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> 「入って間も無い千穂だが、こういった **隙間隙間** できちんと仕事を求めて立ち回るのである。」

The context of this sentence is that 千穂 is a relatively new worker at a fast
food restaurant and was, just before a customer entered, talking to her
coworker. It is mentioned that at the current moment nobody was at the
register (which is not inflicted with any working-rules or anything). Further
it is mentioned that this is not a terribly busy time for the restaurant.

I was just wondering why 「隙間」is repeated here. In my eyes the sentence would
make sense without this repetition as well.
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grammar meaning
Question about the repetition of 「隙間」
隙間{すきま} here is used to describe "Whenever you have time you have no
particular task". Probably in most business, chore work usually has not been
completely done at once.

So, when you have free time, you should be able to find something to do in the
restaurant. Probably doing less imminent tasks such as refilling dish-washing
soaps or you can hand out flyer on the street or asking another drink from
customers, etc. other than doing cashier register or cooking food and serving
meals to the guests.

Co-worker might be expecting working more adaptively from moment to moment at
the restaurant.

I think it is irrelevant if 千穂 is new worker or not and is not limited to the
restaurant. My co-worker at the office send messages like
「スキマ時間で、これ手伝って頂けると有り難いです。」 _"If you have spare time, it would be grateful to
help get this stuff done"_

Recently I see スキマ(時間) more often than 隙間{すきま} in business news paper, but I
think its meaning is the same.
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