Word: punctuality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wang and her colleagues from Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath arrive at 8 p.m. for their "team dinner." They are disturbingly punctual, a characteristic I note on my list of consultant stereotypes, along with "overachiever" and "talks in bullet-points." Wang, the "business analyst" and most junior member of the team, chose the restaurant and puts the blame on Zagat's when Tom, the "project director" makes fun of the fancy French decor...
...this develops into an unhealthy relationship of frenetic dependence that becomes cult-like. When this happens, it isn't pretty. I'll never forget how quickly a group of successful professionals with more than seven years of aerobics classes under their belts fell apart when their instructor wasn't punctual one day. They couldnt grapevine, they couldn't remember their stretches, they couldn't even queue...
...contrary to popular complaint, the shuttles are quite punctual; the griping you might hear is over the exception, not the rule. Walking or biking provides short periods of unstrenuous exercise, and the distance to the Square is really not much more than it is for Dunster or Mather residents...
That's not to say that there aren't many friendly, punctual shuttle bus drivers, but the frustrations of no-show shuttles often outweigh the benefits of good cheer...
...before he tried to kill himself, Mark Whitacre told his groundkeeper to come late to work. Fortunately for Whitacre, Rusty Williams takes pride in being punctual. Arriving at the four-acre Whitacre estate in Moweaqua, Illinois, shortly after 7 a.m. on Aug. 9, Williams found his employer unconscious in his car in a garage filled with auto-exhaust fumes. Williams drove the car out of the garage and shook Whitacre awake. "I just thanked God when he coughed and started speaking," he recalls...