What's with the longwinded pointless scenes in the return?

Now I've just finished episode seven and there's a two minute long scene of a guy just sweeping up in the roadhouse which leads to a phonecall with the revied Jacque Renault revealing he's still a creep.

Why is this here? What is the point? Is this a signature Lynch directing technique?

I don't remember the other two seasons having any long monotonous almost silent scenes like the return, I'm loving the season but god damn.