I am obsessively punctual, and I find that I only very rarely have to send the "sorry, I'm late" text. Much like the poor woman at the end of the article, I vie

I am obsessively punctual, and I find that I only very rarely have to send the "sorry, I'm late" text. Much like the poor woman at the end of the article, I view it as a respect issue. It's not difficult to be on time so long as I leave at a reasonable time. For the common case (no problems) I can take a leisurely drive at a safe speed (see article http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20190187 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20190187 about driving fast). If I do encounter an unplanned delay, there's enough slack in the schedule that I can usually make up the time and still be punctual. I am also aware of the time and place, so if I know I will be driving east on I-40 at rush hour I will need to bake an extra 5-10 minutes into my schedule. I don't do this to make myself look good, I do it because I respect the other person and would like to be treated the same when the other person is meeting me somewhere.