We indians have the habit of turning up late at every occassion. except for the occassion when there is free feast in the offerring - here we are bang on time. We indians do have some competition from mexicans and some south americans who tend to arrive late. but where ever you go you will end up finding one indian who happens to beat even mexicans and the others - torch bearers huh?
In my case , ex 2 in a group of 9 every one turns up late. and the fact is i can predict to 99% accuracy how long each of them will be late. and in all there is one person who always turns up at the end.. and when i say late is LAAAATTTEEEEEEE... to give a picture of the extent ..yesterday we were all called for a lunch get together @ 1:00 .. this gentleman, lets call him X turns up at 3:10. others were not bad either . turning up between 2:15 and 2:30. but turning up @ 3:10 and making a group fo 35 people wait was disgusting.
now X has had this habbit of being late at all times... call him at times and he turns up 1.5 hours to 2 hours late. not because he was held up at work or was given last minute intimation. and he turns up shamelesslly 2 hars later and doesn't even have an aorta of apologetic feeling. jaise ki aakar use koi apne par ehsaan kiya ho..
I get really really furious when someone turns up late .. that too this late. thats the respect you have for someone's time. All the while someone hs been waiting for you and you give a damn for the other person's time. and this is not a cultural thing. i would called it heights of arrogance. the worst is when he calls , he expects people to be on time. now i dont get this logic. why cant you give the same respect and appreciate some other person's time when you expect others to respect yours.
Coming late might be inconsequential , but in the grand scheme of things , we send out such a bad perception and message to others ,, other cultures... and it really hurts when people from other nationalities redicule you for this aspect.
btw this guy turned up exactly at the momment lunch was served :-)
In my case , ex 2 in a group of 9 every one turns up late. and the fact is i can predict to 99% accuracy how long each of them will be late. and in all there is one person who always turns up at the end.. and when i say late is LAAAATTTEEEEEEE... to give a picture of the extent ..yesterday we were all called for a lunch get together @ 1:00 .. this gentleman, lets call him X turns up at 3:10. others were not bad either . turning up between 2:15 and 2:30. but turning up @ 3:10 and making a group fo 35 people wait was disgusting.
now X has had this habbit of being late at all times... call him at times and he turns up 1.5 hours to 2 hours late. not because he was held up at work or was given last minute intimation. and he turns up shamelesslly 2 hars later and doesn't even have an aorta of apologetic feeling. jaise ki aakar use koi apne par ehsaan kiya ho..
I get really really furious when someone turns up late .. that too this late. thats the respect you have for someone's time. All the while someone hs been waiting for you and you give a damn for the other person's time. and this is not a cultural thing. i would called it heights of arrogance. the worst is when he calls , he expects people to be on time. now i dont get this logic. why cant you give the same respect and appreciate some other person's time when you expect others to respect yours.
Coming late might be inconsequential , but in the grand scheme of things , we send out such a bad perception and message to others ,, other cultures... and it really hurts when people from other nationalities redicule you for this aspect.
btw this guy turned up exactly at the momment lunch was served :-)
