Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People, employees and employers, who are habitually late are immature and disrespectful. Not to mention stunningly self-involved.
I used to think this, too, until I moved to this area.
Just today, my typical 25 minute commute turned into an hour commute because a dump truck lost a bunch of his load in the road. The police u-turned both sides of the road and I had to backtrack to go the other way to work. Of course, had it happened 5 minutes earlier, waze would have caught it and rerouted me, saving me the backtracking time.
When I was commuting using Metro, I didn't even schedule a meeting for earlier than 10 am. If I was required to attend one that was scheduled by someone else for early that morning, I made sure I left my house at least 2 full hours early. Sometimes even earlier. I can remember plenty of days when I left my house at 6:30 am, caught the commuter bus to the Reston Metro, caught the Metro at 7:20, and didn't make it to the office until 9.