The youthful stationmaster wore a Blue Spot on his uniform and remonstrated with the driver that the train was a minute late, and that he would have to file a report.
The driver retorted that since there could be no material differene between a train that arrived at a station and a station that arrived at a train, it was equally the staionmaster's fault.
The stationmaster replied that he could not be blamed, because he had no control over the speed of the station; to which the engine driver replied that the stationmaster could control its placement, and that if it were only a thousand yards closer to Vermillion, the problem would be solved.
To this the stationmaster replied that if the driver didn't accept the lateness as his fault, he would move the station a thousand yards farther from Vermillion and make him not just late, but demeritably overdue.
Tags: humor lateness remonstrance
She was around ten minutes late, as a matter of fact. I didn't give a damn, though. All that crap they have in cartoons in the Saturday Evening Post and all, showing guys on street corners looking sore as hell because their dates are late - that's bunk. If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.
J.D. SalingerJust being alive should make you late for everything. In case you've never noticed, the dead are always on time.
Arlene AngThe superior thing, in this as in other departments of life, was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual...
Rose MacaulayTags: punctuality lateness
If age teaches you anything, then one of its lessons is certainly not to hurry if you're already late....
Sergei LukyanenkoTags: lateness lesson-for-life another-power
وعلى المرء أن يفي بما يعد حتى ولو كان متأخرا
Ivan KlímaWhy when people are on their deathbed, they finally come to terms with life?
Anthony LiccioneTags: life acceptance change deathbed lateness coming-to-terms last-minute
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