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According to NPR's podcast Code Switch, the phrase has variations in many other languages and cultures, is often used as a light-hearted comment or joke regarding being late, and may have first been used in 1914 by The Chicago Defender newspaper. [10]
Tardiness is the habit of being late or delaying arrival. [1] Being late as a form of misconduct may be formally punishable in various arrangements, such as workplace, school, etc. An opposite personality trait is punctuality.
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers, For this, for everything, we are ...
While 70% of boomers have zero tolerance for any level of tardiness, in Gen Z’s eyes, 10 minutes late is still on time—explaining the friction between the two generations at work.
The one who shows up 45 minutes late to dinner. The one who "lost track of time " before the big birthday party. The one who says they're on their way to the bar and hasn't left the house yet.
No wonder bosses say Gen Z are hard to manage: While 70% of Boomers have zero tolerance for any level of tardiness, in Gen Z's eyes, 10 minutes late is right on time.
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Author Thomas Friedman pictured in May 2005. The book is divided into four parts - Reflecting, Accelerating, Innovating and Anchoring. When a friend arrived late for lunch, Friedman said, "Thank You for Being Late", as it gave him time to reflect, to listen to what was taking place around him and to slow down the pace.