It's sometimes really astonishing to see that what you are good at doing ends up messing with that very same thing when it's needed the most. Yeah, something similar happened to me just today, funny and unfortunate at the same time for me. And, similar stuff happened to me very often; I guess you too can relate to this as well.
So the thing is, my home isn't very far from my office, compared to others, I mean. Since the beginning, I have always tried to be punctual check-in at the correct time. During the initial months, I used to be present even before the scheduled time, now I try to be within the fixed time or at least within five to ten minutes, which falls for acceptaed time of entrance. Even in the last few days, I'm trying to get up early and leave before the time because setting out early gives the scope of fewer traffic jams.
Today, there was a special meeting, an important one, early in the morning. We were instructed to be on time. Guess what, last night, I fell asleep suddenly without setting any alarms, so when I woke up in the morning, I saw 9.10 AM, in the morning, whereas I was supposed to be in the office before 9.00 AM, lol.
I hurriedly woke up, got freshened, and called for a ride to my office. Meanwhile, I was getting texts from senior colleagues and juniors on where I am as everyone was there and they kinda waiting for me to start, and later started, and no one was replying by the time I saw their texts and replied, lol. The mighty Dhaka traffic made it worse, and finally, I was almost an hour late when I reached the office. Silently slid into the meeting and continued.
So the irony is, I'm the guy who's always in time, known for punctuality, and ended up getting late when it was strictly told to be present on time, as things are a little complex. After the meeting, everyone was saying the same thing, hopefully there wasn't any negative impression, rather people took it normally as the meeting was fruitful from our side.
It happens, oftentimes we end up messing around with the stuff that we are really good at. Our brain stops thinking and makes us fall into such a dilemma. It's on us on how we deal with such surprising moments and handle the situation. This time, got saved from any negative impact.