Ridiculous Procrastinator: Difference between revisions

Procrastination is the putting off of an unpleasant task until the last minute. It's [[Truth in Television|quite common]]. Hell, [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|if you are reading this, you probably are procrastinating right now]]. The Ridiculous Procrastinator is someone—often [[Brilliant but Lazy|someone very capable]]—who does this to such ridiculous extremes that it is almost funny. He will put off writing a 10,000-word paper until the night before it is due, and once he sits down to start it, he will find half a million petty tasks that do not need to be done to avoid writing that paper. Often, he will realize that [[We Could Have Avoided All This|he could have avoided all of this]], as he finds that the assignment practically writes itself once he gets going.

 

 

When they ''finally'' begin working (usually when they realize they only have about an hour left to finish), they begin working like [[The Flash]] after drinking 12 pots of coffee. In some cases, they finish their project at the last minute, run like madmen to their class (or workplace, or what have you), only to find out that the deadline's been changed, or the project's been canceled, meaning they've done all that work [[Shaggy Dog Story|for nothing]].