of time, but when you should be doing something else, maybe it is. It is hard to be conscious of using our own time, so think of how difficult it is when you have to be considerate of others time as well. And because topically we do not always necessarily know what else others could be using their time on, and the importance of what it would be, we need to always be on top of things when we involve others.
Spend time on important things, do not waste it.
JSL
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