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catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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I'm hyperpunctual, which for me means "on time" = "almost late". Because I know few people share that trait, I'm patient enough to allow a five minute lapse before I start the vaguest trace of annoyance. As long as it isn't dire or freezing cold, I try to not lose my mind.
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berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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I have a 15-minute "grace period" before I start expecting, and then being disappointed by not getting, a call or text.
OTOH, I did read something where the author said there is no such thing as "early": one is either on time or late.
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vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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I have a 10 to 15 mins grace period also. Unless we're meeting for something that has a official start time (movie, sporting event) and then you better be on time.
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Core_Models
Columbus
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Professionally, if you're not 15 minutes early you're late.
Socially, I have no punctuality standards.
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Neil Jaye
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In my job I think it’s a gray area. You are not held to the clock as much as you are held to meeting goals. With that said, I do not think rolling in an hour late every day would fly very smoothly, but most times the nature of the job requires working late so coming late sometime is not a big deal to come a little later. I'm salaried. It may be different if you punch a clock.
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berdawn
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enzo wrote >>
Does anyone manage people who are consistently 4-10 minutes late? I just wonder if sometimes logistics play a role if someone is always the same amount of minutes late for work or class?that I don't worry about so much, but I did tell a friend once that an event started 1/2 an hour earlier than in actuality. What I didn't know was that his new boyfriend was ALWAYS on time...they got to the venue to find it still closed!
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myliftkk
Columbus, OH
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Neil Jaye wrote >>
In my job I think it’s a gray area. You are not held to the clock as much as you are held to meeting goals. With that said, I do not think rolling in an hour late every day would fly very smoothly, but most times the nature of the job requires working late so coming late sometime is not a big deal to come a little later. I'm salaried. It may be different if you punch a clock.agreed, there is a huge difference in people who are punctual about goals, and people who are punctual about attendance. i've noticed amongst the corporate workforce, there's almost an inverse relationship between the two, you can't be both, but typically one or the other.
i think modern schooling, however, often focuses on the latter to the detriment of the former.
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StowCbusCleveland
Jackson Township, Canton, OH
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I have a really unfair double standard. When someone is more than 5-10 minutes late for something with me, I start to get annoyed. And yet, being 5-ish minutes late has been my struggle pretty much my whole life. Don't know why, I try to fight it...the solution is so easy, just leave sooner! I just chronically underestimate how long it will take to arrive by about 5 minutes.
I'm getting much better with it by essentially picking what time I think I have to leave to get some place and adding 20 minutes regardless of whether that amount of cushion is necessary. I wish there was a Punctuality Anonymous meeting, although I guess that would be pretty difficult to organize for obvious reasons.
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berdawn
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myliftkk wrote >>
Neil Jaye wrote >>
In my job I think it’s a gray area. You are not held to the clock as much as you are held to meeting goals. With that said, I do not think rolling in an hour late every day would fly very smoothly, but most times the nature of the job requires working late so coming late sometime is not a big deal to come a little later. I'm salaried. It may be different if you punch a clock.agreed, there is a huge difference in people who are punctual about goals, and people who are punctual about attendance. i've noticed amongst the corporate workforce, there's almost an inverse relationship between the two, you can't be both, but typically one or the other.
I think there is a difference, but most people with whom I've worked (admittedly NOT in corporate settings, tho) they seemed to be the same individuals who could manage to show up at whatever time they said they would AND met deadlines.
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Bear
The woods
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Funny you ask. It might be a quasi-generational thing, but I was actually taught (I'm being quite serious) that it's proper etiquette to be "fashionably late" by anywhere from five to thirty minutes, just to allow for management of any last-minute crises. (I was reminded of this tradition at last week's potluck, when guests arrived exactly on time while I was in the middle of managing an unexpected kitchen nightmare involving a staggering quantity of hot fat. The crisis peaked right when the potluck was supposed to start... and everyone was amazingly punctual.) The host and hostess, in turn, are expected to set the time of the event accordingly. Exceptions include weddings, etc., where punctuality is key.
But that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, or very nearly so. Now showing up late seems to be considered to be a sign of disrespect, rather than courtesy.
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RandomVisitor
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People who are habitually late are sending a message that their time is move valuable than mine.
They are rude.
I avoid them socially and embarrass them professionally.
Those that are typically on time are always forgiven if they should run a little late.
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enzo
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I feel like punctuality in the workplace is not an issue unless your performance sucks. Some people are like sprinters and some long distance or race walkers--slow steady others bust it out. Socially, I give half an hour if it is friends and since I have not dated in forever, I would probably just leave if they were more than fifteen minutes late without making an attempt to let me know.
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ZHC
101 East Main Street, Downtown
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enzo wrote >>
I am curious to know how important punctuality is to people socially and professionally. Is there a window of forgiveness or are you hard core to the minute strict?Professionally it's pretty important to me, there's few quicker ways to kill a prospective deal with me.
Some salespeople seem to think because I'm a retailer they can come by 2-3 hours late w/o any explanation if they want to, what they don't understand is that I schedule my meetings around our typical traffic flow. It's a very frequent occurrence.
If they come by during our rush and expect to me to drop waiting on customers to talk to them they can forget it.Socially it depends on the person, situation and how regular of occurrence it is.
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kit444
Elsewhere
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If it's for something that's set to begin at a certain time, like a play or a movie, then I'll expect you to be on time because I don't want to be late for that event. The same goes for any professional obligation. If someone is relying on you to be someplace to do something, be there promptly.
If it's a social setting--say we're meeting for a drink--then I'll give you some grace time. Frankly, in that situation my time isn't that valuable. I'm out having a drink anyway. If you're going to be 15-30 minutes late, let me know with a call or text so I don't worry about you. Conversely, if you think that me being a minute late is rude then we're probably not going to be friends anyway.
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