are you always on time?
By punkix
@punkix (658)
Philippines
September 26, 2008 11:06pm CST
have you managed to be always on time? whether you are going to dine out and meet up with friends, going on a date, school or work? i have always tried to wake up few hours to get things done so id be able to attent to something on time but there are circumstances that arent in your field of responsibility that slows you down and makes you arrive late. i have friends if not all the time, most of the time are late or they would much prefer be on the dot which also can lead to being late. i enjoyed being e few minutes early coz i like to hang around before everything starts.about 95% i am on time. how about you?
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27 responses
@teclive (247)
• Canada
27 Sep 08
i try to be on time for the most part, but, sadly enough, i do not make it all the time.
If its for an appointment, i am never late, however, if i am meeting someone at their house, then, for the most part, i am normally about 10 minutes late :)
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
27 Sep 08
yeah i know we make sure that we are on time when it is "really important" like if you are meeting your boss or a person with a higher position where you work or you have a major exam on one of your subjects in school but for casual things, we always find it okay to relax and be late :) hahaha
@pheonixstar1982 (2307)
• United States
27 Sep 08
I prefer to be early. I try to leave in plenty of time to be early. I hate being late, but sometimes things come up that are unavoidable, no one can predict a traffic accident.
@pheonixstar1982 (2307)
• United States
27 Sep 08
What i hate is when i don't hear my alarm clock going off and i am rushing around for work, because i always ended up forgetting lunch or forget to take something to drink.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
27 Sep 08
i have trouble being on time. i am always late. i don't know why i ahave difficulty. it seems to me that every time i will try to be on time that something will come up to cause me to be delayed on my planned time. anyways, i still trying to change this habit of mine so that i will be punctual. it feels good to be punctual as i had done for some time before but sadly i can't keep up with that kind of habit. it is like i am going back to my old ways after getting to change a bit.
@shamikabsb (602)
• Sri Lanka
29 Sep 08
I am also on time. Due to others I get late for team work but as an individula I am on time. In fact I am before time in many occassions so I have time for any risks as well.
@ibiswas (422)
• India
27 Sep 08
Hi pukix... I always try to reach at my destination before time. I truly don't like somebody waiting for me and neither i like waiting for somebody... I always prefer to reach few minutes to avoid the last minute rushup and hassle. I remember a famous quotation i came across on a website which says - "Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character..."
I OWE ALL MY SUCCESS IN LIFE TO HAVING BEEN ALWAYS ATLEAST HALF AN HOUR BEFORE MY TIME...... Happy myLotting!!!!
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
28 Sep 08
I am usually on time. But I always aim to be at least 15 minutes early for an appointment.
My husband on the other hand always tries to hit it right on the nose and more often than not ends up just a few minutes late.This makes for a very fun time trying to leave to reach our destination.
That's ok though becasue I learned a long time ago to set my clocks about 7 minutes fast.LOL
We reach a happy medium!
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
27 Sep 08
i try my best to be on time most of the time... and i can say that i succeed in most of the cases... and i also like to be an early person... i prefer to wait for people rather than let people wait for me... and i think 95% of the time i am also on time... take care and have a nice day...
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
27 Sep 08
I am always on time. I dont like to be late for anything. I always leave 20 minutes early for appt and when I go to work.
@cortjo73 (6498)
• United States
27 Sep 08
I am most always on time. There have been a few times when I have been late but, rarely and, it is never because I had a choice. On the very few occasions where I was late for work, I left in plenty of enough time but arrived late (usually only a few minutes) because of traffic or an accident of something. Those times were few and far between. And, if I am going to an event, a party or something, if I arrived late, again, it was not my choice. Chances are, whomever I was arriving with, had me running late.
I feel like tardiness is like saying that your time if more valuable than those around you or those whom you were invited by. It seems like a smack in the the fact to me. I value everyone's time as much as I value my own. If I will be late, I will call to let people know.
And, I get very stressed out if I am running late so, in an attempt to avoid being stressed out, I avoid being late as much as I possibly can.
@dropofrain (1167)
• India
27 Sep 08
I am mostly on time and I like to be on time. I do not like people who are not punctual and always be late. I think you should always leave a little early so that you respect your time and the time of the person whom you are meeting. So try to be on time all those who are not punctual.
@mayrah (1144)
• United States
27 Sep 08
I admit I can't manage to be always on time specially if I have to meet up with friends. I don't want to arrive earlier than them. Because I don't have patience to wait for others. I don't know why but that's me. But in school or work where every one arrive on time and there is sanction or penalty for those who are late I have managed to come on time.
@cynthiacwc (53)
• Malaysia
27 Sep 08
i'm always on time no matter what i'm doing. i prefer to be at least 10 mins earlier if i have an appointment. it's a good manner and i personally do not like people with no punctuality because it will delay what is being planned.
@corngrass (727)
• Malaysia
27 Sep 08
I always try my best to be in time. I hate to be late for something so normally i will start prepare 2 hours before i go out. Normal day, i will be in the office 45 minutes before my work starts.
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
27 Sep 08
i always try my best to be early but at times you cannot help it but be late like there is traffic or you hit a flat tire or something! but most of the time i am always early, like in high school..i was always early, the only time i got late was during the first day in school! hahahaha!
@pinkabell (28)
•
27 Sep 08
I do try to be on time. When I used to go out with my mates from college though, I used to live much further away from them to where we used to go and would often be late due to missing the train (my fault) or just things as common as engineering works or delays, which although wasn't technically my fault, I should have known was likely to happen. These days I tend to be try and be on time or arrive a bit early. I tend to be later when I'm meeting up with the mates from college...I wonder if I subconsciously think that as they expect me to be late I can afford to set out that little bit later...