How do you put an end to "filipino time"?

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Bentong

I do not set false schedules, and all my friends know I will leave when the person I am meeting is not there on time. I do not even take "traffic" as an excuse.

I take pains going to an appointment with a generous allowance for traffic. I end up being early for meetings, and I have mastered the art of coping with this - - - I go to a nearby coffee shop.

We should all influence change by being on time ourselves, and never allowing other people to waste our time.

sublime

set the meeting an hour before the real meeting time. :P

luosechi é§±å£«åŸº

Start all meetings or whatever ON TIME! Both me and my wife are p****d off when something that's supposed to start in the morning really doesn't start till after lunch. If I can make it on time, the other bums can too.

Sorry folks, but I feel very strongly about this. I have lots of other things to do than wait.

DR. MCVDQ

"Filipino time" denotes tardiness and has been coined because Filipinos usually come late for a meeting or an activity. To put an end to it, Filipinos should learn how to manage their time and be able to arrive, at the least, on time for their commitments. By so doing, "filipino time" will soon be deleted from our vocabulary.

battgirl

i let my hubby put my watch a few minutes ahead without my knowledge..and now i always think my deadline as half hour earlier than the actual so i will have time readjusting what needs to be refined..and you are right "filipino time" is not confined to filipinos. i know of people of different races who are even worse. but then it is worst when you don't call in to say you won't be coming. it is time lost big time for the one waiting

Layne

Lol, I think it's understood at Filipino parties that it really starts 2 hours after whatever it says on the invitation. And then the non-Filipinos show up on time and the food isn't ready/hosts are not there yet. Too funny. I don't think things are going to change any time soon.

annabelle p

If there was a way to end "Filipino time", it would have been done many years ago. I think it is now part of the Filipino culture to arrive at a celebration at a later time and make a grand entrance. This not only happens to ordinary people like you and me, it also happens to the famous - like the President who is always waited upon before an event or ceremony starts. Whether we like it or not, Filipino time is here to stay.

ladyhawke

discipline and at least "try" our best to remove this crab mentality of bringing down and degrading our "Filipino ways". we tend to be sensitive with criticisms, and we are "so sarcastic". the more other people point out to us our "misgivings" instead of correcting them, the more we are set of rebelling to it and i have no idea where and when did we inherit this kind of attitude. so again, i repeat, discipline only. i am a Filipino and will always be proud to be one, Mabuhay!!! and got to go, i am late with my meeting, hehehe! one of the traits i love about us, ups and downs, we always find something to laugh about....

blokblok1960

Impossible............it will never happen. I have a Filipino Step Mother, I have a Filipino wife. Both are very loving and honest people, and my wife and I are very happy. But I still give the constant reminder "Come-on, we're going to be late", or "you know we have to leave in 10 minutes".

Don Richard G

Tell them them the wrong time .Tell them the meeting is at 10 but in reality its 11.

Keith B

It is not only "Filipino time" it is Thai time as well. I've experienced it in Thailand.

lnce

there's no way....!even if u can put an end to it yourself,but people will keep doing it over and over again...we have desame term 4 that in Malaysia aswell...it happens all the time.it will never end...Self discipline is what we need...

sweetie29

Filipino time means coming late always.
Filipinos are naughty sometimes when it comes to time punctuality.
Filipino wake up!!!!Be responsible citizen,...

sai_gomaster

i dont believe in filipino time, yes, filipinos always tend to be late, but i prepare 2-3 hours earlier, my daily basis, is to wake up at 4:45 and prepare then leave at 7:30.... mostly one people do something they take it as all does it... pls dont call late "filipino time" cuz not all filipinos always get late (my aunt does, but watever) its just like how people think that filipinos hav eyes like chinese cuz wer asians.

the italian idol

whenever the vips arrive on time, everybody else would arrive early. so tell that to our lazy bosses.

Norbert S

Make profit dependent upon timeliness. Close the doors at the time stated! You snooze, you lose! Prepare to lose friends!

chief8

It's not only Filipino time. Other cultures have the same concept of time.

Mimi-×ž×™×ž×™- Ù…ÙŠÙ…ÙŠ

I add a "pm" to it's end.

Ray H

Set the time forward two hours and don't tell anyone.

hghazoly

i hope you are egyptian like myself :)
i stay in Makati for 3 months now, i suffer alot with filipino when it come to time and appointment you better leave this country lol
filipino will never change

girlygirl

well actually you can't put a stop to it for everyone else. unless you start a meeting at 7PM but tell everyone else it starts at 6PM...guarantee they'll be there before 7PM! hehe....

Juan C

did we inherit that from the Spanish???

well, to put an end to this, set an alarm few hours earlier before going to a rendezvous...

Dennis E

i assume you're referring to tardiness of some Filipinos in scheduled appointments. this is something i believe we acquired from the Spaniards, having been under their rule for more than four centuries, who also approved the culture of siesta or afternoon naps. having said that, i advise against setting or agreeing to appointments between 12 noon and 3p.m. if your lineage, however, is from a farming clan, i suggest you make or set appointments after dawn. farmers usually are up at this time.

jan-na~â™¥~ and im luvin it

watches should be synchronized

GBOY

First off stop referring to it as "Filipino time", just call it for what it is...LATE. Next just come early or on time.

xander65

You don't want to stop "Filipino Time". How are we suppose to make the grand entrance ?

piaryel

how else can we be "fashionably late'???

seriously now, when we had our wedding we put 2:30pm on the invites instead of 3pm (the exact time the ceremony was going to start) because i know the guests would be half an hour late at the very least...for the most part, it worked!

mimi4ko

click stop hehe

Country lover

Oh I think that's hopeless. It's in the genes...

But try this it might work. If you want them to come at 6:00 pm. put in the invitation it's 4:00pm...

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