tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post7426615484093289054..comments2024-01-12T11:26:35.176-05:00Comments on Working Stiffs: Better Late Than Never?Working Stiffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270595837074553752noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-30259611663084611612008-10-02T15:03:00.000-04:002008-10-02T15:03:00.000-04:00Hi, Jessi,Yeah, I've been around you when your DH ...Hi, Jessi,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I've been around you when your DH made you late. It wasn't pretty! LOL!Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-35954220233166096612008-10-02T08:33:00.000-04:002008-10-02T08:33:00.000-04:00Good morning Annie!!I am a compulsive 5 mins early...Good morning Annie!!<BR/><BR/>I am a compulsive 5 mins early kinda gal. Drives me nuts when my DH isn't on the same time table I am on. I have learned to tell him things start 30 mins earlier than they actually do - and that has been a decent compromise. <BR/><BR/>When I was a kid, my father would go on and on about late people and how disrespectful being late can be. Of course he was a drill instructor so he had his own very rigid ideas about "right" and "wrong" or should I say "acceptable" and "unacceptable?" <BR/><BR/>Great topic Annie!<BR/><BR/>JessiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-78804877358089999462008-10-01T11:01:00.000-04:002008-10-01T11:01:00.000-04:00Well, it seems we're only hearing from us early bi...Well, it seems we're only hearing from us early birds. Those of you who always run late can come on in and offer your side of the story, too. Feel free to tell the rest of us that we need to lighten up and quit watching the clock or whatever arguement you want to use. This is your chance! Speak up and give us your excuses...errr...REASONS for being chronically late!Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-17658951843617293042008-10-01T10:18:00.000-04:002008-10-01T10:18:00.000-04:00I am usually early.Maybe it's just because I'm in ...I am usually early.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's just because I'm in a cranky mood today, but people who are always late drive me nuts.<BR/><BR/>Why? Because it's RUDE.<BR/><BR/>Why do they think their time is more valuable than anyone else's?<BR/><BR/>Great blog, Annette!<BR/><BR/>xo<BR/>Kathy SweeneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-44248496587924478042008-10-01T09:44:00.000-04:002008-10-01T09:44:00.000-04:00Good topic, Annette! I tend to be just on the earl...Good topic, Annette! I tend to be just on the early side of on time, but my husband is always late, so he ends up making me late if we're going somewhere. And you can imagine how that goes--we end up squabbling the whole time we're getting to our appointment. I always forget this, but I should tell him the time is earlier so he'll get a move on.<BR/><BR/>However, being early to meet chronically late friends at a Friday night watering hole 30 years ago led to meeting said husband. I had gotten there on time after work and they weren't there, so I went home and had dinner before going back. When I got backto the bar they were talking to this cute guy, so I ended up having more fun than if I'd waited for them.<BR/><BR/>This couple, by the way, blamed one another on their inability to be anyplace on time. When they got divorced we found out the truth, that neither of them were capable of punctuality. <BR/><BR/>If you've read any of Alexander McCall's Ma Ramotswe books you'll know that they talk of another kind of late, which to them is the same as "deceased". No arrivals of any kind in that state! <BR/><BR/>Karen in OhioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-19780397172571153062008-10-01T09:13:00.000-04:002008-10-01T09:13:00.000-04:00Yes, Jennie, EXACTLY! It's the can't-be-bothered-t...Yes, Jennie, EXACTLY! It's the can't-be-bothered-to-be-on-time people who do it to me! If you're stuck in traffic or get a last minute phone call, that's different.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-72277363008639312282008-10-01T09:06:00.001-04:002008-10-01T09:06:00.001-04:00I used to be an always-on-time person, for the sam...I used to be an always-on-time person, for the same reason as Will; i.e., I always came early so I could arrive on time. (There's a big difference between getting somewhere and arriving, you know.)<BR/><BR/>These days I seem to be running later, mostly because I've got more to do. I'm not usually late, per se, but I tend to run in at 10:02 with my tongue hanging out panting, "Sorry, sorry!" <BR/><BR/>I don't mind waiting for people - except for the ones that I feel are doing it because, yes, they can't be bothered with being on time and I'm not important enough to rate punctuality from them - but I still feel bad if I make someone else wait. I don't know why. No Catholic upbringing here, although I can see how that would be an incentive. My mother was usually pretty punctual, so I probably inherited it from her. <BR/><BR/>Fun post, Annette!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442754671445893599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-90629224566808530112008-10-01T09:06:00.000-04:002008-10-01T09:06:00.000-04:00Yes, Will, arriving early and then finding somethi...Yes, Will, arriving early and then finding something to do until it's time to arrive definitely makes you an early person. <BR/><BR/>Anyone who walks into my yoga class after we've started knows they run a high risk of being heckled. That does keep the tardiness to a minimum. <BR/><BR/>And, Joyce, I suspect neither of us will be late next Wednesday morning. I've started to pack already! Bouchercon, here we come!Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-37240358475038208852008-10-01T08:17:00.000-04:002008-10-01T08:17:00.000-04:00I'm a punctual person. Now the only way to be pun...I'm a punctual person. Now the only way to be punctual is to run a bit early. I hate arriving to somebody's home early or late. If I'm early, I'll find something to do until it's time to arrive. So I guess that makes me an early person? I guess that's the business person in me.<BR/><BR/>I think I tracked it back to my Catholic gradeschool years. I had a long walk to school and once a week we had to go to early weekday mass. Our priest was the type that would stop praying if you came in late and say, "Mr. Bereswill, it's nice that you could join us." That sucked the tardiness right out of you.<BR/><BR/>My wife is an early person. My oldest daughter is a fashionably late person, my middle daughter is an early person (most times) and my youngest daughter drives me crazy being an always late person.Wilfred Bereswillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019217952304685255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-31328954116150023272008-10-01T07:26:00.000-04:002008-10-01T07:26:00.000-04:00Sometimes I'm early, sometimes I'm late, and somet...Sometimes I'm early, sometimes I'm late, and sometimes I'm right on time. Not sure what that says about me!Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-85682117982983639342008-10-01T05:32:00.000-04:002008-10-01T05:32:00.000-04:00Good morning, Annette -I tend to be early except w...Good morning, Annette -<BR/>I tend to be early except when I'm late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com