Talk:Punctuality

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This article was nominated for deletion on 16 August 2005. The result of the discussion was keep (no consensus).

I've now almost completely rewritten this article, with particular emphasis on the queuing/game theory results. I have a friend who told me a story about an mutual acquaintance who was kept in a waiting room for two days waiting for a business meeting with a middle-eastern ruler, but it's far too FOAFy and WP:OR to use here. There is lots more that can be said: for example, excessive earliness can also be impolite, since it may be seen as an implied rebuke to other attendees, or an unwarranted demand on the host's time. But I'll leave that to others. -- Karada 09:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)