I’d like to tell you about the time when I was late coming to my supervisor’s room for a thesis meeting. At that point I was in my final semester at university and had been trying to complete my minor thesis or final assignment. So yeah, I prepared well. The last last night I prepared my notes as well as my laptop so I tried to be on time in the morning coming to the university but the The problem is because I was trying to wait for my friend, then we were coming late, entering my supervisor’s room or office. Then I couldn’t tell that she was annoyed because I just realized that she had tight schedules and full-out agenda, she reminded us that punctuality in professional setting is important. So then after that moment I tried to ask her apologize besides that I’ve made a habit of being on time even just meeting with my close friends. So yeah, I don’t want to be late anymore either in professional or casual meeting since punctuality is important. When we are late, it will disrupt our partners’ schedules or plans.
Band 6+: describe a time when you were late for something. you should say: when it was why you were late how you felt about being late and explain how you managed the situation
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I'd like to tell you about the time when I was late coming to my supervisor's room for a thesis meeting. At that point, I was in my final semester at university and had been trying to complete my minor thesis or final assignment. I prepared well. The last night, I organized my notes as well as my laptop, so I tried to be on time in the morning coming to the university. The problem was that I was waiting for my friend, which caused us to arrive late to my supervisor's office. I could tell that she was annoyed because I realized she had a tight schedule and a full agenda. She reminded us that punctuality in a professional setting is important. After that moment, I tried to apologize to her. Besides that, I've made a habit of being on time, even when meeting with my close friends. I don't want to be late anymore, either in professional or casual meetings, since punctuality is important. When we are late, it disrupts our partners' schedules or plans.
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