What is a word for arriving on time? Punctual. The New York Times says that "fashionably late falls out of fashion after more than two years of remote work, when, for many people there was no good reason to be tardy."
Who was famous for being on time? Vince Lombardi was so famous for punctuality, the phrase was Vince Lombardi time. The New York Times article on the subject gives examples of how people are more punctual because of Covid - one motivation being they want to cram everything in. Another is less time for chit chat at the office and "lolling-about". Instead people are coming in, doing their work and getting out of there a soon as possible."
The theme of Psychology Today's article about punctuality post-pandemic is that more people are keeping time to avoid feeling lost in a chaotic world. Another key point of the article is "Being on time is strongly connected to believing that the world is a random place. Holding on to a stable, external cue reduces anxiety."The Psychology Today article describes a complex relationship to time - either event-time where effectiveness is the goal, or clock-time where efficiency is the goal.
Prior to Covid, articles on punctuality looked at the qualities of people who were chronically late vs punctual and urged the chronically late person to develop those habits - e.g. being realistic on how long something takes, having buffer time - i.e. being early, being organized and structured, being comfortable with down time, or waiting.
Simple, straight-forward vs the highly-nuanced analysis post-Covid.
I wonder what the significance of the floral clock is in Niagara Falls. "' It was based on the famous 1903 clock located in the Princess Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. The clock is the largest of its kind in the world. It is three times the size of the clock in Scotland. The clock was completed in 1950 and was Ontario Hydro's floral show piece."
