re: Making people wait for you

My SiL was always late for Christmas dinner. My MiL would spend all day cooking a fantastic meal for 10 and everyone knew that it would be ready at 2pm. She and my niece would typically saunter in around 4pm. My MiL, for years, would do a great job keeping things warmed but it was just rude. We kept trying to get her to serve the dinner when it was ready, but she wanted to wait on her. Finally, we got her to go ahead and eat at 2pm. The meal was great, as usual, but what was better was that I was in the kitchen when the SiL sauntered in at 4pm. The look on her face was priceless when I told her that we had already eaten, but there were some leftovers around somewhere.