Punctuality Pursuer Gifts

Rail service excuses: Points failure.

Late BroomStick

"You keep impeccable time."

"Sorry I'm late. I overslept." "Is that even a real word?"

Excess Baggage: When you are on a cruise and they say the ship leaves at 5:30, they really mean the ship leaves at 5:30.

"I'll be a bit late... sorry."

Man looking at watch while a cuckoo comes out of his head

The Graveyard of Past Deadlines

'Am I the first one here?'

"I'm tardy? Whew! I was afraid I was going to be late for school!"

'Sorry I am late - have you been waiting long?'

'Sorry I'm late - I couldn't stop doing things with it!'

Time Clock

Deadlines, Inc.

"Always faithful to arrive early and, of course, get the dibs on the jelly doughnuts."

"We were running late, so my mom faxed me to school."

Low self esteem workshop - 'You missed it. It finished two hours ago, you useless pillock.'

'He's a real stickler for punctuality. He got really annoyed when I was late for an appointment, next week.'

"Sorry we’re late, but apparently the journey of 1,000 miles begins with 'I know a shortcut around this traffic'."

'Any chance of getting your alarm clock fixed?

'Here he comes in his jimjams - cutting it fine with out breakfast today!'

"You're late."

'Sir, that efficiency expert you hired called -- he said he'll be five hours late.

The inventor of the clock realizes his mistake

'Sorry I'm late.'

"So we`re going out and you haven`t even bothered to change?"

Big Ben

"Sorry! Traffic was awful and also I left really late."

"Help! Set me free!"

"Sorry I'm late. I took the stairs."

"You're so consistently late that you're pretty much doing my job and docking your own hours."

'I'm not late. Everyone learns at their own speed.'

Clock in, Clock out.

Internal Clocks.

If you should be in this meeting, but are reading this instead - you're fired!