"Intentionally" would have been a better choice of word than "explicitly," as I use delay as a decision-making tactic rather than an official, published policy.

"Intentionally" would have been a better choice of word than "explicitly," as I use delay as a decision-making tactic rather than an official, published policy. Yes, it is possible that people are gaming my tactic and I am optimizing for the wrong variable, but in practice that doesn't seem to happen.