Like most European calendars, Quo Vadis weekly planners are laid out according to a typical work-week schedule, beginning on Monday and running through Sunday. The only Sunday-to-Saturday planner that we offer is the Visoplan, which is a monthly planner.

Occasionally, we get requests for more Sunday-to-Saturday planners. Sometimes, the reasons are religious: many American Christians believe that the Sabbath day is the most appropriate and reverent day on which to start the week (though confusion remains as to why this is the case if Sunday is the seventh day, i.e. the day on which God rested).

Other times, the reasons have to do with an unconventional work schedule. We recently received an email from a nurse whose work-week begins on Sunday, and who finds it difficult to quickly glance at the appointments in her Monday-to-Sunday planner.

Would you like to see a weekly QV planner that runs from Sunday to Saturday? How important is it to you? Let us know in the comments!

My office pet peeve are people who get to meetings late. When I run a meeting we’ll wait 5 minutes for everyone to get settled and then begin. I do not do a recap for the late arrivals – if they want to know what happened in the first 10 or 15 minutes, they can ask me after the meeting is done. When the emotional payoff of feeling important or exceptional isn’t catered to, some of the chronically late actually make it to a meeting (almost) on time…

In the November 13 edition of the Wall Street Journal, writer Jared Sandberg penned a very funny–and pointed–”Cubicle Culture” column on late people. Here’s an excerpt:

“Most people prefer messiness, loud noises and even bad smells to late people. In a recent study commissioned by staffing firm Randstand USA, 54% of respondents said others’ poor time management skills drove them nuts. Even late people can’t stand when others are late, in part because from the point of view of habitually late people, meetings start very promptly.”

“What makes people late? Maybe it’s being overly optimistic about the time needed to commute and park, a warm bed in a cold room, or a task for which no amount of planning can apportion adequate time: getting that second sock on a toddler’s foot. ”

“Most chronically late people consistently underestimate time by 25% to 30% says Diane DeLonzor, author of “Never Be Late Again.” “Late people indulge in magical thinking,” she says. “They remember that day 10 years ago when they made it to work in seven minutes flat. That becomes their standard.”

“That explains one of the most baffling types of late people: Those who are routinely late by a precise amount of time–the punctually late.”

“There’s not one comprehensive theory why everyone’s late,” said Piers Steel, a professor at the University of California’s Haskayne School of Business who authored an article earlier this year called, “The Nature of Procrastination.” But one primary cause is that people “can’t get motivated well before their deadlines.”