To preface this, I want to assure you all that I don't write this with an air of self righteousness. Just look at it this way. We all have pet peeves, right? Well, mine is being late. I was lucky enough to marry a man who feels the same way I do about being on time. (Actually, at times I've wondered if it could be a bad thing, depending on the circumstances.) If I'm even a minute or two late somewhere, I will apologize. It's ingrained in me to be on time; anything less would be unacceptable to me. But, I recognize that James and I are near anomalies Almost everybody in this world is late, at least by a few minutes, (some 20-60 minutes) and it seems they think nothing of it.
So, my question is this. If I am going to somebody's house, and this somebody is notoriously late to EVERYTHING they go to, do they expect me to show up on time, or to be late? It's a real question. What are they expecting? If they are late to everything they go to, it seems only logical that they wouldn't expect me to show up on time to their house, right? Or am I wrong. I am genuinely curious. Any of you late type people have the answer for me?
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4 years ago
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I think they will expect you to be on time (why else would they set a start time?) but they will be running late themselves, so they would probably be so grateful to hear that you are running late...or maybe they will just rely on you knowing them and their typically-late habit, so they won't feel bad, because "you should know, right"...or maybe you can just go on time knowing that whatever event might not start on time. And then you can help or talk with them while they finish preparing. So I don't know if that helps or not, but I hope it does!
Lol. I was raised to be 'on time' to functions. That means that when someone sets a time that is when I believe I'm expected to show up. I married a Cali man who just goes with the flow. No guarantee or worry to be on time, and his parents are the same way. So I guess the whole point to the comment is that they probably don't care one way or the other if you're late, but a call if you're more than 15 minutes wouldn't go amiss.
Oh man, I think you probably know that I have the exact same pet peeve as you guys. I don't think I'll ever understand late people so I can't answer your question, just agree with your frustrations :)
I've been a member of the Moulton family for 17 1/2 years and I still get frustrated when they arrive late, start things late, etc. However, my reputation for being on time (ten minutes early, in other words) is so legendary in the Moulton family that if we are even 5 minutes late, they all gasp as if the world is ending--even if they arrive 40 minutes after us. In other words, if you have a repuation for being on time, be on time because you'll never hear the end of it if you're late.
Amen sister!!!
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