Being on time

[gim]

How many of you tolerate people in your life who are constantly late?  I've got friends from HS and college that I consider to be very good life long friends but their concept of time is maddening.  Constantly showing up late.  Just yesterday I took a new person out in the field at work and they showed up 90 minutes late even though the knew what time they were supposed to be there 5 days in advance.  It not only makes them look foolish, but makes me look like an idiot too, and its unprofessional.

 

Out of respect just be on time.  Even be 10 minutes early.  I'm always on time wherever I go.

[TOXIC]

I fish with a retired marine.  If you’re not 1/2 hour early, you’re late. 

[TnRiver46]

I can always be on time, what drives me crazy is when people ask me what time I’ll be where. I’ve got 30 places to be every single day, I’ll be there when I get there 

[Darth-Baiter]

my sister is always late.  always.

 

i have gotten to the point i dont give a poop.  i will start dinner without her.  big group dinners. she always gets mad we didnt wait.  

 

eating out, with dinner reservations it is a big problem and i avoid it by not including her.  

[Susky River Rat]

I’ve gotten to the point where I tell people 15-20 minutes earlier then I want them to be there. It usually works it does drive me nuts though. I try to be 10 minutes early 15-20 if it’s something new and I do not exactly know what’s going on.

[Jar11591]

Tardiness drives me nuts. I’m a very punctual person. On time equals 15 minutes early to me. For a job, showing up on time is about the easiest part of any work. If we’re going fishing at 9, I’ll see you at the ramp at 8:45. 

[gim]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

I can always be on time, what drives me crazy is when people ask me what time I’ll be where. I’ve got 30 places to be every single day, I’ll be there when I get there 

 

That's not really what I'm getting at here.  I'm talking about communicating a specific time to meet somewhere or show up for work, and failing to do so.  I'm not talking about the cable company that says "8-12" or "1-5" window of time.

 

1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said:

my sister is always late.  always.

 

This is probably worse than co-workers or friends.  At least you can sometimes avoid that group.  You're stuck with the sister for life lol

[Darth-Baiter]

not really @gimruis.  she moved to the boonies in NM.  i wont see her that often, and she has never been to my new home. hahhaha..

 

one the same note.  i have a friend that i fish with.  let's call him Steve, cuz that's his name. he is a marine (back in the day).  punctual doesnt even describe it.  he is alway set up so early.  kayak ready.  and i am always early.  yet he still beats me.

 

i have taken to getting to the lake ridicoulously early simply so i can evacuate..well, you know.  coffee, bran muffin, long drive..you do the math.  3x i beat him to the lake and it drove him insane.  he was 1 hour early last time.  cracked me up.  

 

 

[CountryboyinDC]

I personally like being early to everything that I can, but it's not possible.  At work, I constantly have to either drop off the meeting I'm in to make the next one, or message someone in the meeting I'm supposed to be in to let them know the one still in is still going.  

In my personal life, I'm not always the first one to arrive, but I'm rarely the last.  I think the military actually got me out of the habit of being early with everything squared away.  Except for a few circumstances, there's what I can "stupid time" built into every process.  If you show up early with everything done, they just find something else to do.  Just don't be the most jacked up, and you tie up loose ends just ahead of the deadline.  Most people get to be more prepared and punctual by their military experience, I went the opposite way.

[GaryH]

If I’m late there’s something wrong. I’m alway 15 minutes early at a minimum. I hear you @gimruis drives me nuts to.

[GreenPig]

I don't wait on late folks, ever. Show up at my house at 5:03 and you were supposed to meet me at 5, and my truck and boat will be gone. The older I get, the more I value my time.

[gim]

6 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

I don't wait on late folks, ever. Show up at my house at 5:03 and you were supposed to meet me at 5, and my truck and boat will be gone. The older I get, the more I value my time.

 

People should not be upset if they show up late and the wheels turn without them.  Unless they've hit an unforeseen snag along the way out of their control like a flat tire or a car accident.  Over sleeping or running into traffic is not an acceptable excuse in my book.  We're all adults here.  We can make our own beds.

[padlin]

We're so punctual it drives us nuts. If Thanksgiving is at 1, we're there at 1, no one else is even close. We try to be fashionably late, and we're still on time. 

[Mobasser]

My dad was a WW2 vet. He told me when I got my first job, to always be on time and be dependable. I've lived by his words. I ran carpentry crews for years, and knew a lot of guys who were always late. I've seen a couple of guys get fired from good jobs for being late.                         Don't make a fool of yourself. Be on time, no matter what the occasion.

[LrgmouthShad]

Since being here in Texas for about 7 months now, I have been late to work once that I remember, and it was by like 2 minutes. No one has ever called me asking me where the heck I am

[Mobasser]

It makes a guy look stupid if he's constantly late, especially for a job. Hell get a reputation. Yep, here comes stupid, late as always. Did you remember to tie your shoes? I've heard all kinds of things like this over the years. 

[A-Jay]

For me, punctuality is about having respect for myself.

Others can life their lives as they chose.

Being "late" all the time displays an inability to live a good life.

#weakcharacter

A-Jay

 

[CountryboyinDC]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Over sleeping or running into traffic is not an acceptable excuse in my book.

You should live in DC.  There have been a lot of days where if I could have left my car, I could have arrived on time by walking.  Unless you're narcoleptic, sleeping is an entirely different category.

[12poundbass]

I’m always at least 5 minutes early for everything. Work, I’m almost always 10 minutes early.

 

A previous thread I mentioned my wife is OCD (in a good way) well when we go some place where we’re meeting people we’re 10-15 minutes early and by the time we sit and wait 5 minutes for others to show up she grows impatient and is wondering where the other people are! ?

[Woody B]

I've got no use for late.   I think being late is disrespectful.   I have some inlaws who will be late for their own funerals.   

 

It takes me 20 minutes to drive to work, if there isn't traffic problems.   I used to leave 45 minutes before my start time, but was late a couple times due to traffic.  I now leave an hour before my start time.   The second day I worked there I had a flat tire but was still there on time.    The company has a strict on time policy, and a points system.  We are allowed to clock in up to 10 minutes early.    With the old policy clocking in 1 minute late would result in a point.   A certain number of points would result in termination.  (points last 6 months)   They recently changed the policy to allow people to be up to 5 minutes late.  Many of the young people are 5 minutes late every day now.  

[DitchPanda]

Yeah it ticks me off to. I've been at my job 10 years and in that time I've been late 3 times, twice because of flooding and once because of a blizzard. People that show up late to work all the time usually get what's coming to them, if the management team is doing their job anyway. Friends that constantly disrespect my time don't stay my friends long.

[flatcreek]

Zero tolerance policy for late folks!

[looking45]

Being late is probably my #1 pet peeve. I had to tell my girlfriend we were due at places 30 minutes before so we wouldn’t be late. That problem was easily solved. I hate when people show up late and don’t call ahead or apologize once they arrive. My fishing friends get one chance to  be late. After that,’if they’re late 5 minutes I’m already gone. 

[Darth-Baiter]

I wouldn't show up to someone's house early.  that is weird.  

 

right smack on time.  when I pick up my bud for fishing, I go early just so I can hit the gas station down the block.  it is too early for coffee shops to be open or I would go and get two cups.  save him from drinking the convenience store swill he likes.  

[clayton86]

My fiancé is late for EVERYTHING. It drives me nuts even the kids know “mommy is always late” when ever it’s her that has to pick them up or take them somewhere. 
 

My 5th grade teacher used to always say “if your early your on time, if your on time your late, and if your late that’s unacceptable” when he was going over being on safety patrol. I’ve always lived by those words and then add being in the army I'm very punctual. My last job actually complained that I was always early the owner didn’t like it the manager didn’t care and told him it could be worse I could not show up or always be late like other employees they had. At my current job I can’t even access the building till 5 min before shift so I just sit in parking lot and listen to music till I can go in usually about 10-15 minutes. 
 

I can’t stand being late I get extremely irritated and ticked when we go somewhere as a family and not being on time. There’s been times I have left without them or with my daughter and just waited for her to come separately.