How Not To Be Late For Work

Submitted by philos on June 23, 2005 - 12:19am.

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Any suggestions on how not to be late for work? I mean I get late an average of 7 times a month... and those are like 1, maybe 2 minutes late.. damn

On the top of my head

Submitted by catinamosh on June 23, 2005 - 9:14am.

Quit your job? Hehehe :P Then transfer to a company thats flexi-time ;)

We're hopeless

Submitted by joyfulchicken on June 23, 2005 - 7:23pm.

Weren't we the kids who used to arrive at 8 AM when our classes start at 7? If we couldn't get up early enough back then (with our mothers screaming at us and all), I don't see much hope for us now.

We are doomed to be late for everything except our own funerals. Accept it. Embrace it. Sleep for 5 more minutes.

batting average

Submitted by philos on June 24, 2005 - 9:17pm.

well my career high then was just around 38/yr.. now im averaging something like 7/month.. that's around 70/traditional school year.. sigh.. why'd did i think i could change? not college.. not now hehe..

Try waking up 1, maybe 2

Submitted by chinesemafia on June 24, 2005 - 10:23am.

Try waking up 1, maybe 2 minutes earlier an average of 7 times a month...

The way i do it

Submitted by ArsenaL on July 6, 2005 - 2:25pm.

I always remind myself that I should practice self-discipline. I convince myself that if I can't discipline myself on minor things, such as being punctual, I can't expect myself to be disciplined in other major things. That is if you think being punctual is of value. =)

That depends

Submitted by joyfulchicken on July 6, 2005 - 4:53pm.

On what you're trying to be punctual for. Being punctual for the start of a movie definitely has value. Being punctual for work... not so much :-P

Trailers

Submitted by catinamosh on July 7, 2005 - 9:48am.

Yeah... I'd rather be early for a movie. I like to watch movie trailers. Speaking of which, why are they called trailers anyway? They come out before the movie shows. They should be called starters.

Can I just update this by saying

Submitted by philos on June 11, 2008 - 1:33am.

I had 130 incidence of tardiness last year? And they only counted those I incurred until November. Oh, and I managed to get myself flexitimed, and now instead of 8:02, I get in 8:32. Compound that with a sleep problem I recently acquired, and I'm doomed! Doomed I tell ya!

Yes, you're doomed

Submitted by joyfulchicken on June 11, 2008 - 1:42am.

I thought we settled that a long time ago?

Doomed to what?

Submitted by philos on June 11, 2008 - 1:44am.

We kept procrastinating on that little detail.

Um

Submitted by joyfulchicken on June 11, 2008 - 1:50am.

See my first comment above.

Huh?

Submitted by carnifex on June 11, 2008 - 2:30am.

We has forumz?
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My new blog (even I don't know why I need it)

Um, we used to

Submitted by joyfulchicken on June 11, 2008 - 2:44am.

It kinda just stopped working one day. The old threads are still accessible though.

How not to be late

Submitted by Nehesi (not verified) on July 19, 2009 - 8:54pm.

Just read an intersing article on how not to be late.

Basically, the issue for me and many other chronic late folk is that we tend to underestimate just how long tasks will take to complete. We think, for example, that our shower takes 5 minutes when ini reality it takes about 18! When we mentally add up how long it will take us to do things, we neglect to build in buffer time in order to enture that we are not late.

The cure? Build in buffer time. If you think it will take you an hour to get ready and get to work, add an extra 40 minutes to that time and act accordingly!

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