Commentary for Kiddushin 65:2
אמר מר יכול יהדרנו בממון ת"ל תקום והדרת מה קימה שאין בה חסרון כיס אף הידור שאין בו חסרון כיס וקימה לית בה חסרון כיס מי לא עסקינן דקא נקיב מרגניתא אדהכי והכי קאים מקמיה ובטיל ממלאכתו
Does it not refer [even] to him who is piercing pearls,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For stringing together.');"><sup>2</sup></span> and whilst he rises up before him he is disturbed from his work?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And piercing pearls (or perhaps diamond cutting) being highly paid work, this involves a monetary loss.');"><sup>3</sup></span> - But rising is compared to honouring: just as honouring involves no cessation of work,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Honouring implies to shew respect, speak with reverence, but not to cease from work.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The last line provides a context for this—an artisan. An artisan is working for someone else, but not on an hourly basis. For instance, a cobbler making a pair of shoes. We might have thought that he could stop working because he’ll just continue working later, and he is not cheating his employer of his paid time. The Talmud says that even this is not allowed because it takes up time in which he could be completing the project. I think there is an important message in this piece, one that is very hard to observe these days, with all of the distractions in our lives. When we are working, we are working for others and we owe them the best that we can do. It is a value and we need to take it seriously (I am not lecturing you, my readers, I am mostly confessing to my own sins).