why is 15 mins late offensive in Japanese culture?

@dyno

I think the rules go for the inner circle in Japanese culture too.

@dyno

Not necessary:

https://afrogistmedia.com/africa-and-lateness-what-you-should-know

https://www.mrgamez.com/punctuality/

Ghana

When a government rolls out a public education campaign to promote punctuality and effective time management amongst the populace, you know that you’ve reached whatever the opposite of ‘peak punctuality’ is. By all accounts, Ghanaians are a very relaxed and accommodating people who reckon that if everyone is late then no one is late. After all, what can’t be done today can get done tomorrow. If you find that kind of attitude difficult to deal with, prepare to be annoyed. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy the ride.

Nigeria

Nigeria is a country not often associated with punctuality. With a population of over 180 million, such a sweeping generalization might be considered a touch unfair but reputations can be a hard thing to shake all the same. Issues with infrastructure and traffic can all take their toll on an earnest desire to be punctual and perhaps over time this leads to a slightly jaded and indifferent attitude to arriving on time. Patience, it seems, is the key.

Saudi Arabia

Some countries don’t give timeliness a priority in their societies and Saudi Arabia appears to be one of them. It could be that the lack of importance attached to timeliness is as a result of their long history of desert living where punctuality doesn’t figure highly on the list of everyday priorities. It could be that it’s too damn hot to do anything at pace. Whatever the reason happens to be, don’t expect punctuality on the part of your hosts, don’t get upset by this and please, don’t start looking at your watch during a professional or social gathering. It is considered quite discourteous.

Morocco

When looking at punctuality, we can distinguish between a number of types of people, one of which is the early-arrival who will be at the designated meeting place at least 10 minutes ahead of time. Safe to say that these poor souls would not fare well in Morocco. Punctuality is such a flexible concept here that it is often referred to simply as “Moroccan time’. One would assume that Moroccans are honoured to have the 4th dimension appropriated into a term specifically relating to their country and culture but it’s unlikely that first-time business travellers will be quite as enamored. A personal appointment might take place anywhere from half an hour after the agreed upon time to some time the next day. We think you’d be better off spending that time here on MrGamez. The odds that you’d win are definitely more favourable than starting a meeting on time (or on the same day) in Morocco.