Postponing a task means postponing it.
Postponement is the action and effect of postponing . This verb (postpone), for its part, refers to causing delay or leaving something behind; to appreciate someone or something less than another subject or thing; or to harm someone by giving priority to another person.
For example: "Call Marta and let her know that, due to the postponement of the flight, I will arrive later" , "The meeting cannot be postponed again: if she doesn't come tomorrow, I will rule out any type of agreement " , "The aborigines "They have suffered all kinds of postponements in this country."
Examples of procrastination
The notion of postponement, therefore, can be associated with time . Someone or something postponed arrives later than expected, that is, is delayed. If a train must arrive at a station at 10 a.m. but suffers a fault that prevents it from complying with the schedule, it can be said that the service suffers a postponement.
In a similar sense, if a person expected to receive an order by mail on the 5th and, when the 15th arrives, they still have no news about it, they can call to complain about the postponement of the shipment.
a discrimination
Postponement can also be symbolic , in relation to an individual or a social group that suffers discrimination compared to others; Progress or advances, therefore, reach everyone except one or a few: the neglected. If in a province made up of eight municipalities, the installation of a natural gas network is carried out in seven of them and the remaining one is left out, it will have suffered a postponement since it will still not be able to use said service.
This type of discrimination against certain social groups can have consequences of different degrees, and takes place in many aspects, in all parts of the world; However, despite being a problem almost as old as the creation of the first civilizations, it remains in the shadows, since it only affects small groups of people, generally with few economic resources or with few tools to try to defend themselves. their rights.
If a train service is postponed, it will arrive at the station late.
Postponement of services
An example of social postponement that does not usually cause great damage but that in no way should occur occurs when telephone companies ignore certain geographic areas when installing their exchanges and their wired or wireless networks, leaving them outside the system by preventing them from enjoy the same communication services as the rest of the population, which includes both landline, mobile and Internet telephony.
The seriousness of a case like this can be appreciated at several levels: on the one hand, depriving a sector of society of a service that is basic for the rest, regardless of whether it is a necessary good such as food or transportation. drinking water, is the same as leaving a mark on the skin or raising a barrier so that it is not confused with the privileged sector; But in addition, telecommunications systems can save lives in emergency situations, which is why such discrimination can lead to a lack of opportunities to ask for help in a time of true need.
Something similar happens with the postal service: there are many people who, just because they live in rural areas, cannot enjoy the delivery of mail like the rest of their compatriots, despite paying the same taxes. As if this were not enough, in some cases the lack of an actual address, with a street name and an order number, makes access to shipments almost impossible even for those who are willing to go in person to a post office, since the company may require a normal address to provide the service.