matsickma
Senior Member
I've never been punctual. It has annoyed people at work. When I was a welder I was also late at punching in my time card in the morning. Got written up multiple times. Possibly time card punching may have motivated me to college after 5 years of punching a time card.
I'm still that way today. Everyone knows if you want me to attend a morning meeting don't schedule it before 9:30 am. However I'm ok if you schedule it for 9:30 pm! Naturally that never happens but program managers know they can get hold of me in the evening.
Another thing is I never take work home. No VPN laptops and no company phones. My son is a software engineer and works from home; I could never do it. During the pandemic I had a contractor job. The company asked me to work from home. I refused. That was even based on as a contractor I worked away and stayed in a cheap hotel 3 nights a week.
Not justifying my poor timeliness but it is what it is.
Some in my family have referred to me as "the late matsickma" only to realize that many people think I passed away. I don't like jewelry so was happy when cell phones provide time so I could abandon wearing a watch.
I have to say that I enjoy working for three reasons: 1) fun working with young and old and get a lot of laughs at work, 2) it makes my time off and away from work all the more valued and 3) $ is always good to have.
The one exception I have to timeliness is the following during the work week: be in bed by 2am, get up and out of bed by 8:30 am. Now the clock starts. I shower before bed so my goal is to make two mugs of coffee and be out the door to start my drive to work within 10 minutes!
After that...I'm flexible!
I'm still that way today. Everyone knows if you want me to attend a morning meeting don't schedule it before 9:30 am. However I'm ok if you schedule it for 9:30 pm! Naturally that never happens but program managers know they can get hold of me in the evening.
Another thing is I never take work home. No VPN laptops and no company phones. My son is a software engineer and works from home; I could never do it. During the pandemic I had a contractor job. The company asked me to work from home. I refused. That was even based on as a contractor I worked away and stayed in a cheap hotel 3 nights a week.
Not justifying my poor timeliness but it is what it is.
Some in my family have referred to me as "the late matsickma" only to realize that many people think I passed away. I don't like jewelry so was happy when cell phones provide time so I could abandon wearing a watch.
I have to say that I enjoy working for three reasons: 1) fun working with young and old and get a lot of laughs at work, 2) it makes my time off and away from work all the more valued and 3) $ is always good to have.
The one exception I have to timeliness is the following during the work week: be in bed by 2am, get up and out of bed by 8:30 am. Now the clock starts. I shower before bed so my goal is to make two mugs of coffee and be out the door to start my drive to work within 10 minutes!
After that...I'm flexible!
