Sentence:  Breakfast in bed at the royal household is a massive <WSD>faff</WSD>. A page boy must carry the tray upstairs, but he's banned from actually serving it. So he leaves it on the floor by the bedroom door, whereupon a housemaid picks it up and knocks on said portal. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.