time bandits
History-hopping robbers
Time bandits are people or things that steal your time—distractions, interruptions, or inefficiencies that consume hours without producing results.
The term appears frequently in productivity and self-help contexts: Social media is one of the biggest time bandits in modern life.
Unnecessary meetings are time bandits that drain the workday.
The phrase evokes petty thieves making off with something valuable.
- movieRecorded visual narrative
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- thievesThose who commit larceny
- stolen momentsSecret brief encounters
- clocksInstruments displaying hours
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