You can imagine how your agent will feel about you if you waste his time that way.

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If you always look for the next exception, you waste a lot of time.

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Shaking the sticks at each other from opposite ends of the country for two hours seems like a monumental waste of time, if you ask me.

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If you want to waste a good hour of Internet time, take a look at some of the discussions at online predictions markets such as InTrade.

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If your office is cluttered or disorganized, you may waste valuable time searching for papers and phone numbers, or you could miss important deadlines, Burton Ways says.

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However, if you plan to do nothing but complain, it is a total waste of your time.

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If you add the time to judge the competition and send return letters, the waste gets even greater.

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All this is a shocking waste of time and taxpayers' money, incredibly inefficient and if you want to do something about the NHS, you should seriously send people here to learn about what medicine is about, which is getting people well and not inflicting patients with a bureaucratic nightmare.

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If you think LinkedIn is a non-productive business platform for intelligent conversation and leads, social media is a waste of time.

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