Then it finally dawned on him, “oh, you can do that?”  The he said, “I always say, give a lazy man something to do and he’ll find the best way to do it.”.  

I took it as a compliment.  Sometimes lazy people work smarter.  

I don’t promote being lazy, but I loathe repetitive processes when there’s a function that can be used instead.  Of course this is where you have to be practical too.  Don’t spend 2hrs trying to figure out a process to automate 10 repetitions.  Be creative, be smart, be lazy, but be practical!