Confined Spaces

 Now, I am by no means claustrophobic. I do however believe in occupancy regulations and personal space and being able to move to get a task done.

As somebody who grew up with 5 other siblings and a whole gaggle of family friends in and out of our house, I am no stranger to working around others, or sharing spaces, or even organizing and optimizing space. But, in the same general scope of things, these things have also taught me that space is important and that feeling comfortable to accomplish your work is important. You can not expect to put 10 people in an 8 by 10-foot space and have them all be able to maneuver in unison, especially if they do not all get along. If somebody is going to need to spin around or walk to the other side of the room to acquire materials at the same time as another, they will end up butting heads. It just is not feasible to expect that you can have them all in that space.

Similarly, you can not task those 10 people all with cleaning that 8 by 10-foot space and expect there not to be people who end up standing around because there are too many of them doing the same tasks. Sure, in theory, more people make for faster work, but not if they are bumping heads or overlapping and spreading things around. You honestly end up with the task taking longer than it would have with just one or two of them in that space. Especially since once those two people get into a groove, they start moving faster and getting more work done because they have a system that works.

What do you think though? Am I wrong in this thought process?