People being late.

[Kak]

Well... screw this.

 

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[TheTruth]

Almost all the time I am early (15 - 20 mins), unless I have a doctors appointment with a specialist then I get there right on time (note: in Canada, we have public health care so the wait times do add up -> I am talking 45 minutes minimum), which is why I always bring a book.


That being said my ex best friend was ALWAYS late.


It got so bad that I would call him from the highway, tell him to come down because "I am downstairs". I would get there and he STILL wasn't there.

I kept testing this and calling him earlier and earlier...it got to the point where I would call him when I got on the highway and tell him I was there lol.

Anyway this worked great until one day he actually hurried because I would rip on him for making me wait. He then said "oh i see what you are doing here"... so the method was dead.


Long story short, I ditched that guy. Not worth my time. Best friend over 5-6+ years or not.

 

[The-J]

I prioritize and I never make a meeting I can't show to. I tend to make meetings later than they can be to make sure I have time to show without being late.

When I'm late, it's mostly because I always want to be on time and miss the mark by a couple minutes since I feel like I shouldn't have to wait. Plus, I hate it when people are early because I then feel rushes to get done whatever I planned to get done before

 

[hatterasguy]

Punctuality is important to me and it shows that you respect the other persons time, so in return I expect them to respect mine! If I'm going to be late I call ahead, and if its going to be really late I ask if they would prefer to re schedule.


To me a 1pm meeting is 1pm, not 1:01pm, not 12:59pm. If I'm early I'll do paper work or make a quick call in my truck, etc.

Its a pet peeve of mine.

OTOH if I don't respect or want to talk to the person, I will be late. So if I have a meeting with you and blow you off for 20 minutes with no call..well that's a pretty big sign right their. I have been known to blow off pesky sales reps who want to waste my time in such a fashion...

 

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[jacob]

I prefer to come early or on time than I am the one they are waiting. This way I have time to relax and won’t rush things especially on important occasions.

 

[Kak]

Well an employee is 20 mins late to a lunch and she hasnt closed anything for me since november. I think it is axe time.

 

[Red]

If they're 10 minutes late without a call/text, I will leave.

If someone respects me, they wouldn't dream of showing up late without letting me know. If they don't respect me, I'm glad I only wasted 10 minutes and not the entire meeting time on them...

This is my exact sentiment. I give them 14 min & I'm out at 15. And whatever business we may have had is done. If you can't rely on someone for the little things, you definitely can't rely on them for the big things.

 

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[cashflow3000]

My goal is to be 15 minutes early, every time. To me that is being on time.
This usually means leaving with plenty of time to spare.
Fortunately, in my area there aren't a lot of traffic woes but it can happen.

As an employer, I pay a $0.25/hour bonus to my kids if they are on time every time for the 2 week pay period.

It's kind of sad that we have to bribe people to come to work on time, but it works out great.

 

[million$$$smile]

For some people (not all) I really believe it is a form of subconscious control. If they know they have others waiting for them, they feel more in control. One of the reasons I feel that way is because I have a significant other that is perpetually late. (Yes, I think she will be late for her own funeral)
For years I couldn't understand why, but understanding how her early unstable childhood (quite dysfunctional) was, I could at least share with her WHY she was never on time.
I think it opened her eyes that it was a form of controlling others AND SHE DIDN'T NEED TO CONTINUE.
Its made a huge difference though it took awhile for her to accept it.

Randall

 

[Kak]

This is my exact sentiment. I give them 14 min & I'm out at 15. And whatever business we may have had is done. If you can't rely on someone for the little things, you definitely can't rely on them for the big things.

So she texted me 15 mins prior to the meeting time saying she was almost there. I waited until 25 mins after the meeting time to leave... She lives 4 blocks from the restaurant. I dont have time for this shit. I drove all the way out into the city to meet her. I left an hour ago. She blamed traffic on 610 as I sailed out of the city going 80 on the same road. She is a lying, waste of my time.

 

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[JAJT]

For some people (not all) I really believe it is a form of subconscious control. If they know they have others waiting for them, they feel more in control.

Some people may be this loopy but I believe the vast majority of people are late due to a lack of discipline or underestimating the time it takes to do things. Most people I know who are ALWAYS late fall into one of those two categories.

Either they hit snooze too many times, turned the alarm off, forgot about the event entirely, or got caught up with something else. More often then not though they simply thought they could go from "sleep" to "in the car, on my way" in 5 F*cking minutes. They run such tight schedules that if they F*ck up tying their shoes on the first go they will be late. Then when they show up late it's all "Well I WAS planning to be here on time but then my landlady saw me in the hall and I got a call from my sick aunt and then my girlfriend misplaced my keys and when I got in the car I noticed I had a stain on my shirt and needed to change and I had no idea there would be traffic at 5pm on a weekday!"

There are very, very few situations where being late ACTUALLY has a valid reason. And if you find yourself in one of those valid reasons - there is NO excuse not to give a head's up the second you find yourself in it.