In my experience, the only thing you can do is to tell them a time earlier than you want. For example, if you want them to arrive by 8:00, tell them to arrive by 7:45 or 7:30. That way, you'll have a reasonable sense of certainty that they'll arrive by 8:00.
Are you a late person, who can maybe explain to me why you are the way you are? If not, have you ever found any other creative ways to deal with this lateness in others? Or, am I just getting worked up over nothing and should learn to relax more? Tell me what you think & thanks for stopping by.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Being Late
One of the things that drives me crazy is when people are constantly late for things. If you accumulated the time I've spent waiting for others, I think I've wasted days so far. All of us have been late once or twice for things; unforeseen stuff comes up, like the car won't start, etc. I'm not talking about that though. I'm talking about people you deal with who are constantly running behind and seem to accept it as normal. Have you ever dealt with someone like that?
I'm one of those people who's always on time, even when it's not appropriate to be. Like being the first at the bar and drinking alone for an hour.
ReplyDeleteIt's weird that in our culture, saying a party starts at 8:00 means people shouldn't actually show up until 9 - 9:30.
But people who are late for meetings and rigid times, that kinda sucks.
Phronk, thanks for helping me know that I'm not the only one bugged by people being late for meetings. I have this one friend who figgures that if something stars @ 2:00, showing up @ 1:59 is not being late. I know I'm weird but cutting it that close drives me nuts.
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