Water signs are a unique case when it comes punctuality.
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Pappa was so punctual that his punctuality lived inside me.
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From endurance to perseverance, timing to punctuality, power to knowledge.
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But a clock this precise can have implications way beyond punctuality.
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CreditCreditTim McDonagh Paul Ryan has a thing about punctuality and routine.
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Instead, performance will be measured by punctuality at intermediate Amtrak stations.
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EgyptAir placed 31st out of 900 airlines on punctuality in 2017.
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I'm known for my punctuality, which I attribute to writing everything down.
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I wasn't in the mood to hear cracks about my unusual punctuality.
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African-Americans sometimes use the term to joke that they lack punctuality.
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Patient, and well tempered, he also possesses the signal virtue of punctuality.
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Japan's vaunted reputation for punctuality does not apply to monetary policy either.
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Something has to give during a deployment and for me it's often punctuality.
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Still, even DB's management admits punctuality will barely improve in the years ahead.
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"Punctuality is a duty," said a letter Ahmed received from the minister's office.
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I'm sure a poet I love, who demanded punctuality, never bounced a check.
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Supervisors also "found he lacked … professionalism, punctuality, ethics and honesty," according to the paper.
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Mr. Cuomo also boasted of his punctuality when it comes to passing state budgets.
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In this case, you&aposd then try to find a way to motivate punctuality.
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According to BBC, Japanese trains are known for their extreme punctuality — for better or worse.
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To restore punctuality, it cancelled many flights at short notice; passengers were marooned around Europe.
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Rather than just discussing your punctuality and enthusiasm, tell a story or give an example.
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In a country that prizes punctuality, several commentators viewed Mr. Putin's tardy arrival as intentional.
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Punctuality has reached a ten-year low and overcrowding has risen by a third since 2011.
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German railway company Deutsche Bahn said new measures to increase train punctuality will take several years.
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Everything about her impressed me: the way she spoke, the way she carried herself, her punctuality.
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A spokesman for Gatwick said it had implemented a wide range of measures to improve punctuality.
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They also found an increase in punctuality and attendance, but only in the economically disadvantaged school.
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CORIPPO, Switzerland — With Swiss punctuality, the village of Corippo comes to life at 267:215 a.m.
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But Trump isn't exactly known for his punctuality, so don't panic if he's a few minutes late.
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China's airports are still consistently ranked among the worst in the world in terms of flight punctuality.
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These positions teach essential skills, such as reporting to a manager, dealing with difficult customers, and punctuality.
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People addressed her differently, expected punctuality and looked to her as the responsible adult in the room.
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Fashion is a fast-paced industry, one that requires a constant level of professionalism, punctuality, and personality.
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The tough guys — especially Pacino's volatile Hoffa — bicker over punctuality, offer each other cereal, drink ginger ale.
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T., in response, would typically make some general comments about the importance punctuality had played in her life.
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Vena will oversee Union Pacific's "Unified Plan 2020" that incorporates principles Canadian National used to improve train punctuality.
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Ryanair canceled thousands of flights last year after punctuality rates collapsed due to a shortage of standby pilots.
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Meanwhile, the bad publicity has drowned out the stated goal of the cancellations – to improve Ryanair's punctuality record.
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"The name Lufthansa stands for safety, punctuality, reliability," said Michael Gierse, a fund manager at Lufthansa shareholder Union Investment.
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Branson's appreciation for punctuality came as a teen after he'd kept his father and some of his friends waiting.
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Its record for punctuality is declining, and its trains are breaking down more often — evidence that maintenance is suffering.
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After about six months, Mr. Wasserman, apparently impressed by Mr. Stuber's punctuality, spoke to him for the first time.
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Indonesia's flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, ranked at top of the list with a punctuality rate of 95.01% in 2019.
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Columnist Linda Robertson wrote that punctuality in the coastal city is optional, and movie theaters are like sports bars.
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Oezdemir is a man in a hurry who demonstrates typical Swiss punctuality and a strong distaste for wasted time.
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It soon followed that individuals could both use and be governed by time; punctuality, for example, became a practical possibility.
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The last of these is key to its appeal: many businessmen chose Ryanair more for its punctuality than its cheapness.
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The Reykjavik-based airline got low marks for punctuality, service and how quickly and fairly it processes claims from travelers.
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Switzerland's reputation for cleanliness, punctuality and efficiency is so widespread that the Swiss tourism board pokes fun at the stereotype.
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Judge Garland, who has developed a reputation of punctuality at the Capitol, arrived 20 minutes before the 8 a.m. breakfast.
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The railway operator improved punctuality in February to reach 20.5 percent, board chairman Richard Lutz said in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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All the Democratic presidential candidates were looking for the support of Florida's governor at a dinner and punctuality was important.
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I was impressed by the shiny new Beijing airport from which I departed, the leg room, and the flight's punctuality.
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He praised the service for its punctuality, saying he could set his watch by the boat's arrival in the morning.
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Japan's vaunted reputation for punctuality, much admired by visitors to the World Cup, seems not to apply to fiscal policy.
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Workers are rated across five areas — punctuality, presentation, co-operation, communication, and quality of work, in addition to short written feedback.
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Ryanair was forced to cancel thousands of flights last year after punctuality rates collapsed due to a shortage of standby pilots.
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This is when people develop the soft skills that they do not pick up at school, such as conscientiousness, punctuality and teamwork.
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Don't get me wrong: Your concern for punctuality and preparedness is admirable, and it's a sign of a conscientious and dutiful personality.
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The married mother of two had worked for a wealthy family for seven years, and was known for her punctuality and responsibility.
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The program has drilled into them and the other fellows, many of whom also have long slogs into Manhattan, a rigorous punctuality.
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Hierarchical communication, gender norms and attitudes toward punctuality can differ widely, and knowing the traditions can help visitors avoid misunderstandings, she said.
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I'm really big on punctuality; tardiness is maybe my all-time biggest pet peeve, so I'm usually early to any commitments I have.
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Knowledge is the most important of these, but other factors, from a sense of punctuality to the state of someone's health, also matter.
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As I plopped down on a mostly empty bus at 2000:05 (punctuality is not my strong suit), a chill ran through me.
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They will say goodbye to the Year of the Monkey and welcome the Year of the Rooster, symbolic of punctuality and hard work.
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On one occasion, Ms. Williams arrived to the program late — punctuality has never been easy for her — and was quite hard on herself.
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Although flight punctuality at Hangzhou Xiaoshan saw some improvement in July, the airport was penalized for its poor flight-on-time rate in June.
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The fall in Ryanair's punctuality below 80 percent compared to an average of 89 percent in the three months to the end of June.
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In Japan "bullet trains" have set a global standard for efficiency and near-obsessive punctuality, and other Asian cities are scrambling to catch up.
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One quickly gets a sense of the laxness or rigidity of the instructor, of his or her attitude toward hierarchy and punctuality and respect.
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If you're really cursed, the subway disgorges you there, into a constipated labyrinth where all beauty, civility and dreams of punctuality go to die.
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"We are trying to model the construction job site, so we look for attendance, punctuality, following directions, and not being on your cellphone," McShane said.
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Just like with Uber or Lyft, passengers can rate drivers up to five stars based on punctuality, driving, cleanliness, and a host of other factors.
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One of only four airlines based in the Singaporean city-state, low-cost airline Jetstar Asia Airways ranked 8th with a punctuality rate of 85.48%.
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That's helped push Chinese airlines to the bottom of punctuality rankings, with one study ranking three Chinese airlines as the worst among 20 large-scale carriers.
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Hong Kong Airlines came second, with 88.83 percent punctuality, while in third place was Hawaiian Airlines, which took the title of most punctual North American airline.
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RYANAIR, Europe's largest low-cost airline is known for three things: affordable fares, a record of punctuality and the abrasive personality of its chief executive, Michael O'Leary.
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But hey, you can't put a price on true friendship — I hope to evaluate RoboHon's conversational skills, punctuality, and Myers-Briggs personality type in the near future.
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Within minutes of leaving the pickup point that morning, he was delivering an unexpectedly gritty monologue about the importance of punctuality with respect to the day's itinerary.
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The lack of progress in flight punctuality over the past months was believed to have been closely linked to China's growing assertiveness in conducting military drills and exercises.
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We run Project 10, an organization that takes people from backgrounds like ours, and helps them develop in-work skills: office etiquette, punctuality, dress code and so on.
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We run Project 10, an organisation that takes people from backgrounds like ours, and helps them develop in-work skills: office etiquette, punctuality, dress code and so on.
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Her punctuality was startling, given that her doubles partner, Lucie Safarova, said last year that the only thing that Mattek-Sands is bad at is being on time.
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I think about this every time I hear that American employers are fed up with millennials and their poor "soft skills," like teamwork, communication, organization, creativity, adaptability and punctuality.
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Punctuality is not my forte, and despite my attempts to be on time, there had been some occasions when I came to the waiting room a few minutes late.
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She was self-critical about everything she did, but her punctuality — a measurable quality — allowed her to know that she was, at least in this respect, in the right.
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The MTA has two metrics for punctuality: on-time performance (OTP) at the end of each train run and wait assessment (WA), measuring the gap between two successive trains.
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Europe's biggest low cost airlines said its first flights to and from UK airports on Thursday operated with 97% punctuality, with the slight slip due to air traffic control delays.
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For each tutor, we measure how he or she can motivate the student, soft skills, strictness, methodology, punctuality and overall effectiveness measured as each student self-assessment as separate metrics.
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Gatwick Airport, which has a single runway about 25 miles south of central London, has been rated among the worst in Europe and the world in quality and punctuality surveys.
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It governs Hans's behavior as an adult and father, from his obsessive punctuality to his persistence, in violation of Venezuelan norms, of arriving to cocktail parties at the appointed hour.
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At Hoffenheim, Cesar Thier, a former player who came to Germany from Brazil in 1993, is tasked with helping players from South America get a sense of Germany's obsession with punctuality.
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But for Mayor Bill de Blasio, matters of punctuality seem almost trivial now, with a swirling series of investigations by state and federal prosecutors being conducted into his fund-raising efforts.
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If you ask any crew member on any set what it was like to work with some legendary actor, punctuality is invariably one of the first things they will bring up.
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Bush's fanatical insistence on punctuality and his ever more exacting physical-fitness routines seem less a matter of self-discipline than of self-control, which is something different and more desperate.
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Such respect for rules and punctuality is something Germans are good at, said several attendees, who clustered in the glow of the small stage, stomping their feet against the numbing cold.
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The Official Airline Guide revealed the most on-time airports in its annual Punctuality League Report, noting that Salt Lake City's airport stuck to its schedule more than any other U.S. airport.
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"When I first came here, he was a person who gave me the trick to have success in this country, and in the major leagues: work hard, respect and punctuality," Abreu said.
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For example, the paper says that five years ago, managers at American Airlines were given bonuses for things like the punctuality of flights, not losing too much baggage and keeping customer complaints low.
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is fighting a rule issued by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) last month that will measure on-time performance by a train's punctuality at intermediate Amtrak stations.
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Backing the train up to correct the mistake took an extra eight minutes — another setback for the novice motorman, who was already behind schedule and hoping to impress his bosses with his punctuality.
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Executive Board Member Detlef Kayser told Handelsblatt the airline would invest around 250 million euros this year in improving punctuality and reliability but would be able to reduce that investment in coming years.
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Britain comes 19th out of 26 European countries for punctuality on local routes—and these are the ones that cause most anguish, as commuters rely on them to get to work on time.
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For the past few months, people and situations have not been living up to your standards of punctuality and personal responsibility, leaving you with no other options as your time has slipped away.
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"The Conservatives will improve punctuality by integrating parts of the rail network, make ticketing and pricing more transparent and will invest 500 million pounds in reopening branch lines closed under Labour," he said.
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"I was so terrified I was going to be late for him, I set the clock an hour ahead of time," said Ms. Campbell, who has a famously self-determined approach to punctuality.
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And because of better communication, people are working faster when handing off things to each other on the front line — a Domino's Pizza franchisee sped up delivery punctuality by 23 percent as one example.
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It is difficult to compare performance among cities because systems measure it differently, but some newer subways are known for punctuality, including Hong Kong's, which boasts that 2000 percent of trains are on time.
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Beyond the financial metrics, CEO Smith hailed what he described as "signs of progress in operational performance at Air France", as the carrier improved punctuality and overall customer satisfaction scores - narrowing the gap with KLM.
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While fares have increased by over 50% since 2016, punctuality is the worst it has been in well over a decade, and commuters who use franchises like Northern have suffered months of cancellations and delays.
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LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - EasyJet and Gatwick were named Britain's tardiest airline and airport respectively last summer and the year before on Friday, with more data showing easyJet's punctuality has dropped this season as well.
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Despite operating in a country known for punctuality, ANA was one of only two carriers in the top 10 with the carrier's main rival, Japanese flag carrier Japan Airlines, falling short of the top spots.
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Naturally, some folks are more talented when it comes to sticking to their schedule than others — and, to an extent, we can find the root of that punctuality (or lack thereof) in their astrological identity, too.
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Feeling pleased with myself for my punctuality, I glanced at the map I'd had the foresight to print out earlier and compared my current location to where I'd circled the university entrance—just around the corner.
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"I'm really gonna miss Air Force One," the President said, after noting the crew's punctuality, the fact that he does not have to take off his shoes before he flies, and that his luggage never gets lost.
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Deutsche Bahn management is holding a crisis meeting with Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer on Tuesday to discuss the situation at the state-owned rail company that has come under fire from passengers and politicians for falling punctuality.
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As the right-leaning Daily Telegraph recently pointed out, when a troubled private rail franchise run by a company named Connex was taken into public ownership from 2003 to 2006, performance, punctuality and passenger satisfaction all improved.
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But while the way a fight is won makes a difference, the win itself matters most of all—more than belts, more than shiny cufflinks and chandeliers, more than chucking energy drinks, more than punctuality at press conferences.
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Unlike homeowners who pay a mortgage, renters do not reap the benefits for their dutifulness and punctuality — a distinction that Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller, called "an issue of inequality" in a city overwhelmingly filled with renters.
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Well aware that Mexicans are perceived by many, including themselves, as having a flexible relationship with time — "You know you're a Mexican when lunch doesn't show up till 10 at night" — Big Angel prides himself on his punctuality.
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The admonishments of their crotchety bus driver Wolfgang (also performed by Mr. Bormann), who lectures his passengers about punctuality and keeping the bus clean, are just a droll prelude to their disastrous arrival in their first stop, Dresden.
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Flight punctuality in July was more than 73 per cent, up from about 68 per cent in both 2015 and 2014 – the lowest rate since the data was made publicly available in 2006, according to official statistics published in May.
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Per the collective bargaining agreement, any violations of rules classified as conduct detrimental — which includes all kinds of rules including those relating to curfew and punctuality, for example — can be punished by anything from a fine to a four-game suspension.
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A recurrent strain of complaint from the affluent white liberals who elected Mr. de Blasio revolves around a perception of arrogance, which seems laid bare by his recurrent lateness (though his punctuality has improved) and his centralized style of management.
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In one episode of Friends where no one could manage to get ready for a party, Phoebe is covered in hummus; Joey trolls Chandler by rubbing his crotch on all of his pants; and Ross and Rachel fight about punctuality and prissiness.
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Ryanair says it had enough pilots for the flights but not enough to provide back-up service in the event of disruption and cancelled the flights, a small percentage of its total, to ensure a high level of punctuality across its services.
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"The interview is a better measure of emotional intelligence indicators, preparedness, punctuality, work ethic and all the other little things that might make a good interpersonal fit," said Kristin Sailing, a data scientist on the Talent Management task force of the U.S. Army.
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It revealed that raters judged otherwise equivalent mothers to be less competent and less committed to work, were held to stricter performance standards, a higher standard on punctuality, were less likely to be hired, and were offered lower starting salaries than men and childless women.
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" For example, if a gaslighter's partner asks where he's been when he comes home at midnight, a gaslighter might accuse their partner of caring too much about punctuality, then justify it to themselves by asking, "What's wrong with telling someone there's something wrong with them?
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His work, besides drumming in algebra and calculus, was making pupils stand in line, backs straight, for assembly, stressing punctuality, inculcating ideas of duty and service, ensuring fair treatment for rich and poor, boys and girls (whom he expected, like the boys, to go to university).
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A train derailment last month near Kenitra 15 km (10 miles) north of Rabat, which killed seven people and injured 125 others, triggered calls for a better allocation of resources by giving priority to improving safety and infrastructure as well as punctuality of basic railway services.
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Friends recalled a range of stories and anecdotes: his work in New Orleans after Katrina; his annual tree-trimming gathering at his home with his wife, Marlisa Vinciguerra; his punctuality; respect for women; and the time he rescued a "sweet and very ill" Chihuahua named Thelo.
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While I didn't have quite enough time to practice the nuances of when to brake and accelerate between stations to arrive on time with typical Japanese punctuality, I could see a game like this being a pretty great way to chill out and see the sights of Japan.
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But, my trainer doesn't appreciate the fact that I sometimes show up a few minutes late to our session because I have to change the strap on my watch so I can work out in it (I may also have some punctuality challenges... but mostly it's the watch strap).
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Seeking to halt a decline in performance figures, Ryanair has taken the unusual step of announcing plans to cancel between 40 and 50 flights per day until the end of October "to improve its system-wide punctuality which has fallen below 80 percent in the first two weeks of September".
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It's a pretty ballad about punctuality not mattering as long as you're spending time with the one you love, and the performance is given a suitable promlike ambiance by Kacey and her sharp dressed band's dapper eveningwear and a gaggle of gold balloons that drop over the stage during the song's final chorus.
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They fear that their son is being brainwashed into being a good little soldier, a loyal Chinese patriot, and are sure that the school employs methods that rankle American sensibilities, including hard-edged coercion; public competition, with posted rankings of everything from height and hemoglobin level to recorder skills, punctuality and politeness; and even threats of calling the police if a child doesn't take a nap.
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Early last spring in Amman, when the al-Haj Alis were all still together, Waseem, Noorhan and their sons, who are 4 and 43, cleared the Enhanced Syrian Review and completed four days of cultural-orientation classes — which include everything from pictures of what to pack (warm clothing and money) and what not to (weapons and illegal drugs) to the importance Americans place on such concepts as punctuality and privacy.
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HOT, COLD, HEAVY, LIGHT 100 Art Writings, 1988-2018 By Peter Schjeldahl Whatever chips a critic might accumulate for honesty or temperance, for reading backlists, for punctuality or for nodding politely when yet another person recommends "All the Light We Cannot See," for whatever, I would like to push all of mine to the center of the table on behalf of the following statement: Peter Schjeldahl is a great artist.
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All the usual things, of course, like putting a plastic bag over your head (death by suffocation), walking around in wet underpants, swimsuits, or bikini bottoms (death by bladder infection), twisting a tick the wrong way when detaching it from the skin (death by blood poisoning), going swimming less than an hour after eating (death by cramps), accepting rides from strangers (death by kidnapping, rape, murder), taking candy from strangers (death by poisoning, possibly kidnapping, rape, murder) — but there were also other dangers specific to Hammars: Never touch the flotsam that washed up on the beach below the house, liquor bottles, packs of cigarettes, shampoo bottles, tin cans with labels in foreign languages, foreign lettering, don't touch, don't sniff, and for God's sake don't drink (death by poisoning), don't sit in a draft (death by catching a cold), don't catch a cold (death by expulsion from Hammars), don't sit in the drying closet (death by suffocation, possibly electrocution), don't be late (if you showed up late, death would be a consolation, death was, if anything, the only valid excuse for a lack of punctuality).
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