The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-13
BY CELIA mYRovER ROBINSON

Perhaps there is nothing more provok-
ng to the man or woman who Is trained
n business standards than the la&ity oil
persons who have never learned the value
IF time To one who is in the habit
2 meeting an appointment promptly
here is nothing more annoying than 70
,e kept waiting for one who has not YET
learned the value of meeting engage
nents on the minute
BE on Time.
Woman are more prone than men 20
let ar paught time and tide and to thltiA
hat a few minutes lost here can easiiS
,e made up there and they CONSIDER y
rest tiresome to be expected 10 DC
ItrictIy on time.
Who has not had appointment VIII,
INC of these women of UNCONSCIOUS VA
methods. who will nonchalantly ten you
hat she win meet you promptly at teu'
y find You still chatting at a quarter after
en- or even later, and TO rush in upon
yor at the last minute with apologies on
Ter lips and laughter in her eyes thlhh-
Nc II ouite excuse enough to explain 70
you that she missed a car or was inter-
-upted.
A business woman who has little time
% waste, speaking of her own experiences
along these lines recently said:
IT have made rule never 20 wait on
INV one who does not keep an appoint
,,ent with me- whether man, woman OF
.hild When / first started out In Dust
ness / was somewhat lax in such Things
myself. 1t did not seem to me that fiji
.een minutes here and there could make
any very real difference. but 1t did. and j
.ame at last to the realization that the
nan or woman who is to be relied upon
n business Is the man or woman VINO Is
careful in making engagements and keep
ing them to the letter.
''I am afraid that time has become
SORT OF fetish with me, but I'd rather
mis- were so than that I should ever fail
20 meet an engagement promptly. 1
found. however, after had acquired
punctuality myself that I saved little
time IL any, because few of my women
friends were well trained, and when
[ hurried off TO meet one at definite
Time l usually sat and cooled my heels
or fifteen twenty minutes, waiting for
aer to appear. In other words. l was
losing more time than ] saved.
so determined to make IL a rule that
the person who did not meet me on time
Gid not meet me at all. IL said would
DE- In my office at ten and the person did
not appear on time I did not wait. l
made 1t convenient to be out when she
arrived. and gave her plenty of time to
think over her sins of commission.
1T is not only that we need the wasted
lime. but we need the nerve force that Is
iissipated in restless waiting.
1T is quite as easy to be on time as
4 is to be late on all OCCASIONS. and il is
ar more fruitful ~ ~~0I results. very
young | know has a
reputation for new, citing an engage
nent. and yet she has more time at her
own command than any one have ever
met IL she says she is going shopping
With you at eleven she will probably take
4 fancy to look over her clothes that
or to read a new novel. or so
Try new piece of music. She will be-
some so interested as to forget all about
The engagement or will put IL off until
The last minute. then will appear wild
eyed, disheveled. penitent. only TO
peat the same performance next time
gou ask her to go out with you which
will probably not be any sooner than
you can avoid.
There is no reason in the world for
Der delinquency. except the fatal habit or
putting off things. of deferring until the
asst minute. that deadly sin of procrasti-
nation. than which there Is none other
which can so disorganize life and make
Intellectual the efforts or we'll minded
,eople who locve law and order.