Unapologetically Late

Google what it means to be consistently late and you’ll turn up many theories, most of which circle back to generally terrible qualities in a leader — chronically late people are egocentric, looking for attention, lacking self-discipline, etc. So make of it what you will when you hear the mayor say he seriously doesn’t give a fuck how late he is:

The mayor said the media seems riveted on inside baseball. So we asked, is his lateness to so many events important to the public? His answer was basically, not really. “Sometimes things are not going happen at exactly the time they’re scheduled because there are things we still have to do or issues come up.”

Or, the dog ate the homework:

“Again 6 snow storms in 7 weeks deeply affected our schedule,” he said.

And this was in an interview where he was supposedly reaching out to a friendly audience — he’s used this “we’ll start when we’re ready” line before, and the idea that he can’t possibly admit that it’s either inexcusable or inconsiderate or even that he’s going to try to fix it either speaks to inept messaging or — more scary — the idea that he really doesn’t feel like anyone else’s time is that important. And for a guy who campaigned against a caricature of 12 years of supposedly imperious leadership, you’d think he’d know better than that.