Farting arround

[Mary Mallozziberg]

In short, messing arround, wasting time (usually someone elses rather then your own) etc.
Like an employee going to do something, then chatting with another employee for ten minutes, finally [doing the job], on their way back chatting with another employee for another ten minutes, turning what should have been a 10 minute job into a [30 minute] job.
Another example is kids walking home from school, stopping every five minutes to play arround, turning a twenty minute walk into an hour [long walk].