Is punctuality important for you?

I really don't ever recall being late for anything...

 

I kinda am always kinda late :/ I try not to be, I hate it, but it happens a lot.. I guess my problem is that I give people times without realizing I need more time.

 

If I'm at work I am either 10 minutes early or one minute late for meetings. Weird. On the weekends and with friends I'm on Jamaica's time.

 

I am always on time, in fact it is like an obsession for me. When my girls have somewhere to go especially when they were younger and went to like a lot of birthdays and such, I would have them wait in the car until it was the correct time to be there. They laugh about this now, but they are now always timely when they are going somewhere. (at least I hope they are when they are not around me).

I can not stand being late somewhere, I have never been late and even if I am running even five minutes late I always call my boss and let him know.

 

im one of those people who would rather be like 20min early than 5 min late

plus when i bike places i tend to get super red and over heated, so i give myself some extra time so i can cool down a bit before work. avoiding super gross sweatiness at work is preferred

 

Always at least 10 minutes early.

I had an interview today and was actually 20 minutes early for that...

 

but you know, being late, except at interviews or important meetings, a liiiiittle late, is good... makes you more wanted! and your arrival is always noticed that way.

 

Unfortunately, I am on time and I am the one waiting for at least 15 minutes for the other ones who are always late...

 

Punctuality is extremely important to me. I am always either where I need to be right on time or 5-10 minutes earlier. And believe me, that's not an easy feat with three young children to get ready.

 

I'm always late (or exremely early) for buses - that can be annoying.
Aside from that, I'm generally on time. That alters if I don't really want to be there in the first place.
As for others:
As long as it is less than 30 minutes, I'm a patient kinda guy, I can wait, It is not the end of the world, really.

 

I always get there right when I intend to.

I'm not mad if others are late though. Unless it's real habitual and thoughtless, it seems petty.

 

I've really tried hard to make it a priority.

I have a bad habit of waking up, going into the bathroom, losing all sense of time, and then realizing "Oh shit! I'm going to be late!" I'm not a very good morning person and I'm very slow moving.

So, I have this system you see...

I have an alarm that is set at least 15 minutes ahead of real time. It goes off, I press the snooze button twice. Then my TV alarm goes on, and the weather channel comes on. I sit in my bed and watch what the weather will be like, and think about what to wear, what to make for breakfast, etc.

Then I get out of bed to pee, take my meds and vitamins, and come out to my egg timer. I then look at the clock, and set my timer for how many minutes I have to be out of the house to do whatever I have to do.

Then I go about getting ready.

When the timer goes off, I know that I have to gather up my things to leave. Sometimes I will set my timer a second time if I need extra time to pack a lunch or whatever.

It's taken me years to be successful at being on time and ready, but it really helps to get me alive and ready.

I'm not the kind of person that is always on time and I never will be. But I have put an awful lot of effort into getting where I have to be on time. It seems like it should be the easiest thing. For the most part, I am early and ready - but I have 0 concept of how long it takes me to perform certain tasks.

 

I'm always on time for work. other than that, I'm bad at measuring time. "I'll be over in an hour" usually means 2, depending on what I get caught up doing.

 

Punctuality is very very important to me and I take it as a personal disrespect when somebody does not respect my time and shows up all late like a crackhead. I am always early!

 

Crackheads are late?? I thought they were fast moving and are always on the go...

Like I said earlier It doesn't bother me when people are late cause at least they showed up..

 

It's a Chris Rock reference from bigger and blacker.

 

I've seen it and liked his Bring the Pain better... But I was just pointing out that crackheads are on the move and go all the time...so therefore chances of them being late are pretty slim...

 

It depends for me on the situation. Getting to work on time is an absolute must and has been for the past 3 years since I was promoted to operations manager. If I show up late, the entire business comes to a screeching halt (literally sometimes). If Aura and I were to plan on doing something special at a certain time, I would be sure to be on time (but we live together so that's not really an issue). However, to go camping with friends, arriving at a party for family, getting my son ready to stay over at his mothers, paying certain legal supervision fees, going to a mediocre concert, etc. I could honestly care less about being on time so long as no one will be angry with me. Im too care free during my personal time to worry about, well, time.
God Bless ~

 

I am never late... ever.

Punctuality is extremely important to me. You can't imagine how frustrating it was to live in Honduras, where the concept of time is so skewed that someone who says that they'll be somewhere in an hour might actually take up to 5 hours to get there.

I also have stoner friends who are unpunctual and I lecture the shit out of them when they're late or keep on calling them until they have no choice but to be on time. I even bitch my parents out for being late...

It you say you'll be here in half an hour... be here in half an hour. If you think that it's gonna take you an hour... then don't say that you'll be here in half an hour.

I hate waiting for people, it makes me feel trapped. I can't do anything in the time period while I wait... terrible feeling.

 

Depending on what Im waiting for, if it's nothing an emergency or anything terribly pressing to take care of, that's when I meditate. I had a dream once when I was around 12 years old that I was in love with a girl, and I spent most of the dream hours waiting on her front porch for her to come home XD I dont know, I guess it just doesnt bother me to wait for people unless we have fairly important plans.