stirring beans

Doing something to look busy and important, but accomplishing nothing.

When a district manager comes in to Ryan's Steakhouse and hangs around the salad bar "stirring beans"

When creating an Ebay ad for your business you spend hours worrying about what color your background color will be or finding just the right sound effect. That would be "stirring beans"

by David Shedlock December 30, 2008