Which of the following activities would waste the most time?
a. Rich tries to multitask writing a report and reading a memo, and has to re-write the report and
re-read the memo, which takes an hour.
b. During a departmental meeting, Barry and Scott make small talk for twenty minutes while the
other six meeting members sit and listen.
c. Greg asks Tony a question about work and then talks to him for ten minutes about who will
win the game tonight.
d. Barbara composes an e-mail during her thirty minute train ride to work.