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No, it’s not that they don’t think they can do it, it’s that one of the foundations of modern economics is specialisation. I know I can repair my car myself, and even think it would be kind of fun. But the mechanic in his shop already knows exactly what to do and in which order. I’d spent hours reading and watching videos before I even could start and still make plenty mistakes. The mechanic already has the tools and know where to source the parts. I’d spend half a day just to make sure that I’d get the right parts to a reasonable price. In the end it would take me four days what the mechanic would do in an hour or two.

And I buy my fish in the supermarket, for even more obvious reasons. This example make me believe you actually might be trolling.

So the lady in the original examples uses that the company already employs people who are specialists in doing this kind of things, Because she has more important things to do with her time. And that you don’t understand what she’s doing all day that make her not having time for fighting with spreadsheets is your failure, not hers.




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