Do you keep "TIME PUNCTUALITY " or hurry up in the LAST MINUTE....

Manintaining time manner - Time
@subathra (3519)
India
April 4, 2007 9:09am CST
I always maintain time punctuality which has been my habit from school days.I see that i reach a place little earlier than to hurry up and rush in last hours.If am 10 minutes late too i will have a tensed feeling and in order to avoid this i keep up my time.I have some friends who really make a mess with time keeping specially when we plan for a movie and end up in going late. Do you have time punctuality?How do you feel if you reach a place very late than expected?How do you tackle people who are waiting quite a long time because you have turned late there?
16 responses
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
17 Sep 07
Well Suba dear, i am in bad habit of being Punctual or 5-10 mins b4 time. May be 2 reasons 1)my father is really punctual and want to honor commitment. he is never late 2)my schooling was done at boarding school of public colleges, some sort of army college u say and we had to follow srtrict routine of wake up, exercice, school, break, school, break, lunch, study, prayers, tea, sports, study, common romm and then lights off, LOL well ask me how i feel when i reach ontime at occasions and no one else is there, cau u imagine that, LOL take caree
@subathra (3519)
• India
17 Sep 07
I too was brought up with strict puntuality which keeps me to continue with this habit even now.Like you there were so many times i have reached office so early, i could see only the cleaning people there..have a good day ahead..friend.
@subathra (3519)
• India
17 Sep 07
Its from my dad and brother from whom i learned puntuality.i hope its brought up that is one important factor that contributes to this habit grow.
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
17 Sep 07
Well Suba, i wont say it strict upbringing rather disciplines life, so its good and feel satified, what about U dear, dont u feel satisfied a u said u feel tensed when late so puntuality is good and u should thanks ur family for that byee enjoy eve ahead
@touchnshine (2821)
• India
19 Jul 07
Dear subathra I am not at all punctual in time .. though I try hard to become punctual .. but at the last moment things goes wrong. I have tried many times to be punctual .. my family is sometimes upset with my being late many times but I can't help it .. It happens .. it's a fast life and everything just keeps on moving so fast .. and time simply keeps on moving. I am simply not able to maintain my time .. Now I am trying some steps to make a proper schedule so that all things will come in manner and in this way I will maintain my time well.
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@subathra (3519)
• India
19 Jul 07
hi Its good to note that you are trying to improve to keep up time puntuality.Hope you suceed in that.take care..suba
• India
20 Jul 07
Oh thanks .. Yes I hope I will succeed .. Take Care and wish you a great day !!!!
@subathra (3519)
• India
20 Jul 07
most welcome..great day for you too..
@balasri (26537)
• India
16 Jul 07
Hi Subathra I have accepted your offer to be my friend happily.Thanks for that. And I am a punctuality freak.Nothing irks me more than the fellows who shows no respect for time.They way they live is their business.But they cannot ever waste our time. Looking forward for more mylotting.
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@subathra (3519)
• India
18 Jul 07
tnks a lot for responding & accpeting my request.happy mylotting..
@balasri (26537)
• India
18 Jul 07
You are most welcome.
@babykay (2131)
• Ireland
20 Jul 07
no I am pretty dreadful at being on time. But I will never be really late either, its usually a matter of a few minutes for me. I think it is conditioning! When we are young we learn about stuff like timekeeping and my parents were always very late and disorganized so I blame them!!
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@subathra (3519)
• India
21 Jul 07
Anyway you dont like to turn late.few minutes of late is ok..yes..this time punctuality comes from our child hood and parents plays an important role in this..tnks for your reply.
@yanstill (1490)
• China
19 Jul 07
i like to be punctual.and i will be very annoyed if someone is not on time.it makes me feel that i am not important,in some way.so i always want to be punctual myself.if something happened that i cant get there on time,i will call my friends before and explain it.i will feel very sorry if i keep others wait,no matter how long.
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@subathra (3519)
• India
19 Jul 07
you seem to have a very good attitude as you call others who are waiting for you when you turn late.tnks for the response
@r_yuen (332)
• Indonesia
16 Sep 07
Hi subathra.... I think this is a good discussion. Looking at the last response of 2 months ago, I think I'd like to freshen up this discussion of yours. Allow me... :) Well.. I'm living in Jakarta. The city of HEAVY jam. You can travel from one place to another place with the distance less than 10 km, but you will need almost 1 hour to arrive. Hahaha.... :) Time is very important here, that's why I TRY to be punctual, even though it's so difficult to keep the punctuality here in Jakarta. I prefer to arrive earlier and wait for people to come rather than to be waited. If I was being awaited for others, it makes a guilt feelings... :) even though I arrive in time. So, I'd better wait for the people I'll meet. So far by experiences, I manage to do it, unless there are some sudden circumstances like "mass demonstration" (Jakarta has a lot of this kind of event recently... :) ) Thanks !
@subathra (3519)
• India
17 Sep 07
Tnks for bringing my discussion back for responses.Good to see that you maintain time punctuality.Even i live in a metro city full of traffic but i always maintain my time to go early. have a great day ahead! suba
• India
4 Apr 07
i always try to be puctuall but i couldnt be punctuall all the time due to external factors and due to my lasiness. i am trying to more punctual and to do the correct thing an the correct time.
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@samrat16 (2442)
• India
5 Apr 07
I am generally 5 minutes early to a place. Like if I have to reach at 10 o'clcok to a place I am generally at 9.55 on the place to avoid any rush and I hate when people abuse me for anything wrong. It's always better to be right from your side and enjoy the benefits of punctual man . I'm a punctual man and I admire people who care for time.
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@samrat16 (2442)
• India
24 Apr 07
A few minutes early for the most part. I think it's because my father always ran late when I was growing up, and he used to keep us all endlessly waiting, so I find that to be very frustrating, so I'm very conscious of the time when I need to be somewhere. Some people are just busy and run late but for others it's a power trip, and it can be really disrespectful. THANK YOU FOR BEST RESPONSE.
• India
4 Apr 07
I always think that I will be time punctual but again hurry up in last minute.This time also I have decided that I will be time punctual lets see what will happen this time.
@gegegelay (933)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
I always make sure i'm always on time or a little early sometimes. I don't like being late in school or in meetings. I try to make sure I wake up an hour before I believe so I would have amper time to get ready and also eat. It takes me a while to dress up coz' sometimes I can't decide right away what to wear ;) But of course, I'm not perfect either and i'm also late sometimes, but it's very seldom.
@jlo228 (170)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
huh?? Time.. well here in the Philippines is very into the manner of Filipino Time.. 1 hour late of the settled meeting time.. have nothing to do with... set earlier to avoid coming late.
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@crackhead (1826)
• India
5 Apr 07
I am not that punctual. I will be late to school or college but was never late to office. I never feel tensed even when i am late. I just run but not tensed. While going to movies and parties i will be there earlier and will wait for others which i usually hate. If i am too late to reach a place i feel guilty for making other wait which in general never happens. When i am late i will explain people the cause an off course i will inform them forehand that i will be late by few minutes.
@semak76 (187)
• United States
23 Apr 07
I grew up with a mom that is known for being late for everything. the family had to start telling her events started a half hour earlier than they did, just so she wouldnt be too late. Unfortunately it has kindof stuck. I have a knack of going from sound asleep to out the door in about 5 minutes. I had to perfect that in order to not take over her place as the late one. For some reason I can make it to work on time,but anything else, forget it. I'm not that bad though, usually only about 5 10 minutes.
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@sonia23 (322)
• India
14 Jul 07
i am very punctual
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• India
12 Nov 07
I am afraid to say i dont.its really shame dat even after so many years punctuality is something thats out of mylife.i dont mean to say i am not always not punctual but there are times when i am not where i should be.in case of exams i do report at time,but incase of certain functions iam never at time.hope i would be able to rectify this mistake.anyway thanks for posting such a topic for discussion
• India
11 Nov 07
puntuality is important to make things happen.other wise people around u get irritATED AND THINGS DON'T GO AS IN Schedule.i am 70% puntual that means not always..and that 30% of times i am late i see people around me upset.this 30%of times are mostly informal occasions and still people get irritated.so i guess its always importat to be on time.