Promptness shows respect

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:42:32 +0000

Hmm... I just came across Eric Zorn's 50 things I've learned in 50 years. While the list is claimed to be in no particular order my suspicion is that by about no. 36 you're struggling while items at the top of the list spring up because they're key. Anyway.

No. 2) Promptness shows respect.

This one tickled my conscience a little. I think because promptness is not an area I can claim much credit in and it does imply something. I am always either very possibly going to be late, or, very actually late. It's actually become a little stressful and that's quite funny to me.

My Dad, upon whom a lot of this lateness falls, thinks it's because I don't wear a watch. In fact I haven't worn a watch since some time before 2000. The reason I stopped wearing a watch was because I had become very stressful about time and the watch become a focus of that stress.

Not wearing a watch felt magical. At least, I think it did. Anyway I never felt the need to go back to one.

Until now.

Now my stress is not about time, and the passing of time, but about a feeling that, if I do respect someone, that means respecting their time as well.

I think it's time to wear a watch again.

Curiouser and Curiouser! on time

Promptness shows respect