As most who know me can testify, I struggle regularly with the whole punctuality thing, but I’m getting better. By way of self-defense, however, here is writer Evelyn Waugh on the subject:
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
— Evelyn Waugh, Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976)
Right on, brother.
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or of course: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson.
you know, I always found it more efficient to be late… back when I was in school I was always purposely 15 minutes late since that was about the time when I could read everything that was on the board quickly before it was erased… would save 15 minutes in every class * 4 classes a day… as you can see it adds up
Aydin.
Stop kidding yourself with pithy quotes and denial — you are habitually late for the same reasons I am habitually late:
1) Over-scheduled with too many projects;
2) Poorly organized / bad time management skills;
3) Self-involved;
You can mock the people you (we) inconvenience with our lateness, quote Waugh & Emerson all day long, but please, don’t bullshit yourself in the process . . .
Barry — Our ids need to talk.
….yet you still have time to write this blog.
Yup, guilty as charged. Although the blog long-ago stopped, for better or worse, being an entirely recreational pursuit for me.
Then again, as Barry self-critically points out in an early comment, my own punctuality problem, like his, is only partly to do with being over-committed.