A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o’clock has the whole afternoon ruined for himself already.

-Lin Yutang
The Importance of Living

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.

-French proverb

Punctuality if the theif of time.

-Oscar Wilde

You’re either a person who’s always on time or you’re not. (How much you’d like to be on time or how hard you try doesn’t count.) Punctuality, or the lack of the same, is a major cause of incompatability among people. What’s the big deal?