Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Punctuality


If a meeting is scheduled for 10:00, what is the latest appropriate time to be there?
  1. 9:55
  2. 10:05
  3. 10:15 if you had something else going
  4. Whenever you can get to it but you have to speak last
  5. 10:00
Lately, for some odd reason that has nothing to do with culture and is yet to be identified, I've seen more examples of 2, 3, and 4 than of 1 and 5. 

1 comment:

Bob said...

A lack of respect.

respect of self
respect for others
respect of the organisation
respect for time

That leads to an establishment of culture, that are difficult to change.

"Meetings always start late, so why be on time."

"He's always late so why should I be ontime"

"They always wait for people to arrive"

"They won't start without me because I am too important"

lalalala....