Daniel likes to get a hard copy of the sales report delivered to his house every night.
He's old school like.
You know?
Amanda asked me to do it, but l'm pretty sure she just likes the fact that it's 20 minutes out of my way.
Are you messing with me again?

What does "out of my way" mean in this context?

Question

Daniel likes to get a hard copy of the sales report delivered to his house every night.
He's old school like.
You know?
Amanda asked me to do it, but l'm pretty sure she just likes the fact that it's 20 minutes out of my way.
Are you messing with me again?

What does "out of my way" mean in this context?

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To go there before going home adds an extra 20 minutes to the speaker's commute. The speaker could get home 20 minutes sooner if he went straight home.

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He has to make a 20-minute detour from his usual route home. Because of this extra delivery, it takes him 20 minutes longer to get home.