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[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

My first day at my duty station I was 10 min early to work and a staff sergeant told me if I wasn't 15 min early I'm already 5 min late...good words to live by

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You gonna pay me for those 15 minutes?

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. My meetings I time to the T to be there exactly on time. I don't want to sit around and waste my time small talking with people before the meeting.

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Funny, I intentionally join my meetings a minute or two late to avoid the small talk.

[–] MethodicalSpark@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

In what world should anyone be criticized for not being early enough? I agree if you’re not early, you’re late.

But for fucks sake, five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, whatever… dude sounds like an asshole.

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

The military. It's ingrained in you from like day one that if you're not 15 minutes early to everything, you're late. It's also why you'll hear folks from the military talking about standing in formation waiting for 3 hours before the Colonel/Captain even shows up. By the time the order gets from the Colonel to the Private, everyone in between has padded the arrival time by an extra 15 minutes.

You don't clock in and out in the military, so sure, fine. And for job interviews, it looks good to employers. But beyond that, I'm in the "if you want me here early, you need to pay me for that time" club.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

It's a common saying and it's usually meant as something you should hold yourself to, rather than others.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

Staff Sargent - Military. Typically military peeps are held to a higher standard.

[–] SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I haven't been in the army for, um, Holy cow! that many years!, but I still operate on '15 minutes before a parade'.

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Man critized for being 10 min early and then down voted for being 15 min early...I'm always early/on time is all I gotta say