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Does lateness make anyone else irrationally angry?

Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:04 am
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23696 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:04 am
Waiting on a childhood friend right now so we can go shoot clay pigeons. Always do this on Black Friday and Christmas Eve. My car is in the shop so he had to drive.

Was supposed to get picked up at 10:00 but I can see he hasn’t left his house yet. Unfortunately this is a friend who is chronically late. Still sitting here, no call or anything saying he’s running behind. Do people who do this not think to themselves that to people who are on time, it makes them seem like they have zero respect for other people’s time? We go in the mid morning so we can be back with enough time to get rest and get ready for Christmas Eve dinner with our families.

The older I get the more people not being able to meet certain deadlines, or let people know if they’re going to be late, drives me up the wall. My dad and I are 100% “if you’re not 10 minutes early you’re late type of people”.

/rant
This post was edited on 12/24/24 at 9:06 am
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
292879 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:05 am to
Not so much the lateness, it's the lack of caring how it affects others.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
24310 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:06 am to
Sounds like you and I couldn't be friends then.
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
2970 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:07 am to
Yeah, it drives me nuts to have to wait on someone
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
13957 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:08 am to
If it did I would have divorced years ago. Its almost a daily experience.
Posted by cubsfan5150
NWA
Member since Nov 2007
17712 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:09 am to
100%

But why do you have your “friend’s” location?
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
60240 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:09 am to
People who arrive late, have the most fun.
Posted by Methedup77
Member since Dec 2024
288 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:13 am to
Lateness is a pet peeve of mine
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
2984 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:13 am to
Yes if he’s consistently doing it, it’s absolutely him saying that he does not respect your time.

Have you told him this? If it’s me, at some point we just can’t do things together anymore. Probably just become “distant friends”.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
105841 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:13 am to
My Aunt and cousins are notoriously late all of the time. They showed up an hour late for Thanksgiving and they think it’s funny. My Grandmother gave them the business over it but they don’t care.

This year we’re going to have the SK on Christmas Day but then we have to go to the SO’s parents afterward. I’ve already let them know if they’re late we may not still be there (we’ve all planned on 4:00 pm for the time).

I’m fricking over accommodating them as it’s disrespectful as shite to everyone else when you expect shite to not start until you get there.
Posted by Billy Blanks
Member since Dec 2021
4961 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:15 am to
Late people can go F themselves. They need their own world. Totally clueless pieces of shite, all of them.

We have some family we tell the time we are eating for Thanksgiving/Christmas about 90 minutes prior to the real time because they are NEVER on time.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
5033 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:16 am to
Hey I'm reading TD, calm your arse down, I'll be there in a bit.
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
14433 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:17 am to
Your friend is telling you his time is more valuable than your time. Address it with him in that way instead of just giving him a hard time about being late. It is usually eye opening when they are confronted in how selfish being late is.
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
12112 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:19 am to
You should have told him to pick you up at 9.
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
Member since Jul 2008
37928 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:19 am to
My wife’s family is awful with being on time to anything and it drives me insane. I love them but man it’s so dang frustrating.

Their go to response when they can tell I’m annoyed is “well it’s not that big of a deal I’m sure no one cares” which makes me even more annoyed
This post was edited on 12/24/24 at 9:21 am
Posted by BestBanker
Member since Nov 2011
18863 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:19 am to
Somebody's gotta enjoy the Bahama life.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
35773 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:19 am to
quote:

Was supposed to get picked up at 10:00 but I can see he hasn’t left his house yet.


Men who share their location with other men is extraordinarily gay
Posted by SouthPlains
Member since Jul 2023
1038 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:20 am to
Just different values today. If everyone is late, then nobody can hold it against each other.

My family grew up military, so I was raised with the “if you’re not 15 minutes early, you’re late” thing.

Every Zoom meeting, every flight I take, every laborer that comes to the house - late, late, late. It’s very frustrating, but I just try to set a good example and always show up on time or early. Hell I’ve even been reprimanded for being early because it “makes other look bad.”
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
19380 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:20 am to
Depends on what it’s for.

If it’s important or really matters, then yeah it bothers me

But casual stuff. Nah. That’s one of those pick and chose your battles kind of things. Too many other things that are worth worrying about
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
12781 posts
Posted on 12/24/24 at 9:21 am to
It's not irrational to get angry over this. Those late people are douchebags.
quote:

zero respect for other people’s time

Yep, and there is always an excuse. But it sounds like you're going to have to start declining the invites.
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