Confessions of a LATECOMER

You know what I just don’t like waiting, I don’t have the patience for it, so what do I do to avoid it – reach late, and become a LATECOMER.

Tell me what fun is in reaching a meeting on time only to wait for others to join, especially in my society where even the host is not ready for the guests reaching on time.

Their invitation card requests you to be there at sharp 8:00pm while the inviter will coolly tell u to reach anywhere around 10pm, for it is an unsaid custom that you are expected to know well in advance. Now my question is – Why don’t we print 10 pm on our invitation cards and get rid of this age old wrong practice of becoming and entertaining latecomers?

In this fast pace life, wherein we are cutting down on our meals to reach office/meetings on time, giving up on those ten coveted minutes in our soft blankets during chilling winters, only to end up waiting for someone who was not ready to sacrifice his 10 minutes today, forces us to question ourselves whether it was worth it? And pat comes a reply – NO, NEVER.

So I have fully justified and proved here that being late is not quite a legal offence. Some of the latecomers (like me) would have agreed with me here. But the truth is that – it might not be a crime but it is indeed an offence for thrashing an already tormented system.

If you cannot improvise things, you should not debase them either. And this realization will dawn on you only when this unknowing habit harms you personally, as it was with me when I was on verge of missing my morning flight although being awake much before time, but resisting the wait time.

So do I swear to be always punctual in life henceforth – Well no promises here (being truthful) as you know that old habits die hard, but surely an effort will be made for I have learnt my lesson.