Fashionably Late

Johnny Yuma, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Jul 8, 2009 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

Have you ever heard of being fashionably late? What does that mean? How can it ever be fashionable to be late? Is that even possible? We are almost always late everywhere that we go. We get up early and get around and try our best to be on time, but still we will end up being late. It doesn't seem to matter how hard we try--we just can't get anywhere on time. We can be running ahead of schedule and still end up late. We are late for doctor's appointments, we are late for work, and if we are going to a friend's house we are almost always late. We are even late for church.

Some people are never late. In fact those people are almost always early. I feel sorry for people who are always early. Those people will never know the thrill of entering a room and immediately have everyone's attention. My family and I know that feeling well. From the time we walk into the church building until we sit down and blend in with the rest of the congregation everyone has their eyes resting fully on us. My family has the undivided attention of the entire congregation.

The people who are always early will never learn the correct way to enter a room. We who are latecomers know that a person must walk straight to his seat. We latecomers know to never look neither to our left nor to our right. We never speak to anyone, and we don't even smile at anyone when entering a room. People who are early think that they should make their way casually to their seats. They think a person should smile and shake everyone's hand as they go by. Just what is all that amiable conversation about anyway?

There is another thing about people who are always late. They are easily remembered. For instance when I was a kid, I remember one of my Uncles and his entire family would come in after church had already begun. I cannot remember who else may have been there those days, but I remember my Uncle and his family well. They would come in one or two at a time and never all at once it seems. If people want to be remembered, they should just make a habit of arriving places late guaranteeing that they will be remembered well.

Like I said, my family and I are almost always late. I suspect that when I die, the preacher will have to wait on me to arrive before he can begin preaching my funeral. Will that be fashionably late?

Published by Johnny Yuma

I have been writing for 12 years and love it. I began by writing essays for college Comp classes and continued after the classes were over. I had always hated writing until then. Now I love it and write p... View profile

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