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Does anyone have friends that are NEVER on time?
Posted by DailyBeerReview • 9/11/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Not being on time is one of my biggest pet peeves, and I hold myself to the same standards as I do others. To me, it's completely disrespectful to show up late.
I have friends that have a standing invite to Thanksgiving every year, and every year they are late, despite me threatening to lock the door at a certain time. Doesn't seem to bother my wife though.
What about you?
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Yeah I have a few friends that are always late. It doesn't matter what you say, they're always late. I don't really care if they're late though. I usually calculate in this when we meet up ^_^.-
Yes, this year I'm either going to 1. Start the turkey later or 2. Go to Bogota for Thanksgiving and not let them know
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Hahaha
going away is an option too. But it's true what NP says...it's their own fault if they miss out on good food
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My family always tells me of events 30 minutes early than what it truly is. So they keep me on time-
I am that friend
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It's their business if they're late. If they miss part of the meal or have to eat leftover scraps, that's their problem. They can still be my friends but I won't wait for them. -
i am always late -
Adults who have the patterned behavior are self absorbed people. Being perpetually late is disrespectful and insulting. I serve meals on time, and I will not continue issuing dinner invitations to self absorbed adults who treat me with disrespect.-
I think that's a very narrow and judgmental view. I like to be early myself, but I come from a family of latecomers. It's very frustrating, but they find my promptness equally "annoying" and actually feel that it's a bit inconsiderate for people to turn up exactly when they said they were going to if coming to someone's home. It's almost a cultural difference, and their perspective is just as deeply entrenched as yours seems to be.
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Of course I have a few friends that come always late, like I say 15 o'clock, and they show up half an hour later ! -
I am that friend who is always late...although its not perceived so badly cause I live in a society where tardiness is accepted and even expected-
Where do you livE?
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I live in Honduras...where nothing starts on time
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Yes indeed. My best friend's brother, and then one of my other friends, both seem to be about 1 1/2 hours behind at all times. They can say they're leaving NOW and I'll know how long a trip takes, but it'll be 1 1/2 hours late.
Alien abduction, I say. -
My best friend and her husband are always always late. I've known her for 15+ years so I don't get as upset about it as I use to except if we are going to the movies or a play or something. I know by now that if they say they'll pick me up at 7pm they will show up between 8:30 and 9. -
The new guy Im dating always picks me up an hour later than the time we agreed on...instead of getting angry i turn on the tv and relax till I hear the doorbell
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Yes. I usually tell those friends to be here a half hour earlier than they need to be and that seems to help sometimes. I have locked the door on dinner guests who showed up more than twenty minutes late. They have yet to be late again.-
I do the same thing. I always state a time that's 1/2 hour prior to the time I will serve dinner. I always clearly state that I will NOT abide lateness when it comes to serving food. I will eat when the food is ready and then I will close the kitchen -- no late servings. I have also hung a "too late - kitchen closed" sign on my door and it "cured" the always one hour late problem one couple had.
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I hate waiting so I always come late when I meet friends. But I hate being late at work or any other important appointments. -
i hate the idea of waiting because i am impatient sometimes.when this happen i usually give the offenders a lengthy sermon. -
I am one of those people that is ALWAYS late.
I don't mean to be - and I always feel AWFUL... AWFUL....
But something always happens... Someone calls, the car has a flat tire, (lately someone just backed into my car) - I get sick - the cat gets sick - I'll spill something on the carpet that will require immediate cleaning. I'll lose my keys - my clock will be messed up - the power will go out - there will be a truck parked behind my car - so I'll have to go find the owner - the bank will call...
And the list goes on and on...
And because I care about everyone - I will stay to listen to the call - or I will deal with the situation - or whatever is needed.
And I never EVER mean to be late.
But about 80% of the time I am - and I feel AWFUL about it....
My friends have learned to tell me to be someone about 15 - 20 minutes ahead of time... And therefore they are used to me being late - and they know - they KNOW that I don't mean it as an insult.
They also know that once I get there - I am ALL theirs - and that they understand...
They even give me a hard time about it - but they know I'm honest about it - and they accept me for me.
I DO MAKE EXTRA SPECIAL EFFORTS to be on time for specific things that are "professional" - etc.
I hope that you all who have friends --- who are like me --- that you can understand them - or when you schedule things - you put that knowledge in as part of it...
I also hope you forgive them... -
I am that friend that is always late. I guess I just like to take my time. -
one should not be angry on friends for such petty reasons.. its ok, different people have different nature, as long as they dont make you wait on pavement forgive them.. -
Yup - we have family that either shows up late or calls and cancels (after they were supposed to have arrived). If it were only one of family members coming separately it wouldn't be so bad but the one person makes the rest of the family wait on her own good time. We've eaten many a holiday dinner in shifts. It used to be about half an hour, until we started telling them that we'd be starting an hour earlier. Now it's sometimes more than two hours. Grrrrrrrrrrr. -
I am shockingly late a lot of the time, aliens abduct me or those darn shiny shiny things distract me.
I don't expect or want to people to wait for me if food is involved.
All my friends now lie to me about what time we are going out, or come and pick me up when I am still getting ready and I have to finish getting ready at their place -
It drives me nuts. But I will say since so many people run late, especially with kids etc., I've relaxed a bit about it and have fallen into a somewhat similar pattern......but only with those people.
The rest, I'm on time. And I expect the same.
As teenagers we had a buddy who was always very late. I'm talking an hour or more to games that we'd be counting on him for. One day we just decided to move venues to teach him a lesson. He was pissed. But it worked. -
you know the family that always showed up late to church and had to walk up the aisle after the choir?
that was then me and my family.
My Mother made us late for everything. Dr appts., school productions, family events, photo sessions...we were late. I tolerate friends who run late but after a while I tend to pull away.
You know that lady who shows up half an hour early for everything book in hand? that's me now.
(let's go Yankees, just sayin')
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