EDITOR, The Tribune.

AS The Bahamas seeks to enter into mainstream reality and second world status it would be well to understand something of your so-called Island Time.

Island Time is just another way of saying “I really don’t care about you”.

There is no place on earth, where things actually work, where this type of attitude is acceptable.

Someone who is chronically late is simply saying, “My time is more valuable than yours.” Period. If in a work situation, this attitude, and chronic lateness should and would get you fired.

Let’s face it, time is based on numbers, just like money. If your employer shorted you $50.00 every week you’d notice, right? Well, how is it that someone who can add and subtract can be consistently late? There really can only be one answer. They value their time more than the person they make wait.

See, if you take my money, I can hope that I may get it back. If you steal my time, there can be no hope of ever getting that back.

Being late is a very selfish act. Being consistently late is a great way to let the person or people waiting that you are more important than them. I can see this no other way. Being consistently late is rude, unprofessional, selfish and unbecoming of a rational adult. I am constantly amazed that people who can be good with money, can be such failures at keeping their word on time. Being consistently late is dishonest. It is lying repeatedly.

In a Christian nation, this type of dishonesty and selfish behaviour would be frowned upon.

NORMAN TRABULSY Jr

Mangrove Cay, Andros,

July 15, 2016.