Comments on: How Late Does Your Cultural Clock Run? https://foxnomad.com/2009/08/05/how-late-does-your-cultural-clock-run/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:09:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2009/08/05/how-late-does-your-cultural-clock-run/#comment-51244 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:23:31 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=4405#comment-51244 In reply to Linguist-in-Waiting.

Interesting – the articles about (that Dark Christian posted) mention that the Japanese are very high up on the list for being face-paced and on time.

I do try to be on time but no matter what my internal clock slows me down somehow so that I’m always a bit late. The “bit” part varying quite a bit 🙂

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2009/08/05/how-late-does-your-cultural-clock-run/#comment-51243 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:19:36 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=4405#comment-51243 In reply to Dark Christian.

Thanks for the articles, very interesting – especially about the point of clock-accuracy and the level of development being associated with the pace of life.

]]> By: Linguist-in-Waiting https://foxnomad.com/2009/08/05/how-late-does-your-cultural-clock-run/#comment-51217 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:39:46 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=4405#comment-51217 Oh, I am somewhat of a non-conformist when it comes to the cultural clock thing. Filipinos are known for being chronically tardy. If a party is said to begin at 6:00 PM, people won’t show up until an hour later. However, I lived in Japan between the ages of 13-18, when these social skills were becoming more and more important (what do you care if you’re on time or not, when all you do is tag along your parents as a little kid?). So I tend to be early, and honor the mentioned time as much as I can. I suppose, having a very reliable transportation system in Japan also helped too: which now makes me annoyed whenever the buses here in North America run late.

]]> By: Dark Christian https://foxnomad.com/2009/08/05/how-late-does-your-cultural-clock-run/#comment-51131 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:57:12 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=4405#comment-51131 Articles about time perception in different countries:

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01010/timeCultures.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01010/paceOfTime.html

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2009/08/05/how-late-does-your-cultural-clock-run/#comment-51113 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:57:57 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=4405#comment-51113 In reply to Deniz.

I like it too, it’s not so stressful when everyone is as late as you as. It’s harder to adjust when you’ve got to speed up or really slow down. It’s hard both ways but I like the attitude, what’s the rush!

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