Chasing pavements.

@Lucky15 (37374)

Philippines

April 7, 2016 5:16am CST

Nine in the morning, i sat down in the office, waiting for the.meeting to start. What else is new? None. Same old style, they had thought of one not so nice Filipino habit. Filipino time. The 9 AM meeting started at 10, an hour late than what is supposed to be. Sigh. Time is more precious than gold, but they just.take it for granted. Oh well, i should have known that they will be starting the meeting late. But i am still hopeful that change will come. Now i am singing, "Chasing Pavements". Does being late.frustrates you too? Are you on chasing pavements.too?

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@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

I hate tardiness or absences of my students. I give them a demerit if they do this. 3 late=1 tardy-3 make-up duty-P300.00 x 3 =P900.00

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

wow! we have fine with the late comers, but they always look for "hole" to save an amount, haha

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@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

7 Apr 16

Never heard this Chasing Pavements, its rule

Oh yes here they are always late..do not know what on time is .. I cant stand it myself.

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@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

7 Apr 16

@Lucky15 Yes that is what I thought it to mean Reine..I like it, I am going to start saying it..

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Chasing those fruitless efforts. Hoping but hopeless .like those kindnof meeting.where people.always get late

sigh. Hahaha

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

8 Apr 16

@TiarasOceanView hahaha. But i can sing the sing better than doing the expression

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@LdeL0318 (6400)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Yes it does. I'm a kind of person who never gets late. But I am also patient enough to wait.

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@LdeL0318 (6400)

• Philippines

8 Apr 16

@Lucky15 But of course I won't tolerate them.

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

It depends.on the.waiting for me. Haha

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Apr 16

That's one Filipino trait i hated . It's stressing to be waiting and waiting for the others to come when in a meeting . Good thing , i have my fave game on my phone .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Apr 16

@Lucky15 That's what is good with today's technology . We will not be stressed waiting .

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

8 Apr 16

Thanks for those apps. Haha

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@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Apr 16

I am one that is always on time, if not early, to everything. It does frustrate me when someone is late.

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@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

8 Apr 16

@Lucky15 My sister is always late to family gatherings. There have been times when we have had to wait an hour or more for her to arrive.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

One of the thing i treasure is time. That i have been conscious on everything i do. And whenneveryone is late...that will really frustrates me.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

8 Apr 16

@simone10 oh my ;(

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@amadeo (111938)

• United States

7 Apr 16

That is a song? by whom.

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@amadeo (111938)

• United States

7 Apr 16

@Lucky15 Oh,not a fan of her.Hello?

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Adele.sir ;)

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

7 Apr 16

yes I hate waiting when I am already tired and need to lay down. especially these days

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Waitinf is okay if it is necessary but...yeah. those colleagues are just intolerable :(

@Letranknight2015 (51938)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

My grandma and mom went to the doctor 30 minutes before his time arrival date. Only to find out later he came an hour and half LATE, she complained how her butt hurt already sitting there

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Aww. Haha. That i a long time of waiting

@gudheart (12659)

•

7 Apr 16

Time is so limited and it can fly so fast without us even being able to take a breather.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

And they just taking time for granted :(

@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

7 Apr 16

I can't stand being made to wait. When something needs to get done, it should be done. @Lucky15 Yes, people being late frustrates me too.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

It cuts that energetic momentum

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@fawkes62 (1276)

• United States

7 Apr 16

I get really frustrated with people who are more than a few minutes late. I few minutes could be traffic issues or they got held up on their way to the meeting. An hour late would really make me upset.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Traffic yes. Specially when we are in manila. But here...traffic.is not an excuse. Haha

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

7 Apr 16

That never happened in the schools in which I taught, nor in my son's law firm. Time is money!

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

I always say to myself...you can make.more.money but you can not make more time. That is how precious time is. But to them...sigh

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@JudyEv (339577)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 16

I have a niece and family in Egypt and we talk about 'Egypt time'. Everyone is always late - usually very late. :)

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Oh... thatbis quite like Filipino timw

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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Traffic here is so bad to really cause tardiness but one can always choose to leave a bit earlier. But then so much has to be done. My sentiments. Lol.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

Hahaha. Traffic is one oroblem that really has to be solved. But...

@dazzledlady (1618)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

It also frustrates me when events or meeting starts later than scheduled because for me the time waste in waiting could have been use to do something productive. So I usually avoid setting appointments with these type of people.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

it is a meeting that we have to attend to, but some really taking it for granted :(

@jstory07 (139579)

• Roseburg, Oregon

7 Apr 16

What is worse is when no one shows up at all.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

oh, that will be the worst :(

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

7 Apr 16

I am always on time and I dislike it when people are late. Showing no respect for others.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

it is just bad that it has always been the same, and no wonder why every meeting, many are not attending

@Telynor (1763)

• United States

8 Apr 16

I hate, hate, hate being late. It's a quirk of mine, and one I doubt that I will ever get over.