[HN Gopher] Late Again
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       Late Again
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2024-08-19 20:54 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | AnotherGoodName wrote:
       | All meetings should start at a time ending in 5 on the minutes
       | side. Eg. 10:35 is a valid start time.
       | 
       | All meetings should end at a time ending in 0 minutes. Eg. 10:30
       | is a valid end time.
       | 
       | Everyone needs some time for composure (travel time, bathroom,
       | drinks etc.), sometimes you just have to run the last meeting a
       | few mins over. By starting on the *5 and setting that as the
       | start time on the calendar you give yourself this time. This is
       | especially true at senior levels where you have strings of back
       | to back meetings. The expectation is then set. You show up at
       | 10:35 precisely and no one's waiting 5 mins.
        
         | paulryanrogers wrote:
         | Or allow folks to each have their own meeting reminder default.
         | I do this as one minute ahead and disregard any bundled with
         | the event.
        
         | jahbrewski wrote:
         | Hmm, my experience with people who are chronically late is that
         | the specific time doesn't matter. This sounds good in theory,
         | but I think those people would just show up at 10:40.
        
         | pil0u wrote:
         | With digital calendars, I just set a reminder 5 minutes before
         | all my meetings. Whether it starts at 10:30, 10:35 or 10:47, I
         | will always have time pee or grab a snack or prepare the
         | meeting or even all of that.
        
           | from-nibly wrote:
           | Not if people schedule back to back meetings. The point of
           | starting it on the 5 and ending on 0 is that you cant
           | schedule a meeting with no gap after the previous. You will
           | always have at least 5 minutes.
        
         | from-nibly wrote:
         | I don't know how everyone is missing this, but it means that if
         | everyone follows this rule you cant ever have back to back
         | meetings. There will always be a 5 munite buffer. This isnt
         | solving for reminders or any of that junk. This is forcefully
         | giving you a window to have the previous meeting go over a
         | touch or going to the bathroom even if your day is slammed.
        
         | sseagull wrote:
         | Reminiscent of "Berkeley Time", where classes are scheduled
         | back-to-back, but there is an implicit 10 minute buffer.
         | 
         | Why they don't just make it explicit I will never understand.
         | 
         | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-Time-10-minu...
        
         | stavros wrote:
         | Google Calendar has a "speedy meeting" option that kind of does
         | this, but it makes meetings _end_ a few minutes earlier.
         | Unfortunately, nobody really pays attention to exactly when the
         | meeting ends, so you just end up losing this window.
         | 
         | Your idea to start later is great.
        
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