Do tardy people tend to have a certain personality type?
A. DeLonzor says she has found that late people can be divided into two categories. First there is the deadliner, who, is subconsciously drawn to the adrenaline rush of the sprint to the finish line. (That once described herself, she said.) Then there is the producer, who gets an ego boost from getting as much done in as little time as possible . Many late people tend to be both optimistic and unrealistic, she said, and this affects their perception of time. They really believe they can go for a run, pick up their clothes at the dry cleaners, buy groceries and drop off the kids at school in an hour. They remember that single shining day 10 years ago when they really did all those things in 60 minutes flat, and forget all the other times that everything took much, much longer. Q. How can chronic tardiness affect a business? A. In schedule-driven jobs, lateness can have a direct effect on a company s bottom line. Calls go unanswered, deliveries are late or an assembly line can t operate.
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