Why? That's just stupid. I always arrive a few minutes early to make sure I'm on time. That way, I'm not holding up anyone else who may want to get to having fun in case the host wishes to wait for everyone. That and it's just polite to be on time.
Hmm, im chinese, and I was always under the impression that asian time was exactly 5 minutes early to an engagement. At least Im always 5 minutes early...
i'm chinese too and haven't heard of this "asian time". maybe it's more of a south asian thing. asia has very diverse cultures & ppl, and people just lump them into one big category "asian" and it gets confusing.
its a ripoff, every race has one, well, all the races that try and be funny. theres no ni**er time, when white people are late its just their ass being late. i first heard it as "indian time" because indians(native americans) take there time doing things, it seems they've always had this "no rush" policy. "asian time" is just a ripoff of that, iv mainly heard it as 'philipino time' because well, i'v hung out with a lot of philipinos. i think indian time makes the most sense because it co-insides with the whole indian philosophy of doing things at your own pace.
but ya, its just a cute way of trying to say somebodys late, perticularly a race, even tho asians are usually very strict about whatever they do.
(blah blah blah)
but ya, its just a cute way of trying to say somebodys late, perticularly a race, even tho asians are usually very strict about whatever they do.
(blah blah blah)
back in India, it would be following Indian standard time ( which is usually always 30 min late )
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i could be wrong, but IIRC the term 'asian time' originates from extremely adverse trafic conditions in asian nations like korea and taiwan. it is such a commonplace more often that not they have a mutual understanding when you are late to a meeting due to traffic, well sometimes. of course you are expected to be punctual for most part, all i am saying is traffic is a much better excuse in those countries than it is in the states for being late.
in some countries (including some asian countries), ya know, showing up on time at parties that involved eating is considered greedy. so it nearly becomes a custom to show up late (sometimes even 4 hours late). people are trying to get rid of that fvcking custom though
when they all started jumpin the boarder!!
sorry, I couldn't help it.
I saw a t-shirt once that said "Let's move to Mexico. It should be empty by now."
:laugh:
Cornelius, OR -otherwise known as Little fvcking Mexico or CornTown. I live next to Hillsboro, otherwise known as Hillsburrito or Hell'sBurrito.
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