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08-08-2017, 02:15 PM | #1 |
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Is being five minutes early
Being on time?
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08-08-2017, 02:19 PM | #2 |
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Yes
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08-08-2017, 02:19 PM | #3 |
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depends.
who are you meeting? what is their nationality? where are you meeting them? what are you up to? |
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08-08-2017, 02:29 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, it depends. I had a prick boss who insisted on getting to work 5 minutes "early". Getting there at 7:57am was unacceptable. He's not managing anymore.
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08-08-2017, 02:31 PM | #5 |
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On time for me but in a casual sense
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08-08-2017, 03:03 PM | #6 |
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I resist American conceptions of timeliness because I hate them and I don't feel anyone has the right to monopolize my time. If I have to show up early for something to prepare that is fine, but I will not show up early to shit all the time just because it's considered polite to freely give more of my time than agreed upon to someone else. My time is valuable and it belongs to me.
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08-08-2017, 03:39 PM | #7 | |
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08-08-2017, 03:39 PM | #8 |
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08-08-2017, 03:40 PM | #9 |
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08-08-2017, 10:01 PM | #10 |
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08-08-2017, 03:11 PM | #11 |
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Idk, I'm always 5 minutes late.
Fashionably late they call it. |
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08-08-2017, 07:05 PM | #12 |
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08-08-2017, 03:11 PM | #13 |
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in other cases, being too early is considered impolite.
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08-08-2017, 03:12 PM | #14 |
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being five minutes late is not a good start to a job interview.
unless it's a job in fashion, i guess. |
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08-08-2017, 03:14 PM | #15 |
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For work i'm always punctual, though.
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08-08-2017, 03:15 PM | #16 |
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If someone is throwing a party at their place, and you don't know the host that well being early can lead to some very awkward conversation before everyone else arrives.
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08-08-2017, 03:19 PM | #17 |
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it's always better not to be early if it's a party at someone's house. at least that's how it goes here. the host might not be ready themselves.
i've heard that in germany, it's often expected to be on time or even early. weird. |
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08-08-2017, 03:29 PM | #18 | |
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it was awkward as hell |
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08-08-2017, 03:39 PM | #19 |
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This is true. I will show up later to casual events like this and with a dessert if appropriate
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08-08-2017, 03:25 PM | #20 |
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i am habitually late for everything. so in recent years i have deliberately made a point of arriving 10-20 minutes early, mostly because this is the best way to avoid being late, which is way more annoying for others than being early is annoying for me.
plus, if you are early to a meeting with a lot of people this opens up opportunities for developing relationships with other people before getting down to business. |
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08-08-2017, 03:35 PM | #21 |
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Yeah I always shoot for 30 minutes early for that reason and also because I just get anxious before I have to go anywhere and can't enjoy the time before I have to leave
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08-08-2017, 03:40 PM | #22 |
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If I show up to work 5 minutes early I go get coffee or walk around the block.
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08-08-2017, 03:41 PM | #23 |
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Although I don't like how time has become so very important and if I don't do anything I feel like I'm wasting it
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08-08-2017, 03:45 PM | #24 |
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like most normal people I try to not be late for things where it is important for me to be on time.
but I don't show up early for work to "look good" or shit like that. I'm just over it. |
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08-08-2017, 03:45 PM | #25 |
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Fair enough
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08-08-2017, 05:07 PM | #26 |
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i tend to show up 5-10 minutes early for things i'm familiar with. doctors i've been to, therapy, etc. other things i usually am 15-20 minutes. work i always get to really early because i eat. breakfast in my car. my weekend ritual is leave the house at 5:20, go to work and get breakfast at the dunkin donuts in the parking lot. by this time it is 5:35ish and then i get out of my car at 5:55 and go punch in
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08-08-2017, 06:10 PM | #27 |
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what kind of breakfast is that, repri? doesn't sound very good.
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08-08-2017, 08:37 PM | #28 |
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08-08-2017, 08:54 PM | #29 |
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Better to be 5 minutes early than one minute late
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08-08-2017, 09:13 PM | #30 |
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i used to be so obsessed with being on time. like being late would make me freak out. even like 2 minutes late. i'm better now. for the first couple years i saw my therapist i was never ever late
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