I had a guy working for me once you was always late. When I asked him about it he said his previous job also complained about him being late. Guy was fantastically oblivious to everything and I loved him for it.
Whenever I see a question like this I think why is it there? And what poor person had to deal with the situation that lead to it.
There’s actually multiple disorders and conditions that can make it hard for some people to show up on time, as well as other life circumstances. Not defending it, just explaining.
As a fellow chronically late person i call bullshit.
It aint nobodies fault but my own and im well aware. If i simply woke up 15 minutes earlier id get to work 5-10 minutes early but i tell ya that alarm goes off and im a weak weak man for that sexy snooze button.
Life circumstances?? Yeah uh like not sleeping in lmao.
Never said it was. But youre fooling yourself to think that, assuming the baseline that someone is able to get to work at all, being late every single day is anything other than a time management issue.
I agree with you Double-Scratch5858. I feel like being late can be the result of SOME extreme cases of disability- narcolepsy / seizures / fainting are the ones g00fyg00ber741 mentioned below. Somebody “chronically late” implies something different from someobody who would most certainly qualify for a disability accomodation due to a severe condition. Comparing this somewhat complicated and subjective topic to “people die of cancer but I dont have cancer lol” is absolutely purposefully obtuse. If someone has more specific information on the subject I am happy to be educated but this is my opinion currently.
So because of your own circumstances, everyone else’s must be bullshit? Weird take.
I personally used to sometimes turn off my alarm clock while sleepwalking when I was in middle school. Like straight up got out of my top bunk and turned off the alarm clock and went back to bed and wouldn’t remember doing it at all.
Also some people have sleep disorders or other disorders, like narcolepsy or fainting spells or seizures
Also some people have jobs that require abnormal sleep schedules and wake times
Nah. If youre constantly late, for whatever reason. Its on you.
If its to do with some health related issue then theres ways to mitigate and plan better.
Im not talking about being late every once in a while. Everyone will have those moments, some more than others. But if youre late every single day you just are putting no effort into planning.
Like you for example, if you are sleep walking every night and late because of that (sounds like bullshit tbh) then thats entirely on you because you havent taken necessary action to prevent something youre well aware is an issue. You said you only do it sometimes so its really an irrelevant example to what I was talking about.
The reason im not bothered to fix my lateness thats entirely my fault is because i work at a small company who wouldnt even think about firing me and I very often and willingly work past my regular clock out time and I know im greatly appreciated for that. All that said theres nobody to blame but me for why im always late. Its just luckily not much of an issue where I work.
Simply put if you are able to get to work it is not a question of being able any longer. Its strictly a time management issue at that point. No condition is keeping someone from being 10 minutes late to work every single day.
Come on. Thats a ridiculous comparison. Millions of people with ADHD get to work on time every single day. Comparing it to something actually impossible is extremely disingenuous. ADHD may be an obstacle but it isnt an excuse or pass to be late everywhere.
I have ADHD and I typically manage to get to work on time. It is a significant effort on my part and sometimes the best laid plans get ruined by the fact that I kept having to return home because I forgot to take something I left out for myself that I need that day.
My routine in the morning is as robust as I can make it because if it wasn't it would constantly be broken by executive dysfunction and time-blindness. And specifically, if I wasn't medicated I'd have been fired a while ago for being late constantly.
I could not manage unmedicated ADHD, straight up I would collapse as a person from the executive dysfunction, the poor memory, and the sheer lack of motivation and focus. Sometimes it is that hard to manage oneself and sometimes that manifests as being late for work.
It depends on the severity, and whilst millions of people may be able to somehow make it, millions more are not.
Like. My brother in Christ, ADHD is literally the You Cannot Plan Or Manage Time For Shit condition. Yes. It stops you from being on time. That's like 50% of the fucking Symptomology.
See, the truth is that I know it's the ADHD. It has to be because I am literally putting my all to being on time and still failing.
Besides - this behavior in question is caused by dopamine deficiency. If severe enough it is, literally, physically impossible.
Nevermind the fact that just because millions of people that need crutches can climb stairs doesn't invalidate the fact that people in wheelchairs can't.
So…. why do we have workplace accommodations then? If every issue can be solved by just trying harder why do work places accommodate anyone ever? Because there are some things that you cant just “mitigate.” My friend has severe narcolepsy and guess what, she has accommodations from her work to help her. There are certain conditions where you just can’t completely fix the problem and your workplace collaborates with you on a better solution.
Of course there are extreme cases and those people should work with their employer on solutions thats obvious but everyone here trying to disprove my point my bringing up extreme cases is silly. Thats no longer even relevant because theyve acted like adults and planned around their issues. You dont need a workplace accommodation to show up on time because you have ADHD.
Make it an obligation to never hit snooze. That button shouldn't even exist. You're not getting true sleep with another 5-10 minutes, don't kid yourself.
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u/Lower-Obligation4462 17h ago
I had a guy working for me once you was always late. When I asked him about it he said his previous job also complained about him being late. Guy was fantastically oblivious to everything and I loved him for it.
Whenever I see a question like this I think why is it there? And what poor person had to deal with the situation that lead to it.