what takes so long

[syntaxlies]

You aren't entitled to a raise for another 3hrs.

its funny how people cant resist posting in a thread like this,lol.

they don't know the answer so they just rage

[Denmo]

Honestly the OP was just asking a question. Do you guys really need to attack someone just because they didn't already know the answer ?

its funny how people cant resist posting in a thread like this,lol.

they don't know the answer so they just rage

I would think the answer was pretty obvious. It takes an hour to reboot servers and make sure everything's running properly.

[syntaxlies]

I would think the answer was pretty obvious. It takes an hour to reboot servers and make sure everything's running properly.

maybe it really only takes 30 mins and they round up to an hour to be safe

[Denmo]

maybe it really only takes 30 mins and they round up to an hour to be safe

I've worked in a custom frame shop. When we took orders, we told the people that it takes 2 weeks to finish their order. This is because supplies need time to ship and there are other orders we've already taken that are in line waiting as well.

In reality, it took maybe 5-7 days for their supplies to ship. Once we had everything in the shop, we could finish their order right then and there in about 15-30 minutes. So why didn't we tell them 7 days instead?

Several reasons: We wanted to not be rushed all the time. We wanted to have enough time to finish other orders in case we got behind (and we did a lot). We wanted the customer to be surprised when their order took less time than we told them it would take, rather than disappointed that it took longer than expected.

It's human psychology. Better to have low expectations on things, than to have high expectations and be disappointed all the time.

TLDR: By rounding up the time to an hour or several hours on maintenance, SE is covering their own asses from gamer rage in the event that something goes wrong.

ill make a pointless thread and see how many stupid post show up in it

You got me, good sir.

[Jokerz]

I've worked in a custom frame shop. When we took orders, we told the people that it takes 2 weeks to finish their order. This is because supplies need time to ship and there are other orders we've already taken that are in line waiting as well.

In reality, it took maybe 5-7 days for their supplies to ship. Once we had everything in the shop, we could finish their order right then and there in about 15-30 minutes. So why didn't we tell them 7 days instead?

Several reasons: We wanted to not be rushed all the time. We wanted to have enough time to finish other orders in case we got behind (and we did a lot). We wanted the customer to be surprised when their order took less time than we told them it would take, rather than disappointed that it took longer than expected.

It's human psychology. Better to have low expectations on things, than to have high expectations and be disappointed all the time.

TLDR: By rounding up the time to an hour or several hours on maintenance, SE is covering their own asses from gamer rage in the event that something goes wrong.

Careful man, common sense doesn't enter into many peoples mind when they have to have something now! o.o

[Jokerz]

I detect trollbait.

[Amherst]

I detect trollbait.

Yeah, we know. We're all just bored and waiting for maintenance to end too. Either for this or D3.