Marc, an employee at Tezel Inc., was assigned work by his manager. The manager asked him to start work as soon as he receives instructions from his supervisor. Marc waits for three hours before his supervisor gives him instructions to start work. In the context of productivity, the time spent on waiting for instructions is called ________.
A) the interim time
B) payback time
C) downtime
D) overtime

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The time spent waiting for instructions is considered downtime, as it is not productive time spent working on the task assigned.

Marc, an Employee at Tezel Inc