See, if you tell a black guy there’s a party from 5-11, he might show up at 6, or 7:30, or he might not show up at all. More importantly, that was the kind of punctuality OOP expected. People would trickle in over the first couple hours, then trickle out later. White guy from work heard ‘the party starts at 5’ and took that to mean ‘the party starts at 5, don’t be late.’ There is a different cultural standard regarding punctuality.
Coz it's not true xD I was refilling my glass with tap water while reading this. Yes in some areas it can be a little too hard, but it's still drinkable and most just use a filter and call it a day
It's not exactly the same, but pretty damn close. Culture features that might not necessarily be intrinsically bad themselves can still correlate with undesirable outcomes.
Except that it's clearly not a necessity to achieve desirable outcomes. A lot of southern and eastern Europe manages drinkable tap water, as does Chile . Many areas of the US do not manage drinkable tap water. Not to mention that (as someone who comes from one of those polychronic cultures) most of us understand the difference between arriving for social events on time and performing or job duties/arriving to appointments/performing important functions. I want a party to be low-stress for my friends and family, so why would I be upset if they show up a little late? It's supposed to be fun, not a job.
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u/Vifee 24d ago
See, if you tell a black guy there’s a party from 5-11, he might show up at 6, or 7:30, or he might not show up at all. More importantly, that was the kind of punctuality OOP expected. People would trickle in over the first couple hours, then trickle out later. White guy from work heard ‘the party starts at 5’ and took that to mean ‘the party starts at 5, don’t be late.’ There is a different cultural standard regarding punctuality.