Timing simple operations against production account

gistfile1.txt

$ ruby simple_operation.rb
Creating /tmp/hello185: (data) (2622ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello185: (data) (1229ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello185/tmp.rb: (data) (4120ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello185/tmp.rb: (data) (1308ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello185/tmp.rb: (data) (3409ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello185/tmp.rb: (data) (1254ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello185/tmp.rb: (data) (5276ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello185/tmp.rb: (data) (1028ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello185: (data) (1386ms)
Took 21633ms

$ ruby simple_operation.rb
Creating /tmp/hello567: (data) (3452ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello567: (data) (1560ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello567/tmp.rb: (data) (3769ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello567/tmp.rb: (data) (1459ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello567/tmp.rb: (data) (3515ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello567/tmp.rb: (data) (1479ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello567/tmp.rb: (data) (3482ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello567/tmp.rb: (data) (1741ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello567: (data) (1844ms)
Took 22302ms

$ ruby simple_operation.rb
Creating /tmp/hello850: (data) (3039ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello850: (data) (1128ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello850/tmp.rb: (data) (3790ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello850/tmp.rb: (data) (1139ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello850/tmp.rb: (data) (3576ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello850/tmp.rb: (data) (1127ms)
Uploading /tmp/hello850/tmp.rb: (data) (3688ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello850/tmp.rb: (data) (1022ms)
Fetching metadata for /tmp/hello850: (data) (1327ms)
Took 19836ms