The elders are the best time wasters.
1) drop off the publishers, then go back and pick them up, never spending any time talking to anyone yourself.
2) going off with a MS to make special calls and errands
3) going off with one's family every Saturday morning, never spending time with the rank and file
4) scheduling a "bible study" on Saturday morning but always going by yourself
5) taking much time for the meeting for field service, waiting for the late ones, taking 30 to 45 minutes before even getting in the car.
6) stopping for coffee break at 10:45 and taking 45 minutes, then quitting because it's 11:30, saying you will make an RV on the way home.
That's so funny the one time I went in service with an elder alone the time was spent as follows:
1.) Meeting for field service at 9, since he was conducting the meeting his time started then.
2.) Conducted meeting and figured out the service arrangements. Which brought the time to 10:00
3.) Went outside to re-do the service arrangements due to who had which cars, which lasted till 10:15.
4.) Drove to the place of service which took till 10:30
5.) Checked on all the others who were in service to make sure they were on the right street till 10:45
6.) Break at 10:45 till 11:30 making sure to drop a tract on the table to the waitress to count the time.
7.) Get back to the territory at 11:45.
8.) Check on the rest of the group till 11:55.
9.) Finish the last three houses of one group's street till 12:00
10.) Go back to the Kingdom Hall for the 12:30 service meeting.
It's a good plan if you can make it work, it all ran like clockwork though so I'm figuring he had some expirience in doing this method of preaching.