It is getting to a point where I cannot take it anymore. Somewhere, somehow it became acceptable to arrive 5-10 minutes after the scheduled appointment time. I would love to have a 1 minute late = no service policy.
I seem to remember that if you weren’t 5 minutes early, then you are late. Wonder whatever happened to that.
I must of missed that growing up. I don’t know how many times I’ve called work and said I was going to be late and still was on time. I’d rather be a 1/2 hr early then be a minute late.
Wade, it sounds like your accepting it, though you don’t like it. 3 options 1. Do something about it. 2. Don’t do anything and waste your time complaining. 3 Learn to be a degenerate and go with the flow.
Ironic that when it comes to hunting and fishing, 99% of people show up 20 minutes early. If it’s a million dollar house to discuss, they are 30 minutes late and act like they are early 
This was the Main Statement in my house raising my girls
Early is On Time
On Time is Late
and Late is Unacceptable
a good friend & business owning friend reminds everyone to be on-time. Even for people coming for interviews.
If you show up late for an Interview, you don’t get one.
End of story! No Excuses.
Show up late at my Barber for you appointment, you likely won’t get yours, he is that busy, you have 15 minutes +/- of his time and he has people waiting so you better just reschedule.
Pretty similar for my Doctor and Dentist. I show up 10-20 minutes early.
My office is way to relaxed.
It is up to you to accept or not!
You old timers are so square. Get on the trolly, man!
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You old timers are so square. Get on the trolly, man!
brotherhood! 
My motto has always been-If you aint early, you’re late!
we have 3 ladies that show up between 25-40 minutes late for work every single day. Yet, somehow they leave on time every day too. I’ve spoken to their managers as a peer manager and they just said they knew about it. That manager is one of the offenders, so I guess she has a hard time telling somebody not to do what she does every day.
Oh well, I brought it to the attention of the people in charge, not sure what else I can do.
I’m not condoning it by any means but I think that is the way life has gotten for a lot of people.
They are stretched thin at work and if you throw a family in the mix you are on the run constantly.
I know before Heidi and I had PJ being on time to stuff was WAY easier, it’s getting better now that he’s 4 and can do more stuff himself but it still feels like we are behind most of the time. There always seems to be something that gets in the way….traffic, road construction, potty stops, we forgot this or that or whatever.
Look at it the other way, for the person that is late, everyone else was early and you won’t ever have to wait for anyone else.
Yes, get with the trolley!
I think for most chronic offenders, it is a subconscious way to get attention. It also really sucks to have to wait for people. Never have to when you are always late! So, that makes them self centered.
I figure if the government is going to take 20% of my paycheck, I am starting 20% later and leaving on time.
Being late is a sign of complete disrespect for the other person. It implies your time is more valuable than theirs.
But there are those that feel it is…
I can handle some one being reasonably late as long as a phone call precedes them. Not calling means they are either here alone or it gets real ugly when they do show up. Ask the Verizon guy a couple weeks ago 
Being old gives one certain privileges- – jerr
Being late starts more arguments with my FW than anything else. It never seems to change. Drives me nuts. It doesn’t bother her one bit.
If you’re early, you’re on time…
If you’re on time, you’re late…
If you’re late, don’t even bother showing up…
Been my motto for as long as I can remember
I can never be late, even though I am RETIRED NOW!! 
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Being late is a sign of complete disrespect for the other person. It implies your time is more valuable than theirs.
Exactly…
the reason I am always late.
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Being late starts more arguments with my FW than anything else. It never seems to change. Drives me nuts. It doesn’t bother her one bit.
Quick fix – tell her a time that your leaving with or without her. As she sees the tail lights going down the road, she’ll want to kill you at first. If you can endure the petty guilt trip that she tries, your golden. Next time you give her a time, remind her that you would enjoy it if she was on time and joined you.
I only tried that once…………18 years later… we have an understanding 
Ya, been there done that, even turned around part way there because I refuse to walk into places late. (places where it doesn’t matter if we are there or not) I’ ve been dealing with it 16 yrs now.
Sometimes things come up and you are going to be late. If it is more than 5 minutes a phone call is in order. The person that is late all the time is a jerk. Now when it comes to Doctor appointments- when I am on time so should the Mr. Doctor. It doesn’t count when they put you in the examenation room and then you sit there for 30 minutes before he shows up. I’ve had to talk to a couple of Doctors over the years about this and some of them get PO’ed but they are better the next time I go to see them. They want to know 24 hours in advance for a cancelation or you get charged because they lost that time slot. So when I have an appointment I want my time slot. Seems fair to me.
Since I got married 19 years ago the time of Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas dinner has not changed. After repeated years of the same family being late I had had enough. Word was given to the offending family that if you were late you were getting left-overs. Period. I don’t care how many kids held you back, I don’t care what the traffic was like.
When my employees are late 1 minute their time gets docked to the next 1/4 hour. When my wife is late she gets left behind. When I’m late it was somebody else’s fault. 
Well if being late is good enough for Mother Nature, why should we expect any other woman in the world to think she needs to be on time?
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Early is On Time
On Time is Late
and Late is Unacceptable
I like that! Except when people arrive for interviews 30-60 minutes early… that’s just too much and I feel like it’s kind of rude. If you get to your destination THAT early and it’s a business matter with a scheduled appointment time (versus a social gathering) drive around to a coffee shop and wait for a bit or at least sit in your car for a while. There is such a thing as too early.
When my wife tells me she’s late I start getting very nervous…
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Being late is a sign of complete disrespect for the other person. It implies your time is more valuable than theirs.
Exactly!
yup, it’s one thing for you to be sticking your head in the bathroom door to tell her she’s late 
It’s totally another when she walks into the bedroom to tell you she’s late 
I’ve been wondering this for a while, and down here it seems like people expect you to be late. A couple weeks ago I arrived at a meeting 15 minutes early, the sectretary made me feel like I was a terrible person for getting there early to go to the bathroom and get everything ready before the start-time of the meeting. When the big-wig showed up through the front door of the office(30 minutes late for the meeting) he nearly accused me of coming early to hit on his secretary. I told him she wasn’t my type, and I’m not in the business of wasting other people’s time. He flipped it into reverse real quick, and then apologized for being late. I had to forgive him because he openly admitted to being late because he had been fishing that morning and “couldn’t keep them off” his line. He smelled like bass and northern slime when he walked in so I had to beleive him. I wonder what his “normal” clients think when he comes in smelling like that.
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I’ve been wondering this for a while, and down here it seems like people expect you to be late. A couple weeks ago I arrived at a meeting 15 minutes early, the sectretary made me feel like I was a terrible person for getting there early to go to the bathroom and get everything ready before the start-time of the meeting. When the big-wig showed up through the front door of the office(30 minutes late for the meeting) he nearly accused me of coming early to hit on his secretary. I told him she wasn’t my type, and I’m not in the business of wasting other people’s time. He flipped it into reverse real quick, and then apologized for being late. I had to forgive him because he openly admitted to being late because he had been fishing that morning and “couldn’t keep them off” his line. He smelled like bass and northern slime when he walked in so I had to beleive him. I wonder what his “normal” clients think when he comes in smelling like that.
James Holst is your boss?
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