I often walked into classrooms at an engineering school at the same time with the teacher. Some other guy had usually been waiting there for 30 minutes. I thought he was the stupid one... I saw no reason to be there before the teacher arrives so I timed my arrivals to be very close to the minute the class would begin and not tens of minutes earlier... my approach was more risky, I admit, it would only take a small problem to force me come late to the class whilst my friend had 30 min. to waste.
I have a friend who's always 5 minutes early to a meeting and I'm always 5 minutes late, and I always feel so bad for making her wait but she doesn't seem to care lol.. maybe she's used to it by now hehe ...but I really should get my act together xD
thanks for this. i''m a person who's never on time whether for friends or something important lol. i'm so glad i watch this.now i know i need to get my sh*t together wihen i go to japan :]
@phantomreaper2010 which is understandable. but not everyone has that opinion or sees it that way. i had a friend who was over an hour late and didnt see to mind at all while the rest of us were fuming.
I'm going to struggle with that.. I'm often late even if I wake up 3hrs before work.. I have ADD and I tend to get distracted so easily.. I often am late or juuuuust right on time. :\
hey Chris i think the "planning your time thing" is on one hand a country character but also a personal thing! i´m also a person that likes to be on time and i ´ve never been in japan. i live in germany, and all the things here are on time too e.g you ´ve to start to work at 9 a.m. you better come 8:45 a.m to work!
the people that aren´t on time here we consider as lazy.
@liberty1211 yeah i agree. it's a personal thing. although i find it's more prominent in general in japan. it's more common and is more of a culture thing rather than just personal such as in other countries. : )
indeed, what a strange stereotype about foreigners not having umbrellas, lol. yeah, we just soak wet , whenever it's raining.
rukiaAndsakura4ever 11 months ago
I often walked into classrooms at an engineering school at the same time with the teacher. Some other guy had usually been waiting there for 30 minutes. I thought he was the stupid one... I saw no reason to be there before the teacher arrives so I timed my arrivals to be very close to the minute the class would begin and not tens of minutes earlier... my approach was more risky, I admit, it would only take a small problem to force me come late to the class whilst my friend had 30 min. to waste.
reshjuk 11 months ago
interesting!
love15th 1 year ago
I found your videos very interesting :)
I have a friend who's always 5 minutes early to a meeting and I'm always 5 minutes late, and I always feel so bad for making her wait but she doesn't seem to care lol.. maybe she's used to it by now hehe ...but I really should get my act together xD
SpyMisa 1 year ago
thanks for this. i''m a person who's never on time whether for friends or something important lol. i'm so glad i watch this.now i know i need to get my sh*t together wihen i go to japan :]
TheMasqueraid 1 year ago
30-40 minutes isn't something NOT to be frustrated about. 30-40 minutes is ridiculous!
phantomreaper2010 1 year ago
@phantomreaper2010 which is understandable. but not everyone has that opinion or sees it that way. i had a friend who was over an hour late and didnt see to mind at all while the rest of us were fuming.
ippikicoqui 1 year ago
I'm going to struggle with that.. I'm often late even if I wake up 3hrs before work.. I have ADD and I tend to get distracted so easily.. I often am late or juuuuust right on time. :\
getoutofmyband 1 year ago
hey Chris i think the "planning your time thing" is on one hand a country character but also a personal thing! i´m also a person that likes to be on time and i ´ve never been in japan. i live in germany, and all the things here are on time too e.g you ´ve to start to work at 9 a.m. you better come 8:45 a.m to work!
the people that aren´t on time here we consider as lazy.
liberty1211 1 year ago
@liberty1211 yeah i agree. it's a personal thing. although i find it's more prominent in general in japan. it's more common and is more of a culture thing rather than just personal such as in other countries. : )
ippikicoqui 1 year ago