Office Procedures

noun a person who works in an office, especially doing administrative work

adjective relating to clerks or office work

• The clerical staff is responsible for managing administrative tasks in the office.
• The clerical workers handle all the paperwork around here.
• I'm just a clerical peon in this big corporate machine.
• Her mind was like a cluttered clerical desk, full of unfinished thoughts and ideas.

noun A term used to describe trivial administrative tasks or details that are time-consuming or unnecessary.

• The meeting was delayed due to the excessive amount of administrivia that needed to be addressed.
• I can't believe how much administrivia we have to deal with before we can get anything done.
• Ugh, I'm so over all this administrivia we have to deal with at work.
• The administrivia of life can sometimes feel like a never-ending maze of paperwork and red tape.