Punctuality Means More Than Just Starting on Time.

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nsplash</a></figcaption></figure>I hate how we’ve so warped the definition of punctuality that it just means arriving on time. Join a noon meeting at noon, and when you say you’ll meet your friend at 5 pm, be there at 5 pm. Is that what punctuality is? Yes, but there’s another side to it that we conveniently ignore — ending on time.Really. You cannot possibly talk about professionalism if you don’t end meetings on

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time. A few days ago, I attended a meeting at 8 pm (eye roll) that was supposed to be “a quick 10-minute call”. It only ended thirty minutes later and would’ve gone on longer had I not reminded the others that it was dinnertime and I was starving.If you want to be responsible, professional, and likeable, end your meetings when you say you will. Nobody can respect a person who only cares about starting on time.</article></body>

Punctuality Means More Than Just Starting on Time.

Just another one of my rants about hustle culture.

I hate how we’ve so warped the definition of punctuality that it just means arriving on time. Join a noon meeting at noon, and when you say you’ll meet your friend at 5 pm, be there at 5 pm. Is that what punctuality is? Yes, but there’s another side to it that we conveniently ignore — ending on time.

Really. You cannot possibly talk about professionalism if you don’t end meetings on time. A few days ago, I attended a meeting at 8 pm (*eye roll*) that was supposed to be “a quick 10-minute call”. It only ended thirty minutes later and would’ve gone on longer had I not reminded the others that it was dinnertime and I was starving.

If you want to be responsible, professional, and likeable, end your meetings when you say you will. Nobody can respect a person who only cares about starting on time.