My officemate was conspicuously late for work and I was getting anxious that she might not be able to do her morning routine of preparing our conference room for the daily Cardiology morning meeting.  If she will not be able to make it on time, surely, the bulk of the work will be passed on to me.  Actually, I won’t mind but still, I also have loads to do and additional task will derail my time table.

True enough, I was texted that she will be late and was asked to take over.  Though I wasn’t prepared for it, I was obliged to do it, but I was somewhat disappointed because the conference and kitchen keys are nowhere to be found.   How can I prepare the projector for the Powerpoint presentation, open the computer for the log in timesheet and the coffee pots should have been brewing with fresh coffee by that time?  I was all pressured!  Apparently, she took the keys home and I have to call for security personnel and  request to open the doors.

What a morning!  You are all made up, all perfumed for work and now you’ve got yourself a little bit sweaty for being a bit panicky because the clock is ticking fast and the doctors are all coming in to log- in their attendance. The conference room still closed, the security is on his way…. got to compose myself and wait for expected rants of our Department chairman just in case I won’t be able to prepare the room on the dot.

Whew!  How can you blame a colleague for being late who was profusely asking apology for her tardiness?  Well, no recourse but to say it’s alright! I hope she is not making up excuses… it would be better if she will set her alarm clock an hour earlier so there will be no rushing on her part.   This getting up early should become a habit so that some people will not get affected in a way.  I was very much influenced of my husband’s promptness and 5-10 minutes delay on schedule is considered a big deal for him, so I always make it a point to keep up with his pace.

As the saying goes “ Time waits for no man!”