Better never than late is what I told my crew back in the day.

Haha Cantdrv55!

I do think that punctuality played a big part in industrialization - to this day. If you take an appointment as a mere suggestion to show up, nothing will get done. Everyone will be around at work, but it will be uncoordinated and productivity will suck. Look at the most developed countries and check if there isn't a trend ...

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I'll be there when I get there, but not one dang second before I arrive :D

I'm not in the client business however :p

Generally, I'm always on time, but stuff happens...my career was "interrupt driven" however...schedules and timetables (that I established) were just guidelines and subject to dynamic situations that could change in an instant but were outside of my control.

I am looking for a wrist calendar for my wife; those pesky watches go into far too much detail

I can't stand being late or worse, waiting for someone who's late. I had a coworker years ago who was always walking in the door late and had some excuse - every time.

If you can be consistently late then there is no reason you can't be consistently on time.

I am also in on time or early list.

This is starting to look like a 'guys Vs dolls' thread so let me throw in oddly my type A workaholic dad was almost always 5-10 minutes late... probably because he was always trying to get one more little thing done before he hit the road.

My wife is usually on time... however we often take separate vehicles... easier than me standing on the porch tapping my foot waiting for her... silly I know but it is a small price to pay to keep the peace.

I seem to remember reading that being on time is an American thing... that in Europe and Asia it is considered rude to show up on time... can anyone confirm or deny?

Diana and I are both on time or a little early. We're surrounded by people who think nothing of being 1/2 hour or more late, no matter the occasion.

When we were married, Diana's father was 30 minutes late to the wedding. He showed up just as Diana's brother was getting ready to walk her down the aisle.

We lost a grandson to SIDs in the early 00's. The other grandmother was 45 minutes late to the funeral.

Un. Believable.

I believe I would have held up my hand, and told them "Save it, there IS no excuse for being late to such important occasions", and walked away from them.

Europe and Asia are big places. Germany vs. Spain? India vs. Japan? There are a lot of places around the world where Americans would fall in the rudely late category. :)

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sorry, just fired up the computer, did I miss anything?

My watches and clocks are set to the national time signal. If I test drive a car or drive someone else's vehicle , I will adjust the clock. I used to think I was OCD, but in the last few years I describe it as CDO, because the letters are in the right order.
I try to be on time, maybe walk in the door a couple of minutes early in order to be ready when whatever is happening has to start.
I have a SIL who basically thinks clocks are decoration. If we are having Christmas dinner, people will tell her it is to start an hour earlier than it does, just to get her sorry self there when her mother wants her. Her house is a three minute drive away.
When her father passed in 2013, the funeral was held up for at least 15 minutes. More than 200 people who had come to honor my FIL sat on their asses while this selfish individual entitled @#$%&! took her own sweet time to get to the church.
What made it worse was she had the first reading. That's not happening again.
I made a frustrated comment to the effect that "H**** will likely be late to her own funeral." To which one of the funeral staff replied, "Give her to us. She'll be there on time." I like his attitude. I was willing to have him start immediately.

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Les