"never ask a quick question by email when an hour long meeting with 6 people will do" I think about 50% of my meetings and hence maybe 20% of my salary are to

"never ask a quick question by email when an hour long meeting with 6 people will do" I think about 50% of my meetings and hence maybe 20% of my salary are to satisfy perceptions of social etiquette and / or to hack around equitable allocation of time / priority / resources.