• Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Nah. I can’t stand people who are late for everything, because I somehow get there on time and early in spite of all the things trying to make me late. But every day I sit and wait for people who aren’t. There’s nothing stopping someone from being considerate to others and respectful of their time.

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      Lack of time sense is a common symptom of ADHD. It literally breaks your internal metronome. Judging time becomes a lot more difficult.

      While it can be overcome, it requires good awareness of the underlying effect, and continuous effort to counter it. It’s basically the equivalent of asking a paraplegic to just pop upstairs.

      Yes some people are just inconsiderate, but some people just honestly can’t do it very well.

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      6 days ago

      “They shouldn’t waste my time waiting for them, they should be early and waste their time waiting for the appointment!”

      No, but seriously, +/- 5 minutes is what it is. After that, it varies a lot on context.

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        Yeah, you go to the doctor, and when everyone shows up “right on time,” people later in the day get fucked by 30-40m. Show up early and be considerate of others, it’s not a hard concept. That or don’t make appointments you’re not going to keep. You’re not wasting your own time being on time to your own appointment that you made.

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          people later in the day get fucked by 30-40m

          That’s not at all how time works.

          If a doctor has 1 hour appointments, scheduled on the hour, and everyone is 5 minutes late, the schedule is now every hour on the :05.

          Your 9:00 arrives at 9:05 and runs to 10:05, but that’s fine because your 10:00 is 5 minutes late, so they’re now on time. It’s not cumulative at all.