Of being on time or not

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I was waiting for my pizza, at a joint named 'pizza inn' at Accra Mall. The waitress told me "12 minutes". I was sitting with my friends, waiting for the meal, my friend said ' 12 minutes!!' A man sitting opposite said, ' that's 12 Ghanaian minutes!" And we knew that very instant that the pizza will only arrive in 20 mins or so, it also made me think of the Dominos offer, if the pizza isn't delivered in the stipulated time, it's free! 

Yeah, so if one says 10 o'clock here, they are probably not going to turn up at 10, being late is not an uncommon phenomenon for Indians as well. Showing up late is probably going to get you noticed. Yeah ofcourse, but if that event is not a party, not many people are going to be pleased with your actions. Indian Stretchable Time is not popular just like that! 

Ghanians and Indians should not migrate to Japan, I was watching a special show on BBC, on Japan, and their watch industry. That country is obsessed by being on time! Yeah, the lady who was being interviewed confessed it, everything is on time, trains, buses and most importantly people! 

Hmmmm...some one please send the central railway officials to Tokyo, the cost of the trip will be worth all the time passenger save waiting for the locals. I have missed an entrance exam, because I was waiting for a fast train. hmpf. 

Also, the traffic in Accra is erratic. All of a sudden on a saturday afternoon it will take 1 hour to reach Accra Mall, which is 10 mins otherwise, and sometimes when you expect a jam, there is none, so you end up reaching early. So, yeah one probably cannot blame people here for not being punctual. 

But hey, one thing people are punctual about, their weekends! Anywhere except India, people LOVE their weekends, they even put their phones off! Yeah, in India if you put your phone off, you put your boss off, and then you may as well give that phone up.

Another thing, the traffic lights are not as high as the ones in India, so at night when you are on the road, it pierces right into your brains! Bright red, and green flashing at you, ouch! And also, there is absence of yellow on the traffic lights.