★At work: subordinates arrive early, leaders arrive late, and colleagues of same rank arrive at the same time. Daily life: men are punctual while women are late. Arrive early if you ask others for help while arrive late if others ask you for help. The learning tells you how to distinguish the rank by time of arrival. Generally the other would say“不好意思，让你久等了”(excuse me for keeping your wait for a long time) when he is late. You should say with smile: “It does not matter; I just arrive in a minute.” instead of showing out your displeasure.

★All the time is not certain in Chinese. For instance, the train would never be punctual while generally late. However, you have to arrive half an hour early. Possibly the train would leave before the time for it. To late trains, a variety of foreigners would question and argue with stuff. It is just a waster of time and energy. Remember, arrive half an hour early when you go to train or plane. If you want to praise somebody’s quick completion of work or show off your own’s, express with 几秒种就搞掂了(done with only several seconds. ).