We weaved through the traffic and finally got to our destination. The car hit its brakes and the door went 'Slam!' as you rushed out with your belongings and yourself to class. You looked at the time - 10 minutes late. Sigh..Mrs Ling will bash me up this time for real..you thought.
"You are late.. again!" And the 'talking' went on and on until your face turned red, and you finally sat down full of guilt.
Who has never been late before in their lives? No one. Even the most punctual person has been late at least once, with good reasons I presume. But the fact here is that - everyone has been late.
We can avoid being late simply by being prepared early, and be at your destination on time. But we tend to say, "Not enough time to get ready.." Ya right, everyone has 24 hours. If your friends going for the same function can be there 10 minutes earlier, why can't you? "Because I have something else on before that..." you might reason with me. Again, I say "Ya right, as if your early friends are 24 hours shaking legs?"
No excuse for being late! Late means late and unless you have a good reason for being late, there's no excuse. Traffic jam is the worst excuse ever! If you could just leave your house at the time when there's no traffic jam, will you be late?
Most importantly - time management. How many of us knows how to manage our time well in order not to be late? If we are as busy as bees, then make time! Even the bees never got late for dinner, and what about us?
Being late for social functions is still not so bad. But if you're late for formal functions, don't hope to participate in the function at all. Might as well be absent for it if you are the 'late-person'. I'm saying this not to offend anyone but as good citizens, we should always try to be on-time and not be late.
-little cup-
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There's a few cliche the English always use that are associated with the Germans as a whole general, examples are work like German clockwork or German efficiency.
Normally, these refers to the punctuality observed by the Germans who take it as sacred.
I still remember once, the German's Die Mannschaft (National football Team) coach was late for a press conference.
Being late is a very rare and serious offense for them and he went on to apologise at great length.
Personally, i think the environment one grows up is vital. If they society around them take punctuality seriously, then they'll never be late and if they live in a world where being late is not exactly a problem, there is a tendency for them to develope the bad habit of being behind time.
Just a lil thing I want to share. =)
hi kelvin, it's a nice sharing. thanks!
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