My Granny used to tell me that according to Emily Post there is a cardinal rule to never be late. Now I find myself with a good friend, lets call her Sarah, who can’t tell time or doesn’t care to tell time. She is frequently late and uses traffic as her excuse all the time. Traffic in my opinion causes you to be late up to 20 minutes or so in Southern California — not hours! (Unless there is a Sigalert and that is NOT an every day occurrence.)
After the 3rd week of giving her the benefit of the doubt, I have had enough. Yesterday, Sarah and I had plans to meet at 2:30pm at South Coast Plaza’s Crate and Barrel. I was about to leave at 3:30 after running my errands when low and behold…guess who decides to appear? Sarah… a whole hour late! I realized that Sarah is like the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland and is always chasing the clock; however, I am about to push her rear end down the rabbit hole and call it a day. As I will no longer be waiting or even asking her to do anything anymore — until she can get some time management help.
Here are few resources I hope Sarah finds helpful:
1. Franklin Covey they offer great courses and products to help with time management and they might be able to help you PLAN to be on time!
2. Timex — get a watch!
