Fashionable, or just rude??

[lizzylemon]

Lizzie I love that quote - what a lovely Gran to say that!

Thank you!

I know I'm biased but she was pretty special.

Mind you, be 6 mins late and boy did you know about it.

I've always wondered if Gran spent those 5 mins working herself in a fury ready for the minute hand to tick over from 5....

[coreopsis]

I suppose it depends on who's late.I remember once I was to meet my father "around" 2 pm.Unfortunately he's a watchmaker.He appeared closer to 3 o'clock,arguing that it "still counts as AROUND 2" and that he knows about time a bit more than me as he's "the master of time".I was furious with him at the time,now I'm laughing about it.
Another person was my driving instructor-to-be.I went to HIS village by bus to have my first lesson-he was late 10 minutes.No apologies,nothing.So the guy started my lesson at 9:10,finished an hour later and charged me for 1 hour 10 minutes.Cheeky,eh?Never booked the guy again.

[lizzylemon]

ah but the real question should be:

a 'lovable quirk' or a 'argh! i going mad' habit?!

[zazen999]

I suppose it depends on who's late.

I think it depends on how fit they are

Some people are terrible timekeepers, but once they arrive; it's such a pleasure that you forget all about the previous 2 hours waiting; whereas some you hope beyond hope that the traffic is really bad that day.

[miffy]

It drives me nuts when folk are late, i am always on time. My sister is always about half an hour late for things so now we tell her it starts half an hour earlier than it actually does and she makes it on time!!

[di]

First it Hippies...now tardiness...a girl could get a complex you know

If I have an appointment or something official then I always aim to be there half an hour beforehand,I totally respect that I have a time slot and if I want it then I need to be there when I say...social events howevr I'm afraid I'm not so great
Thankfully the majority of my friends are the same so we usually know that if we say 2:00 we mean 3;00...or thereabouts

I was rather chuffed that DDs report showed only 3 'lates' andf they were all lates before the register was taken,so I'm getting better

[its hilly]

For me appointments are kept on time, barring disasters. Meeting up with mates is slightly fluid, as in 'see you at 3ish' unless we are meeting in town when it's 'see you in..wherever..at 3' if it's a nice cafe or shop it's not too bad if they are late, within reason.
But one of my mates can't get anywhere on time, she's always 3/4 of an hour late even when it's for a booked meal. If the taxi is booked for 7 she will be heading towards the shower at 6.45. She spreads a trail of havoc behind her because of it.
Like Miffy we all now lie to her about the time we want to meet or when something is booked for. But she still gets really annoyed when after turning up 1/2 hr late she is told that she has missed her appointment and now can't be seen till tomorrow..err who's fault is it?

[bubblewrap]

I'm a stickler for timekeeping & I hate being late.
Our (Madderbat's) son leaves everything to the last second he sometimes has me tearing my hair(plenty of that)out.
He leaves the house at the last second to catch a train for the airport & one day will come unstuck.
If people make an appointment then I expect the time to be kept after all I have better things to do than wait around for people who don't care.
If my bus/train driver is late for work my bus/train will be late or cancelled.
If I am late for a train it will go.........................................with out me.

[Brengirl]

Hehe. I am just wondering where are all these people to whom time is just the tick tock on a clock. So far we all appear to be very conscientious about wasting it.

I have very little 'awareness' of time. If I have anything planned for the day I take the whole day planning it and am never late for appointments.

[jackie j]

I am alway's early weather I am meeting friends or have an appointment, if I have to drive somewhere and it takes me half an hour I leave at least 45 mins before if not more. I hate being late, apart from morning appointments my children have never been late for school.
My eldest sister is alway's late as are her grown up children and now my neice that lives with them. She alway's say's they wouldnt get ready when actually its her.
She arrives and makes an entrance. She will be late for her own funeral.
Apart from getting let down by public transport or a bad accident there is no excuse for being late, and these day's with mobile phone's everybody can phone ahead and say sorry I am running late.

[chris]

I always tend to be TOO early. I.e. sometimes up to an hour. never learn, but most of the time I'm seen early.

S'also why I get into work early, can leave early then and be home for around 4 odd!

[Patchninja]

I think being on time is simply respecting the fact that other people's time is just as important as mine. Can't stand late people. I have one brother in law that I lie to about mealtimes as he's always late but apart from that, I think most people here are respectful of times.
Of course, dates with mates are slightly more flexible but if I thought I was going to be half an hour late, I'd warn my pal in advance.

[Flummery]

Don't they say, Punctuality is the politeness of Kings?
I feel awful if I'm delayed for an appointment, even for something trivial. It's upbringing and culture I suspect.
Himself's Ma reckons she can set her clock by him; when he says he'll be there at a certain time, he is, to the minute.

[newbieveggie]

Oh dear...the guilt has got too much for me and I just know I'm going to get it from you all but...no matter how hard I try I'm always a couple of mins late. Not loads but often 5mins late. My husband (who is so uptight about being on time) huffs and puffs and tsks but then I just get even more in a flap. Ok now you can tell me off....I'm ready for it

[BUFFS]

anybody who has been in the army will know that you will spend a lot of time under the directive"hurry up and wait",it becomes engrained to be early,like standing straight and having certain standards of dress,cleanliness etc,,im out over 35 years now,but still havent backslid (it was those old sergeant majors fault), and too long in the tooth to change now..