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"8. Lock the door at the start time and don't unlock it for anyone. People will soon learn to show up on time." Great one. I will never forget the embarrassmen

"8. Lock the door at the start time and don't unlock it for anyone. People will soon learn to show up on time." Great one. I will never forget the embarrassment endured when I showed up 2 minutes late for my (very first) senior high-school business class and the teacher had locked me out of the room. Needless to say I was never late for that class the rest of the year.

freehunter 15y ago
In high school (where it's mandatory to attend), I would consider this unacceptable. The law dictates that you are there unless you specifically drop out. If the teacher locked me out for being two minutes late, I would be in the vice principal's office two minutes after that. In college I would find this more acceptable, the professor can set any classroom rules he wants regarding attendance. In the workplace, a real, office-style workplace, I would hope the person who locked the door would be quickly reprimanded. Why did you invite the person (and take their precious time) if you obviously don't want them there?
- Karunamon 15y ago
  >Why did you invite the person (and take their precious time) if you obviously don't want them there? I don't know, why couldn't they have made the effort to show up on time?
  - freehunter 15y ago
    At least at the corporation I work for, we have a 5 minute grace period to allow people to get from meeting to meeting (or from the lab to a meeting, or from the warehouse, or from the other buildings, etc). If you have a meeting in one building that gets out at 1pm and a meeting that starts in the other at 1pm, it's difficult to get there on time. There's a reason classes in school and college have a 10-15 minute "passing time" built in.
    - GigabyteCoin 15y ago
      Exactly. We did have 10 minutes in between classes. Ample time to get around. It's not like you miss much on the first day of class, either. If I had a good reason, like if I yelled "my mother died" through the glass, I'm sure she would have let me in. But I didn't.

freehunter 15y ago

In high school (where it's mandatory to attend), I would consider this unacceptable. The law dictates that you are there unless you specifically drop out. If the teacher locked me out for being two minutes late, I would be in the vice principal's office two minutes after that. In college I would find this more acceptable, the professor can set any classroom rules he wants regarding attendance. In the workplace, a real, office-style workplace, I would hope the person who locked the door would be quickly reprimanded. Why did you invite the person (and take their precious time) if you obviously don't want them there?

Karunamon 15y ago
>Why did you invite the person (and take their precious time) if you obviously don't want them there? I don't know, why couldn't they have made the effort to show up on time?
- freehunter 15y ago
  At least at the corporation I work for, we have a 5 minute grace period to allow people to get from meeting to meeting (or from the lab to a meeting, or from the warehouse, or from the other buildings, etc). If you have a meeting in one building that gets out at 1pm and a meeting that starts in the other at 1pm, it's difficult to get there on time. There's a reason classes in school and college have a 10-15 minute "passing time" built in.
  - GigabyteCoin 15y ago
    Exactly. We did have 10 minutes in between classes. Ample time to get around. It's not like you miss much on the first day of class, either. If I had a good reason, like if I yelled "my mother died" through the glass, I'm sure she would have let me in. But I didn't.