I was raised in a military family. My father was a flag rank Air Force officer and I lived on base until the age of 14. One of his commandments was, “Always be on time.” Time is the most important commodity you will ever have and it deserves respect. Being late is disrespectful to those you are supposed to meet/work with. Waste your own time if you wish but, never anyone else’s. “Always be on time.” When I worked in film the saying was, “If you’re on time, you’re late.” For them being on time meant ready to work at the prescribed time. Those sets were time regulated as well. Felt like being in school all over again.
I'm always a minimum of 15 minutes early for everything. My life was similar. Time was more important than anything else.
Now that I'm older, I see more of the situation. Yes, it's still super disrespectful to waste other's time but it's also detrimental in areas I had never fathomed, like therapy and learning. "OH, you're having a breakthrough, sorry, come back in two weeks, our time is up!"
I was raised in a military family. My father was a flag rank Air Force officer and I lived on base until the age of 14. One of his commandments was, “Always be on time.” Time is the most important commodity you will ever have and it deserves respect. Being late is disrespectful to those you are supposed to meet/work with. Waste your own time if you wish but, never anyone else’s. “Always be on time.” When I worked in film the saying was, “If you’re on time, you’re late.” For them being on time meant ready to work at the prescribed time. Those sets were time regulated as well. Felt like being in school all over again.
I'm always a minimum of 15 minutes early for everything. My life was similar. Time was more important than anything else.
Now that I'm older, I see more of the situation. Yes, it's still super disrespectful to waste other's time but it's also detrimental in areas I had never fathomed, like therapy and learning. "OH, you're having a breakthrough, sorry, come back in two weeks, our time is up!"
I couldn't agree more. We are training our kids for a future that no one wants. We need to become more than wage slaves.
I'd have preferred you as a mom over the one I had. <3