The first to arrive is never noticed. The first to leave is never unnoticed.

• 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝟏 – You are the first to reach the office at 8:00 am sharp almost every day, like clockwork.

Your boss, however, seems to operate on 𝑰𝑺𝑻 - 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆, never gracing the office before 9:30 a.m. Yet he is an expert at giving the ironic advice of “𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲.”

On a rare morning, you walk in a little late at 8:15 am along with 𝐌𝐫. 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬), and your boss is already sitting at his desk. His eyebrows questioningly shoot up, and you take the slow walk of shame to your desk.

Your ‘𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞’ of the first to arrive is never noticed.

• 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝟐: You usually stay past 8:00 p.m., and you are the last to leave almost every day.
  

Your boss, who follows 𝐈𝐒𝐓 - 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 only in the evening and always leaves on time.

On a rare evening, you are the first to leave. Your boss is still at his desk.

His eyebrows questioningly shoot up, and you take the slow walk of shame out of the door. Instantly, your phone explodes with the message, “𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝟔. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏.”

You know that most corporate meetings are not needed and are never really critical. Yet again, Murphy (the king of bad times) has put on his best act.

• 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝟑: As you drive back home, you realize the truth behind the profound statement, “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅. “