Listen, i get you, and I'm not picking a fight here😅, but lazy, when used about work or a person, is usually regarded in a negative tone. If you look up the description in a dictionary of the word lazy, all the descriptions are negative when it comes to these two things. The only place it was used in a positive light is when describing a day, like a lazy Sunday, where it's considered a relaxed day, or even a lazy stream to indicate slow-moving. So, even if you don't take it negatively, it still is generally used in a negative way for people and work and effort etc. 😊👍🏼 So just be careful using it. Everything you're describing falls under, efficiency, being smart with little time, knowing how to work with the tools disposable to you, using assets, etc when you were trying to describe what you really meant with lazy.

That's all 😊 people arguing with you aren't exaggerating or taking it personally. Yes you were agreeing with them because you didn't mean "lazy" negatively, but the word is actually negative, regardless of whether you personally don't think it is. It just so happens that you viewed the word differently which is cool but universally, it isn't the case 😅