Group IV

Zenon Pestaño

Niña S. Cañares

Jo-sha Borja

Remjen Francisco

Jannica Manuit
Promptness & Punctuality
Definitions From Online Word References:

• Strictly observant of an appointed or regular

time; not late; prompt. Made, occurring, etc., at
the scheduled or proper time

• Quick to act or to do what is required; ready

• The characteristic of doing things without delay

• The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the

exact time of an engagement; exactness.

• The characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an

obligation before or at a previously-designated time

Definitions, Quotations From Us:

• Punctuality is having time management, time discipline, value of time
and most of all, the etiquette.

• Punctuality is doing your best not to make anyone or anything waiting.

• Being punctual is not only respecting others, but also respecting your
self.
• A punctual person is well-rounded; for he is able to deal with demands
of time. It makes a quick statement of people about you, just as much
as they criticize your appearance and attitude.

• By being unpunctual, you become a thief; stealing people’s most

precious thing: their time.
Promptness & Punctuality
Quotations:

• Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest

virtue which can give force to an otherwise
utterly insignificant character. -John F.
Boyes

• If I have made an appointment with you, I

owe you punctuality, I have no right to
throw away your time, if I do my own.
-Richard Cecil, American Poet

• Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every
moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put
off till tomorrow what you can do today. -Lord Chesterfield,
British Statesman, Author

• I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character,

if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments. -Nathaniel
Emmons

• Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear

dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his
time. -Horace Mann, American Educator

• I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an

hour before my time. -Lord Nelson

• The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our

shortcomings. -French Proverb

• Punctuality is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners;

it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a
little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it
easy and delightful. -Charles Simmons

• Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. -William
Shakespeare, British Poet, Playwright

• Being on time, every time, conveys far more than just a good
sense of timing. It tells people that you’re on top of things, that
you’re organized, that you can be counted on, that you value
them, and, ultimately, that you value yourself. -Dustin
Wax, The Writer's Technology Companion
 Promptness & Punctuality
Songs:
LATE AGAIN by MXPX
Late again,
Forgive me friends,
For I am late again,
Til' the day I die, Lord knows I'll
try,
'Cause I'm still late again.
When they call my name outside
those gates,
I'll be on my way,
Well that's all I can say,
'Cause I'm late again.
Late again,
Forgive me friends,
For I am late again,
Til' the day I die, Lord knows I'll
try,
'Cause I'm still late again.
With all the saints, that don't
place blame
On sunshine, rain or snow,
Believe me 'cause I know.
That I'm Late again,
Forgive me friends,
For I am late again,
Til' the day I die, Lord knows I'll
try,
'Cause I'm still late again
Late again,
Forgive me friends,
For I am late again,
Til' the day I die, Lord knows I'll
try,
'Cause I'm still late again. [x2]
Til' the day I die, Lord knows I'll
try,
'Cause I'm still late again.
25 MINUTES by MICHAEL
LEARNS TO ROCK
After some time I’ve finally
made up my mind
she is the girl and I really want
to make her mine
I'm searching everywhere to find
her again
to tell her I love her
and I'm sorry 'bout the things
I’ve done
I find her standing in front of the
church
the only place in town where I
didn't search
She looks so happy in her
wedding dress
but she's crying while she's
saying this
Boy I’ve missed your kisses all
the time but this is
25 minutes too late
Though you travelled so far boy
I'm sorry your are
25 minutes too late
Against the wind I'm going home
again
wishing me back to the time
when we were more than friends
But still I see her in front of the
church
the only place in town where I
didn't search
She looked so happy in her
wedding dress
but she cried while she was
saying this
Boy I’ve missed your kisses all
the time but this is
25 minutes too late
Though you travelled so far boy
I'm sorry your are still I can hear the words she
25 minutes too late said

Out in the streets I can still hear her say.......

places where hungry hearts
have nothing to eat
inside my head

MESSAGE: Don't make people wait. In turn, use time to

show you live up to your promises.
 Promptness & Punctuality
Manifestations Of Persons With Without Punctuality:

• Shows Mastery

With: Being on time consistently shows everyone around

you that you are the master of your life. It demonstrates
foresight — the ability to predict possible hang-ups — and
adaptability — the ability to change your plans to
accommodate those hang-ups.

Without: On the other hand, being late all the time shows that you are a victim of
the winds of fate, that you’re incapable of anticipating possible problems and either
dealing with them or altering your course to avoid them. It sends the message that
you’re harassed by time, not in control of it.

• Shows Competence

With: Someone who shows, over and over, that they are the master of their time is
someone who will be taken seriously in areas far removed from time management.
That foresight and adaptability that gets you where you need to be, when you need
to be there, tells the people around you that you can handle whatever is thrown at
you.

Without: Conversely, people assume that if the chronically late person can’t even
consider the possibility of a little extra traffic, s/he won’t be able to consider other
obstacles that might stand in the way of getting a project or task done.

• Shows Integrity

With: Punctuality is also a trust issue. When you make an appointment, you are
making a commitment to be where you said you’d be when you said you’d be there.
The only way you build up other people’s trust in you is by consistently meeting
your commitments — and that starts with being punctual. The person who is always
on time is someone others can trust to be as good as their word.

Without: In contrast, the person who is perpetually late is, plain and simple,
someone who lies to you repeatedly. You said you’d be here at 9 o’clock, but you’re
not here; if your word isn’t good enough about something as trivial as showing up on
time, how can your word be any good about anything more important?

• Shows He Value People

With: People are busy — too busy to be waiting on you while their other work goes
unfinished. Being punctual shows, clearly and truly, that you value their time and,
by extension, that you value them as a person. It says, “Let’s make this time we’ve
arranged as productive as possible so we can both get on with all our other
important stuff.”

Without: Compare that with the attitude of the chronically late person who, when
confronted, says, “But I’m always on time for the things that are important.” The
message this sends is that, when I’m late, it’s because I really don’t feel that
whatever I’m late for is all that important — if it were a date with a cute woman or
man I met at the Starbucks, I’d have been on time; if it were a Moby concert, I’d
have been on time; but since it’s just a meeting about the status of the big project
I’m working on, I feel I can be late.

There’s another kind of always-late person: the person who makes a “big entrance”,
using their lack of punctuality to show their status. Let’s face it — showing off your
importance by having other people sit and wait on you clearly says “you’re not
important to me.” And everyone knows the solution — don’t show up, or wait until
the moment’s just right, and stab that high-and-mighty loser in the back. If you like
to make the grand entrance, don’t worry — someday soon you’ll make a grand
entrance to an empty room.

• Shows He Value Himself

With: Finally, being on time shows you value your time — and yourself. First of all,
being repeatedly late is a self-destructive behavior — why else would you risk not
landing the big client, losing your job, or insulting those around you? And everyone
knows that most self-destructive behavior follows from low self-esteem. Even if it’s
not true, that’s the perception you’re allowing others.

Without: Second of all, punctuality shows that your time is too valuable to waste
stuck in traffic, on the phone dealing with trivial matters, or otherwise occupied in
anything other than the business at hand. Being late demonstrates, plainly and
clearly, that you’re interruptible, that your work is never as high a priority as
whatever trivial thing comes along, and that you’re unwilling to set priorities in your
own life. If that’s the case, why should anyone else care about your time? Why
shouldn’t they interrupt you whenever they feel like it, dump meaningless busy-work
on you, or dismiss you entirely?
Wax, Dustin M. . "Punctuality Counts". Stepcase Lifehack. 14 May 2008. 16 Nov.
2008 <http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/punctuality-counts.html>
 Promptness & Punctuality
Anecdotes:
Lew Wasserman: Power-Broker
Universal Studios chief Lew Wasserman was the preeminent
Hollywood power-broker of his generation:

"A stickler for punctuality, the mogul and his wife, Edie, were
seen sitting awkwardly at a table set for four at the old-guard
restaurant Chasen's in the early 1990s. Looking angrily at his
watch, Wasserman grumbled, 'Our guests are 15 minutes late.'
A few minutes later, Ronald and Nancy Reagan belatedly
joined the couple at their table."

["Maybe that should be the epitaph of Lew Wasserman, a man who for more than 60
years zealously pursued power for its own sake: He only waited for presidents."]

Wasserman, Lew ["The octopus"] (1913-2002) American talent agent, producer, and
studio chief; head of the Music Corporation of America (MCA) and of Universal
Studios [noted for his pioneering use of 'packaging' (leasing to a studio a group of
actors, directors and writers, who might share in the profits from a film), and for his
role in the production of such films as Jaws, Psycho, The Sting, Star Wars, and E.T.]

[Source: " Lew Wasserman: Power-Broker". Anecdotage.Com. 16 Nov. 2008

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Usher: Tardy
Usher was never noted for his punctuality. "Boy wears a $40,000 watch," his road
manager, Terence Carter, once lamented, "with the wrong time on it!"

Usher, American hip hop musician [noted for various recordings]

[Source: " Usher: Tardy". Anecdotage.Com. 16 Nov. 2008 <

http://anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=20572>]

Ricky Gervais: Punctuality

"I hate lateness," Ricky Gervais once declared. "I hate people who are late. There is
no excuse for turning up late for anything. I've never been late for anything in my
life. I was actually born a week premature, because I wanted to be early for my own
birth!" Gervais, Ricky-British writer and actor [noted for his role on "The Office" and
in various films]

[Source: "Ricky Gervais: Punctuality". Anecdotage.Com. 16 Nov. 2008

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