Yesterday I met a cousin who was down in Swansea for a week sorting out her parents' house prior to it being sold. We had a lovely walk and very good catch-up. Unusually for me I didn't take a photo.
My first words to her were, "I'm sorry I'm late," before adding, "those must be the most used words in my vocabulary."
Then on the BBC website this morning there was a link to a short video about why some people are always late so, of course, I had to watch it.
It features a woman who describes people who are typically late and it was me to a 'T'. It offers suggestions on how to improve - but I probably won't do it: it involves being more organised and structured, which ignores the fact that people who are frequently late aren't organised or structured.
But what really amused me was - well, here's a screenshot. What do you think might have distracted me?
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I've had friends who were chronically late, and I've tolerated and worked around it. Things like telling her lunch was half an hour earlier than it was, so she'd be "on time".
The one who indicated other people's time wasn't important to her, why should she try, is no longer in my life! But some people simply don't experience time very accurately, and they're doing their best. So they cram in one more thing sure it will fit..then find it didn't.
I'm not very late but do think I can fit in more than I can. The film mentions not experiencing time well and I think that's me. Husband is much better and has a good perception of time.
I tend to be one who is 20 minutes early and have to sit in the car or wander around outside for a while.
The rest of Yurp are putting their clocks forward by one hour on sunday,
so you should put yours forward two. Maybe that'll help ;-)
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