The Knight Life by Keith Knight for June 15, 2022

Island time is the best.

In the past Black People Time was call CPT (colored people time) and meant that you were always late

Gee, among us Jews there’s what’s known as “Jewish time” — minimum fifteen minutes late.

He thinks the notion of “Black People Time” is racist, but “German People Time” isn’t?

To be fair, though, in my experience, German people in Germany are almost always on time.

My understanding of the term “CPT” is that it originated as a kind of passive resistance to slavery. So it didn’t confine itself to always being late – it was more like always being slow to do things that someone else (particularly if they were white) demanded you to do. Maybe it morphed into a more general attitude toward timeliness.

Among white people in the South there was a similar thing. When someone asked (or told) you to do something, you responded “I’ll do it directly” meaning exactly the opposite: “I’ll do it eventually.” So you indicated immediate compliance, while intending nothing of the sort.

Had similar issues as a school bus driver – Put up a sign that read “If you are early you are on time. If you are on time you are late. If you are late you are walking” Did not solve the problem, but it did help.