Wednesday Wondering.....

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Registered: 09-26-2003
Wednesday Wondering.....
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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 9:58am
Here is what I'm wondering today!

...Have you ever been late for an appointment?
...Do you tend to arrive early, on time or late for events?
...How do you feel when others are late or if they make you late for an engagement?
...Do you have an anecdote to share about tardiness?
...Is lateness always a bad thing?
...Have you ever missed an accident, tragedy or other mishap – simply by running late?


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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 09-10-2008 - 10:40am

My responses:


...Have you ever been late for an appointment? Yes esp since I've had kids ;-)
...Do you tend to arrive early, on time or late for events? I try to arrive on time & I'd rather be early than late...usually end up waiting in the car for my laggardly DH ;-)
...How do you feel when others are late or if they make you late for an engagement? As I said above, its usually my DH (or oldest dd) that is the laggard....I like to be punctual since I expect others to be so I'm irritated when I'm late
...Do you have an anecdote to share about tardiness? Even my oldest now has become more aware of punctuality....DH leaving late caused her to show up at her first two summer lacrosse tournaments late so now she has started reminded DH not to make us late
...Is lateness always a bad thing? Nope. Some events its better to show up earlier...I hate crowds so when I know there will be a lot of people I prefer earlier so I can leave earlier too. Otherwise not such a big deal anymore
...Have you ever missed an accident, tragedy or other mishap – simply by running late? Not that I can remember, usually those mishaps happen when I'm running late ;-) or I missed them when I left earlier. This esp applies to my commute home via subway...earlier the better



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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 09-10-2008 - 11:58am
Here is what I'm wondering today!

...Have you ever been late for an appointment?


Yep...probably lots of times!


...Do you tend to arrive early, on time or late for events?


I try to arrive early whenever possible.


...How do you feel when others are late or if they make you late for an engagement?


I feel frustrated when someone makes me late for something, but I try not to let it bother me too much.

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Registered: 02-07-2005
Wed, 09-10-2008 - 1:58pm

...Have you ever been late for an appointment?
~unfortunately, yes. I don't like to be late
...Do you tend to arrive early, on time or late for events?
~either early or on time at the latest
...How do you feel when others are late or if they make you late for an engagement?
~it depends on what it is. If it's important or people are waiting for me, I get anxious and it upsets me.
...Do you have an anecdote to share about tardiness?
~no
...Is lateness always a bad thing?
~if its chronic, yes
...Have you ever missed an accident, tragedy or other mishap – simply by running late?
~yes I have

 

 

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 09-10-2008 - 5:29pm
...Have you ever been late for an appointment? YES
...Do you tend to arrive early, on time or late for events? early usually
...How do you feel when others are late or if they make you late for an engagement? ugh!
...Do you have an anecdote to share about tardiness? not really
...Is lateness always a bad thing? usually
...Have you ever missed an accident, tragedy or other mishap – simply by running late? hmm...mishaps maybe, but nothing serious


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Registered: 06-29-2001
Wed, 09-10-2008 - 7:28pm

...Have you ever been late for an appointment? ...No, I don't think so, I'm meticulously prompt or often


Do you tend to arrive early, on time or late for events? That would

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Registered: 05-27-1998
Wed, 09-10-2008 - 8:36pm

Have you ever been late for an appointment? Probably
...Do you tend to arrive early, on time or late for events?
Early
...How do you feel when others are late or if they make you late for an engagement?
Really aggravated, but I try to be gracious


...Do you have an anecdote to share about tardiness? When I was still single, I had a friend who was notoriously (as in hours) late for everything. Whenever we had a party or some other event, we would tell it her it was an hour earlier. Then she'd only be a half hour late. Well one day we planned a surprise birthday party for her and she showed up early because she wanted to turn over a new leaf and start being on time for things.



...Is lateness always a bad thing? Nope. See below
...Have you ever missed an accident, tragedy or other mishap – simply by running late? Yes. This past June, my car might have been hit by a falling tree if I had left when I planned to leave. And my husband once left a suit and some important papers at home because he was rushing to catch a plane to NY. The next morning, he had to fly home to Boston to pick them up. If he hadn't forgotten those things, he would have been in NYC when the 9/11 attacks happened. His plane landed in Boston about 10 minutes before the first tower was hit.