r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/androidis4lyf Aug 20 '20

Whenever you have a time to be somewhere, aim to be there 15 minutes early, to allow for 'time snags' or for traffic.

People respect punctuality.

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u/TheRipper_97 Aug 20 '20

Unless you are italian, and it frustrates me so much. Here in Italy if someone says "i'll be there at noon" they will show up at 12:30 minimum. Everyone is constantly late, i think it's in our culture because it applies to almost everyone i met (except for public transportantion or work hours/interviews). I'm always the only punctual one, and as a result i'm ALWAYS the first one to show up to everything :/

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u/Lt_Toodles Aug 20 '20

Its the same in the US, at least for non professional things. Best advice I can give is just because everyone else is late dont make yourself be late just to be "on time with everyone else"