I know "him".  He is the guy that when I have eight highly paid people in a room for a meeting, we are all waiting for him.  The clock ticks and the money meter runs while he makes copies he needs for the meeting, gets a cup of coffee, goes to the bathroom.

Meanwhile, eight people have wasted 15 mintues of valuable time.

Yes, and I have fired that guy before.  He was always late for work, and since he had to sign off on projects before they went to the client, his co-workers missed deadlines.  Everyone looked bad.

 And when the meeting happened when I handed him his walking papers, he was clueless, even though it had been written up a dozen times.

This guy never learns.

There's Type A and Type B personalities in this world.  Three's also industries that are more driven and time sensitive than others.  There's also a huge variation as to how different cultures and countries address time.

You take the time sensitive driven type point of view of time to Southern Europe or Africa for example and you'll find that type of mentality and expectation of promptness will land you on the outside looking in.

That said, most of us live in the US and especially in the Media industry, I understand time is very important especially when you multiply it by many different people who become dependent on others and for whom "time is money."

Good advice to remember for those of us who tend not to naturally place emphasis on these things and important.  We're not going to change something as big as an industrial culture, so we need to learn to get with the priorities and program or we'll get run over by that bus.

I still think however, there will be some time in heaven in the future where some of the high pressure driven personalities may just have some "time" to spend waiting on God and to fellowship and worship and enjoy the moment, without driving for the next important place to be and thing to do.

I'm that guy exactly.

Thanks, Phil. I really needed the wakeup call. Please pray for me that God gives me the power to change. 

PLEASE STAY OFF OF MY TOES PAL….:-)

Yes, I concur with Mrs. Nancy R. thanks Phil..

-Minister Mason

I hate to be late for anything just for the very reasons you mentioned. You might even say I'm pretty anal about it.

One thing I hate more than being late, however, is rushing. It uses up way to much brain power and energy! I'd rather be sitting waiting for 10-20 minutes than racing to get somewhere, knowing that I won't make it.

In addition, a lot of other people get to see an ugly side of me when I am rushing because I yell at them for driving too slow when all along it was my fault for not being prepared! Not that makes rational sense! ha ha