re: Does it bother you when people aren’t punctual?

Yes, it bothers me when people are constantly late.

I show up early to everything. Was 15 minutes early to work this morning.

people who care what time the clock says when you do something are the worst. if i say ill be somewhere at 7 and i get there at 705, i see that as the same thing and on time. If you see that as late and get annoyed, thats on you for being small minded and letting little shite bother you.

What bothers me more is doctors and dentist offices telling you to arrive 15 min early, but they never see you until 15-30 min after your scheduled time.

I had a meeting the other day. Got a call from the guy saying he was 15 minutes away. He was already 15 minutes late. Called 30 minutes later saying he was 20 minutes away. Need up being an hour and a half late. I was pissed.

Yes, yes it does. If we have planned to be somewhere by 6, I'm there by 5:45 at the latest and it drives me crazy when people do otherwise.

No.

I quit waiting for people years ago. (If someone calls or texts to say their late, then OK.)

If they are not ready at the agreed time, I move on. I give them 5 minutes max. They are rarely ever late again.

Being late shows sloppy time management, or some kind of juvenile power play - either way, I'm outta there to make room for someone who respects my time.

I have walked away from many prospective business deals because people were late for meetings. I never tell them why. If they can't make a meeting on time, how the hell can they meet deadlines?

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What bothers me more is doctors and dentist offices telling you to arrive 15 min early, but they never see you until 15-30 min after your scheduled time.

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Yeah those medical people really should stick to schedule and just drop everything they are doing to meet said schedule.

Let's only enforce the schedule when YOU are said patient so you only get exactly 15 minutes for whatever your problem is, period, no slack, ever. Sorry about that heart attack, no time for CPR, buh bye. Stroke? Auto accident? Reaction to medication? Sorry, schedule dictates you only get a few minutes. Bleed on your own time.

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Some people also get annoyed if you show up 10+ minutes early

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if you are annoyed by 10 minutes late then this makes sense. I do not consider early on time either. Especially 15-30 minutes early. Get coffee, circle the block, or wait in your car. Do not show up that early.

-You guys, I'm really going to miss this place
-Me too.
-Hey, let's all promise that 10 years from today we'll meet again and we'll see what kind of people we've blossomed into.
-Yeah!
-What time do you wanna meet?
-You mean 10 years from now?
-Yeah
-Let's meet in the morning so we can make a day of it
-Okay so what is it? Is it like 9 or 9:30?
-Well let's say 9 so that way we can be here by 9:30
-Well no, why don't we say 9:30 and then make it your beeswax to be here at 9:30. I mean, we're all going to be in our late 20's by then I just don't see any reason why we can't be places on time.
-Okay then, it's settled. 9:30 it is.

To those of you that are timekeepers and can be rigid to those that run late: you are normal and unselfish. You are probably contributing to society in a positive way.

People that are habitually late are abnormal narcissists that are essentially telling everyone else 'I'm not thinking about you--I'm concerned with me.'