Once upon a time, I was living in a house with four other people for the summer.
There was someone named Chad P_______ who either lived there or spent a lot of time there – it’s been a long time. I actually know the whole last name, I just don’t want to use it here.
I think of him often when I use the microwave.
This was what I learned from Chad: you don’t have to be so specific when you use the microwave. If it says 2:00 in the directions, you can set it to 2:22. You’re not going far, you can stop it if you need to.
If it says to nuke it for 4:30, 4:33 is good. You don’t want to jump more than a half minute or so, but you can save all that extra effort of changing from one number to another. Repeat digits whenever possible.
1 minute? 1:11.
It may seem like such a little thing, but over the years, it adds up. My life is simpler now.
It’s the Chad P______ method.