http://blogs.msdn.com/maamktg/archive/2007/05/09/punctuality-vs-tardiness.aspxThere are people who are always on time and there are people who are always late. And yes, there are some in the middle, but most gravitate towards one side. Time is everyone's most valuable commodity and in the division between punctual and tardy people,enCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/maamktg/archive/2007/05/09/punctuality-vs-tardiness.aspx#2505402Wed, 09 May 2007 19:03:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2505402Bob<p>Agreed, the last 2 places I worked, meetings never started within 15 minutes of their scheduled start time. Both places gave the same excuse, that the tardiness seemed to be their corporate culture, rather than fix the issue. I just got in the habit of bringing my laptop with me and coding through meetings to make up for my time that they wasted ;)</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/maamktg/archive/2007/05/09/punctuality-vs-tardiness.aspx#2508018Wed, 09 May 2007 21:45:45 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2508018Alan Dean<p>I'm from Yorkshire, where the saying is &quot;five minutes early is on time&quot; and people mean it.</p>