Effective June 1, 2013 all clocks in the country (private or government owned institutions) should be synchronized or else pay a fine a minimum amount of Php30,000.00 to Php50,000.00 on first offense.
However, this law or The Philippine Standard Time (PST) Act of 2013 is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3284 and House Bill No. 164 was enacted so as to appropriate funds for for the installation, operation and maintenance of synchronized time devices to be displayed in key public places. Plus declaring that every first week of every year being the National Time Consciousness Week.
But what about on events and the organizers who put an earlier time on their invite but actually plan a later time to start the program/event?
This has been a bad practice I’ve been observing in events I’ve attended in the past years.
I think individuals, private entities etc. should also be penalized for violating the PST or for violating the respect of the time of other people.
Some people would go 10 minutes or even 30 minutes earlier than what the program / invite states as the time of the event.
Some have plans an hour or two after the event they plan to attend
It’s not just their time or the VIP time that is important.
It is common sense to be respectful of and follow the time talked about, 10 to 30 minutes late is a stretch to tolerable but an hour or two is really not right in any sense of the word.
I have to write this because a PR was ever so demanding to ask where is my representative at 8:45pm on my clock. I said maybe she went there but since you said at the invite event is at 6PM probably she left since now you tell me your program started at 8PM? He was asking for my representatives number but I refuse to give as so she will not have to suffer the annoying way this PR demands as if I am in his payrol.
But seriously, why look for my representative at 8:45PM when you said in your invite event is 6PM? If she left without saying anything to the event organizer it is not her fault. She was there you were not. Because you were late. You didn’t respect time.
xoxoxo
Oh sure, I have my share of lateness. And if ever I will be late I tell the person who invited me.
Sure there are valid reasons to be late but this bad practice that’s been happening in events in Metro Manila should stop.
People, we all have something else to do than poke around and wait for VIPs to come.
If they can’t make it at a certain amount of time a stretch of tolerable wait time is 30 that’s the max, after that please don’t make everyone else who came early suffer just because of 3-5 people who are running late/ very late. Or maybe just shy to say they can’t come or don’t want to come?
Purely commonsense and common courtesy. I’m sure you have heard of the cliche “Time is Gold”. If it is not for you, for other’s it is. Because every bit of time spent and wasted on waiting around can be a time they could have spent with their family, loved ones, kids or an important work project or meeting with a longtime friend they haven’t seen in ages. Some are paid by the minute at work too. So be considerate.
I hate that term fashionably late! It is not fashionable.
How about you what do you think?
Stay gorgeous everyone!
4 Comments
I’m glad we’ll now have a standard time in the Philippines. It’s been posing some problem since not all people and offices have synchronized time. Anyway, I definitely agree with you. I know I arrive in appointments late at times, but yes, I’ve experienced events where they put a certain time on the invitation yet the event proper starts 2-3 hours late. I think an hour allowance is okay, but like in your representative’s case, she shouldn’t be blamed for leaving early since the event started sooo late.
Oh wow. I had no idea that was a common practice among some even organizers. I rarely attend events but I see your point. That is bad practice.
I guess with Pinoys it really is attitude that needs to change. The government can slap laws here and there but unless we change the way we think, we’ll never appreciate the value of being on time
This is my other pet peeve (the other being queue jumpers!): people who don’t respect other people’s time!
I agree. Too much time is wasted by such which is why I really appreciate PRs who are on schedule with their activities.