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Japanese.... In Japan being late is seen as seriously wrong.
by iopuy 16y ago
Japanese.... In Japan being late is seen as seriously wrong.
- ido 16y agoAustria, Switzerland, all or most of Scandinavia...Probably most or all central/north/north western European societies. IIRC Australia is also the same.
- bwanab 16y agoAll of your examples are Germanic cultures. Notably, I think this is true in the German speaking part of Switzerland, but not nearly as much in Suisse Romande.
- ido 16y agoMost of Central Europe is Slavic. I'll bet it's the same in Russia and many other Slavic countries.
- Dylanlacey 16y agoReally? Huh. I guess. Being someone with ADD I've stopped stressing about being consistently 5 minutes late, but I guess you're right, people are/were disproportionately upset with it until they've come to know me for a while and know I'm often like this. Although sometimes it backfires and they get more annoyed because "Can't you fix that if you know it happens every time?" No, you fuckwit, if I could reliably fix it I would have. It's not for lack of trying, so back the fuck off!