punctuality

"What we're also seeing is greater engagement in classes, an increase in attendance to school and punctuality to lessons has increased," Mr Tate added.

My usual anxiety about punctuality dissipated.

In the words of Virginia Woolf, “Time, unfortunately, though it makes animals and vegetables bloom and fade with amazing punctuality, has no such simple effect on the mind of man.”

That compares with a declining level of punctuality in Great Britain of 67.8% trains arriving on schedule in the year to March 2023.

Efficiency, unrivalled industry and punctuality are labels that have stubbornly stuck to Germany’s reputation abroad but have long worn thin at home.