It's tough to be punctual in this world

Exterous

Super Moderator
Jun 20, 2006
20,557
3,728
126
It must be nice to drift through life with little regard for timelines and have other people make sure things happen at necessary times. It must also be nice to always be the person being waited on instead of the person waiting
 

[DHT]Osiris

Lifer
Dec 15, 2015
17,143
16,302
146
It must be nice to drift through life with little regard for timelines and have other people make sure things happen at necessary times. It must also be nice to always be the person being waited on instead of the person waiting

Nothing like watching an E-7 get hemmed up by a chair force captain because he can't figure out what goddamn time he's supposed to be at a meeting, followed by him getting hemmed up again for being unprepared.
 

Stopsignhank

Platinum Member
Mar 1, 2014
2,722
2,199
136
My daughter had a high school bad director that I could not stand, but he did have one good saying.

Early is on time
On time is late
Late is unacceptable
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
30,739
454
126
Life is too short to waste it waiting on somebody who clearly doesn't value someone else's time. Without knowing anything about the situation, I'd just leave if I were you.
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
61,772
17,476
136
If you're not at least 15 minutes early. YOU'RE LATE!

Some people just don't get that.
Great, so I can spend more time waiting around for the other people that are always late!
NOPE.
You want me there 15 minutes early, you should have told me to be there 15 minutes earlier. Otherwise I'm going to figure since you went through the effort of specifying a time, that's the time you meant, and that's when I'll be there.
 

nerp

Diamond Member
Dec 31, 2005
9,865
105
106
15 minutes early is excessive.

3 minutes is how early you should be.
 

Charmonium

Lifer
May 15, 2015
10,363
3,423
136
An old gf had friends who were all chronically and extremely late for everything. So when there was a party or other engagement, she would give them all different start times based on their individual level of tardiness. I always thought that was pretty amusing.
 

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
59,391
9,920
126
I always aim for being early. The farther I have to go, the more time I allow. I always have something to occupy myself with.