IS YOUR LIFE RULED BY THE TIME?

Are you one of those people who always have one eye on the clock and arrives punctually for every appointment? Or do you sail through life unhindered by the rigours of time keeping? Answer these questions and find out.

1. At half past five, you are:

Out of your work place.
Still at your desk and finishing your tasks.
Asking the boss if there’s any last thing you need to do

2.Your watch has broken.You:

Use your spare watch and give this one for mending.
Rely on asking people what the time is.
Hardly notice because you hardly ever wear it.

3.When you have an appointment, you are:

Always on time – you always allowed for traffic jams or cancelled trains.
 Usually on time. If you’re late, it is only because someone or something has held you up beyond your control.
 Usually late but it’s never your fault. Something always happens to delay you.

4. If your boss asks you to stay behind to finish an urgent task, you:

Do it willingly.
Do it – but complain that the boss should have given it to you earlier.
Do it and say nothing, but decide you’ll ask for an extra long lunch hour the next day to make up for working late.

5.You have invited friends to dinner and they are already half an hour late, so you:

Breathe a sigh of relief; you were running late, anyway.
Ring them up and find out why they have been delayed so much.
Turn down the oven and hope they won’t be too much longer.

6. You are kept waiting at the doctor’s clinic. You:

Ask the receptionist what has caused the delay and how long you are likely to have to wait.
Don’t notice. You are engrossed in reading a magazine.
 Complain loudly and make sure the receptionist knows you have got better things to do than sit there all day.

7.When you’re cooking, you:

Keep an eye on the watch and check when you think the food ought to be ready.
Never burn anything – you always use a timer, which rings when the food is ready.
 Occasionally forget and burn the meal.

8.You’re out shopping and bump into an old friend. You:

Say ‘Hello’, and promise to phone him/her and catch up on the latest happenings in life.
 Stand and talk for a few minutes.
 Suggest you find a coffee shop and sit down for a chat.

9. Do you plan your day so that your tasks are well spaced out?

No, you don’t plan your day – every day is a new adventure.
Yes, everything is planned down to the last minute or there would not be enough time to fit everything in.
You try to leave sometime between appointments.

10.If a member of your staff is a few minutes late for work, you:

Don’t notice. They will probably make up the time anyway.
Demand an explanation immediately and tell them it had better not happen again.
Say nothing, but make mental note in case they make a habit of it.

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