Archive for December, 2007

Time

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Being on time was and still is always a problem for me. The thing is I’m always on time and sometimes ahead. I do run late now and then but usually due to circumstances beyond my control.

Why is it a problem? Because I arrive on time and others are always running late and that drives me crazy!! And I can’t be late, I tried … I just end up arriving exactly on time!!!

Usually if I have an appointment, I leave an hour earlier. I hate being late and I hate that people have to wait for me. It becomes a problem, when I arrive to my destination and wait and wait and wait … it is annoying because I did have the decency to respect your time and be here and you don’t.

I really get pissed off when somebody is running late. If this is their first time then I’ll let it slide, but if it keeps happening over and over again. Nope, I’ll definitely have something to say. If you say you’re going to be there at 11 am then you better be there at 11 am.

I don’t know when I picked up this habit or from whom because most people around me don’t share this. Thankfully my sister and best friends share this with me. If we say be here at 1 pm then 1 pm we are all gathered and good to go.

When we have a gathering on a larger scale and agree to meet at 5 pm, who shows up at that exact time other than us?? No one!! People will come trotting around 6 pm and act like nothing is wrong. Well you honestly meant 5 pm!! Think for a minute, why would I say 5 pm if I meant 6 pm!!!!
Even when they hold conventions, seminars, meetings … always running late.

How hard is it to be on time? There is an invention that has history. It has little numbers circling it with two hands moving pointing to these numbers, they call it CLOCK. What is it good for? Not to decorate walls or your wrists. Yes, to tell time, so take a look at it and use it.

Will it be too big of a dream that one day … perhaps … maybe … we Arabs will be well known for being ‘ALWAYS ON TIME’

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