Do you really respect promptness?

you sound like you are talking from personal experience ted? actually i think a lot of things go over time although sometimes you do get people that drag things out needlessly. not often though. now have i told you about all the cute things my pets have been doing yet? ooh they got up. ran around. oh come on you need to hear this. ate something really sweetly. played...blah blah blah

it's noted if i turn up to work late, get up late anything. my work mate is a sticky beak and you can see a fair bit of what goes on round our place, doesn't worry me thou. we run like clock work thou, pretty much on time. expect when i work with the boss and he's more casual, so you run a bit later. apart from that i like to be on time when doing something, i just find that people who run late can be annoying and it doesn't make a good impression.

Apparently, many people respect promptness. Except people in some countries has the habbit of being late. It is very common that people want to start the appointment on time. But regarding to the finish of a meeting, most of them can not be wrapped up on time. Especially, the meeting is too long and too boring. Every person's time is very precious. So, we should try to keep on time and finish on time.

Hi ParaTed2k,Yes I do, I don't want to be late on what appointments scheduled.I always make sure that 5 or 10 minutes advance before the meeting.It's okay for me to wait than be late.Good day!

Yes, I value promptness in a sense that I greatly value my time and those of others and expect that people would also have the same considerations. I usually make it a point not be be late in any meetings or appointments since aside that it creates a bad impression, I know its no fun to endure waiting for someone.

Interesting point. I had a professor in my college who wouldn't allow a student to enter after the instant he entered the class, never mind that he himself was late to class. But he would keep taking classes well into the lunch break. It really annoyed us a lot. We always wondered about his twisted sense of promptness.

Huh? I want appointments to start and end on time. I expect the school bus to pick up my kids for school on time and bring them home on time. I expect school to start and end on time. I expect people to be home or to a meeting on time...I want everything on time. I am confused as to why this is even a question. Who doesn't care if an appointment or meeting or whatever runs to long? Rather a person is late, or a meeting or appointment starts late, or an appointment or meeting runs overtime, either way it is taking up more of someone's time than it should. Either way it is just as rude and/or annoying.

When I was a young guy in school we were always taught the essentiality of being on time. Nowadays I don't think people get this training. People everywhere behave as if all time is their own and give stupid excuses for being late or not showing up at all. Its a modern day lack of proper discipline.

Stay right here while I think about this one. What do you mean you have to go? That's a good point, but what do you do if you really need to take the extra time to finish? Take the time and deal with it and make the next person late? Or reschedule when you really need to deal with it NOW?

Hi Teddy, is this a first for you, stepping outside politics, bravo. I have always been the punctious type, hate to be late, it shows disrespect towards the other person, so one should also be punctual in finishing too. Greece on the other hand is not a place famed fro its punctuality, more for its laid back attitude, so it is rare to encounter promptness although some businesses are catching onto the idea. Generally though is something related to Greek beurocracy is involved it's best to start early in the day and put the whole day aside to deal with it, as there will be much much stamping of the same forms needed by a myriad of different departments.

You are absolutely correct. I respect both. Showing up on time is a must. If you don't show up on time and keep the other person waiting it is a sign of disrespect. On the other hand, keeping someone late can also be seen as a sign of disrespect if you agreed on a stopping point. What I mean is if you and the other person you were meeting with agreed to end the meeting no later than 6 p.m., then it is only considered rude if you are kept or are keeping the other person there past 6. A lot of meetings don't have a set ending time, so this area can be a little vague. If you have somewhere to go, then you should tell the other person that you have to leave at such and such a time. If not, then how will the other person know what your schedule is, unless you make it clear.

ya u r right it is very important to quit on time as it is to start on time.. if we leave them on time they will be in time for next day.

Yes. If there are meeting appointments being set, I make sure that I will come on time so not to disturb other people on their next schedule. Being prompt is a not a big deal but it plays a vital role especially when you are about to close a business deal. And there is a saying goes "early bird catches the worm".

Yeah, I am very particular with promptness. It reflects the personality of a person. For me it shows ones sense of commitment. most people whom i transacted business with who are prompt tends to be serious in their business dealings. I also meet business people who hates people who are not on time. They could not afford another 10 or 20 minutes to extend their time just waiting. In business, the name of the game is time. Every minute counts. On the other hand, it is also equally important to finish meetings on time. Dilly dallying of discussions in times of meetings frustrates other members of the group as they still have other things to attend to. In cases like this I will have to excuse myself politely and tell them the reason for my excuse and most of the time, the meeting is adjourned. But there could be times when we can not avoid extension, especially when matters are very important to tackle. We have to resolve problems no matter how long it takes.

I have never really thought if it that way. I don't try to take any more of anybody's time then I need to. My time is precious as well so I like to keep things short. When I have a party I don't expect people to be in time, I hope they stick to the 15 minute rule and are not more than 15 minutes, but if they are 5 or 10 minutes late I don't really care, it is a social occasion not job. I never show up early anywhere, I will usually try to get there either right on time or within 5 minutes of the time I am suppossed to be there. I hate when people show up early to my parties. Since I usually make all the food myself I need every minute I can get and when they show up early I have to stop what I am doing and answer the door for them chit chat for a moment and run back in to the kitchen that couple of minutes can get me totally off schedule. People don't realize that being 20 minutes early is just as rude as being 20 minutes late. I would rather someone be 10 minutes late than 10 minutes early, but people should arrive at appointments on time. But on the same note the appointments should be taken on time too, which never happens.