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Punctuality // the basic thing in life. "It's okay to be late".... or is it not? If you know me well enough, you will know how much I hate being late, and how much I dislike people being late without a legit reason. I mean if you can, why would you be late for something? This whole blog post came about NOT because someone recently is late when meeting me, but because I read an article online about how it is okay to be late in society now. This particular article goes on to say about how people are late for business meeting and 10 people waited for this ONE person who is late. Of course, that is in a more serious tone because it is about making money. But I mean what about casual meetup with your friends? Just because your friends will not comment about you being late then you can be late? Or just simply because everyone else is going to be late then it is okay for you to be late? Well, in my eyes, NO! I view people who are constantly late as inconsiderate, unappreciated, uninterested and even unreliable. Probably some of you might be thinking, why is she such a fussy person? I don't think that I am fussy actually. Being punctual is like a responsibility, so to say. If you know that you are going to be late, then you could have jolly well tell the person you are meeting before hand. You agreed to meet at that time so it should be your own responsibility to get things done before hand and have enough time to travel to wherever to meet your friends. Inconsiderate: People made the effort to be there on time, or early just to meet you. If you happily walk into the room 15 minutes late (what more without an apology) then I think that you are really not feeling for the people who put in the extra sacrifice and effort. Unappreciated: put it in simple terms. Do you even appreciate the person for meeting you? Or for being on time? Uninterested: If you can't even be bothered with meeting me on time, what makes me think that you will be interested in what we are going to discuss or do later on? Unreliable: I know, this is a very strong word. But if someone is constantly late, I don't think that I am able to trust the person to do something for me and to do it well. I don't think I can trust his/her words if he/she tell me that we are going to meet at certain time but turns up late instead. Your word is your bond, if you constantly break this bond, I don't think I should always be the one fixing back the bond for you. Am I ALWAYS punctual when meeting people? Occasionally, no. But like 9 out of 10 times, yes I am on time or early. All that I've said does not apply to those people who are late here and there but people who are late like ALL THE TIME, you should know what I mean. I think everyone have at least this ONE PERSON who is late, like all the time, no matter what they are doing before they meet you, that person will always be late. I can never understand them, why is it so hard for people to just be on time. I did not ask to meet you early in the morning like at 6am where you have trouble waking up, but even meetings in the mid afternoon or evening, people reach late. What more when they come from home. The point is, it is not okay to be late. It never is, it never will be. |