timegravel
/ˈtaɪmˌɡrævəl/nounVerified NewThe small unusable gaps that accumulate between meetings — twenty minutes here, fifteen there — too short for work, too long to rest in.
Gravel time piles up: two hours a day of it, none of it buildable. Managers sprinkle it, engineers hoard it, and the only thing anyone ever constructs from it is anxiety about the next call.
Etym. — time + gravel: the crushed stone of the calendar, numerous, hard, and good for nothing.
Rel. — meetmoss
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