Because someone has to decide to do nothing, and someone else has to decide when to have that meeting about doing nothing.
A 10 minute discussion on the merits of not discussing anything at all.
A 30 minute discussion on how to fill out the 37 page form in triplicate, because someone has to.
Adoration of the 12 year old coffee machine that still somehow works, even though it's been broken for 3 years.