busywaiting

[waider]

I wonder what the timesheet code for "waiting for my mailer to haul down a few dozen megs from Texas and process it" is.

Comments

[bitpuddle.livejournal.com]

We call that "non project meeting." Of course, that was the intent of this category, but we use it for that.

[grumpy-sysadmin.livejournal.com]

"A0003498 -- required system maintenance, overtime if outside normal work hours"

[omarius.livejournal.com]

Sometime during my IT career I started referring to this type of activity as "Please Waiting."