... and by "some people", I mean "me and my partner"; take a leisurely stroll through this video of a very recent session from the American Summer Nationals (aka the Spingold).
The first two boards of the session race through in only twenty-three minutes. then comes board 3:
The director politely points out that they've now taken over an hour to play three boards.
This is the semi-final of one of the very top open teams' events in the world and they're not playing for buttons, but all the same... all I can say is that this sort of thing would never happen if Judy was directing.