Punctuality is respecting someone's time.

@EMbakes i am, and i always tell them to practice punctuality. this morning, despite the showers, i came to school at 6:50. my students who were the presenters for the case colloquium, were already in the classroom at 6:45 AM.

Nurses have big responsibilities that's why punctuality should be strictly observed. I'm glad that you're moulding people to become punctual at all times.

@ridingbet Wow! I hope that even if they're no longer your students, they can apply that trait to their daily lives; especially, some of them will be expose to public hospitals.

@EMbakes That seems strange to me but I guess you are just use to it now so to you it would be normal.

@Happy2BeMe We got use to. That's the saddest part. I wish this bad habit will soon be put to a stop.

Sometimes, we adjust the time. When I say we'll meet up by 9, the truth is, 10 is the original plan. But they still show up late.

@EMbakes Oh yes, we love our Filipino friends!! But they know both ends of it. They accommodate those of us on "regular" time . . . and then they do what they do for those who stroll in on "Filipino" time. It's all good, but it's sure one super long party! I don't know about current Japan, but my parents were too punctual (yes, I am Japanese but born in the US). My dad would make sure we were at places early so we would NOT be late. Oh my dad would be more than angry if we made it somewhere and we were late! So knowing that my family is Japanese, you can imagine for that cousin's wedding, all the Japanese guests were there on time. Half the room was sitting around while the bride's family came in late because they all knew it would be on late time. Maybe they were smart and went to go eat a snack!

@much2say You should listen to your aunt instead when she said the wedding's going to start late. I love Japan so much. I have never been there and I wanted to visit there so badly. I saw photo last time on Facebook. It's about a Japanese guy sleeping. It states that Japanese respect those people who sleep during their work time because it is a sure sign that, the man is working so hard. It's good to hear that you have Filipino friends. Whenever we have parties, there are still those who come really early. Some of us were still busy organising everybody and there's this person whom we call the entertainer. He or she is responsible to entertain the guests and accommodate them to their seats. That's usually the scenario here in our country.

Filipinos are famous, because we are hospitable people. We smile a lot even though we already wanted to punch somebody on the face because they arrived late. I hope that Filipinos will try to change this habit because it doesn't give a good image in our country. I know for some, like the Japanese, they really value their time. And as for the wedding that you happened to attend, I felt bad for the guests.

Glad to hear that. Thank you for taking time to respond.

@EMbakes

@EMbakes I hate to go with planned things.

@mavlana Now I know why.

I see. May I know why?

When people become stoo comfortable with you, at times, they no longer value your sentiments. They know that you'll later understand that's why they're confident that you're still going to be friends with them after them letting you wait for such a long time.

true...even if it irritates me...i still forgive them the minute they arrive...ready with their reasons.

@ms1864 I had a friend way back in high school. She always comes to our meeting late. I decided to take revenge. I made her wait for an hour. When I showed up, she got really furious. Glad we're not friends anymore.

True. It's something that we can no longer do about it, because it's already the accepted norm in our country.