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Originally Posted by Hoggen
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No, because many instances allow for someone to complete a task "late." "Too late" is a situation where there is no possibility of completing said task.
Example: you get to work "late" and they dock you a portion of your pay or make you work late to make up for it.
Example 2: McGyver is about to diffuse the bomb when it blows him and his friends up.
One is late. Two is too late.
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One is moving the goalposts.
You're late to work, you didn't get to work on time. Your pay being docked or whatever punishment is the consequence. Just because you can continue to be at work after you're late doesn't change that fact.
Regardless, you're addition of "too" to the line doesn't make it ironic.