Flaky tests can be a significant source of frustration and wasted time for developers, causing them to lose focus and switch contexts, leading to additional delays. To address flaky tests, various strategies can be employed, including deleting or disabling the test, marking it as flaky, automating its re-run, dedicating a build step for it, or rerunning it automatically with retries. Additionally, teams can establish habits like working through an "engineering health" backlog to fix these issues, and tools like Aviator can automate cumbersome merge processes and manage cross-PR dependencies. Ultimately, the goal is to identify and address the root cause of flaky tests, rather than just masking their symptoms.