#punctuality

[wordsofabrokenbutmysticalfaerie]

I’m late to everything. You better believe I’ll be late to my funeral too! I just won’t be there to see it.

[marzipanandminutiae]

I cannot remember the last time I had plans with friends that involved picking me up and I didn't get a text shortly before the appointed time that was like "hey sorry I slept in/felt bad not helping my parents with something/another Fully Preventable Thing and I'm going to be [anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour late]!"

and I know I shouldn't complain because picking me up is very kind of them

but like. it's getting really old and it stresses me out to no end. I don't understand how I'm almost always capable of being where I need to be at the appointed time and it feels like nobody else is.

brought to you by: I have been sitting here ready for an hour and twenty minutes now and my friends are STILL not here yet. and we're going to something where parking fills up EARLY and I'm so stressed that I'm on the verge of tears, about us maybe not getting parking

I hate plans changing. I hate upheaval. and I get it if it's impossible to avoid, like a breakdown of a car or something, but- you didn't have to stop and help your parents paint a fence if you had somewhere to be! you didn't have to stay up late! none of this is ever unavoidable!

[rini-descartes]

— Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Finel

[thatpollguy]

Which option best describes your punctuality?

Arrives slightly early

Arrives WAY too early

Arrives exactly on time

Arrives in flustered a few minutes late

Arrives fashionably late

Arrives rudely late

Totally forgets about the arrangement

Voting ended onFeb 16

[develop-your-oc]

How punctual is your OC?

[lanfykins]

"Expected Captain Weidenhjolm to go with me to the mint, but he did not come. Sor. at 1/2 p. 10. To Captain Weidenhjolm's; out. To Jacobi's; deposited with him the watch ring! Don't be frightened; it is only to make inquiries, &c.  On my way to the mint, renc.; 5/4 rix dollars. Louis Bruman. Got to the mint at 12. Mr. Hjelm, the director, said he had been expecting me since 10 (which, indeed, was the hour appointed)"

Note the way that Burr, having an appointment for ten, leaves his lodgings at half past and then, instead of hurrying, proceeds to make some calls and have some impromptu sex en route.  This is the kind of punctuality one comes to expect from Burr during his European travels.

...but it probably wasn't actually usual for him across his life. There are no records of him turning up late for Senate business, or for court proceedings. Everyone in fact always mentions (or complains about) how diligent he was, and how much of a stickler for decorum, and how he always wanted to work longer hours than anyone else was prepared to.

So let that be another warning to us all about focusing our views of Burr through his European Journals, just because they're the most detailed and apparently honest record we have.

[theultimatemoralcompass]

Some people believe punctuality is optional. I believe in not lying to yourself.

[oediex]

I'm unemployed, but receive a basic income from the government on the condition that I look for work, which in my case means following a programme that will help me find work that is compatible with my health conditions.

One thing that is important is for you to be punctual. If I have an appointment with them, I must make sure I am on time. If I'm not, these are negative points.

Today my social worker is coming for a home visit. I'm not entirely sure what for, but they do this once a year. To make sure you're not lying about... certain things, I guess. We agreed she would come today, 3pm.

Exactly on the dot, she calls me. She thought our appointment was at 3.30pm, apparently. So she will be late.

She finally shows up at 3.45pm.

Punctuality, it seems, is only for the unemployed.