I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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I feel your pain.I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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I am chronically at least 15 mins early to every appointment i have.I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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Agreed. I read a good article about this once. It postulated that habitually late people were prone to "magical thinking."I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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This, being angry about it doesn't do anything but make yourself miserable.I have given up on caring about late people. They have won in my life.
I'll take the fifth on this, since my wife is virtually never on time, and I am very much in your camp. (I recall some magnate in Studs Terkel's The Good War talking about how he owed everything in life that he had to being five minutes early.)I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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Depends on if it is an individual that is consistently late, or it's a one time thing from an individual that something may have came up that caused them to be late.I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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It’s my son, wife, coworkers. Just damn annoying to me.Depends on if it is an individual that is consistently late, or it's a one time thing from an individual that something may have came up that caused them to be late.
Well your son, you could coach/teach to correct the problem by teaching him why it is disrespectful to the indivdual(s) he is late for. Basically it's a big F U to whoever you were meeting. It is saying I have higher priorities than the pre-scheduled meeting at the agreed upon time. I don't value your time or our time together to discuss or solve whatever it is we are meeting for. If he plays sports, does he show up late for games and practices?It’s my son, wife, coworkers. Just damn annoying to me.
They are probably also late to meetings. So same group of people.slow highway drivers in left lane
Same here. My whole family is 20 min late people, besides my immediate family who are on time. My wife's is 10 min late and most of my friends fall in one of the two categories. I'm always a 5 min early is on time guy so it drives me nuts. And yes, I'm the asshole for expecting people to be on time.I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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Trust me, it is a constant battle with the son. With him, it is more in the morning. The wife, I gave up on. She’s constantly on Key West time.Well your son, you could coach/teach to correct the problem by teaching him why it is disrespectful to the indivdual(s) he is late for. Basically it's a big F U to whoever you were meeting. It is saying I have higher priorities than the pre-scheduled meeting at the agreed upon time. I don't value your time or our time together to discuss or solve whatever it is we are meeting for. If he plays sports, does he show up late for games and practices?
For the wife, that could be a little more difficult. Of course, if it is an event/meeting you are both going to, then perhaps drive separately if she is not ready at the time needed to leave to be on time. Just let her know well ahead of time, that if not ready by this time, I will be leaving and she can drive separately.
For co-workers that are consistently late, perhaps their manager should coach them up on time management if you don't feel comfortable coaching them up.
Re Church, i am a convert to Catholicism, and I have to say, i have never seen a collective group of people who have so mastered the art of not showing up even ten seconds too early.I am typically always early to important, third party events (Business meeting, Church, sporting venues, etc etc) . Now in home friends and family events are an exception where I tend to want to be few minutes after start time so not first one. I think it is rude to show up early to a party someone is hosting since a lot of time that is when host is finalizing everything and often stressing the f out/getting dressed. My parents are terrible at this concept often showing up 20-30 minutes early.
My girlfriend is chronically late to important things and always have been. I have done well by her, helping shepherd her like a border collie to her/ our events, barking and nipping when I see her roaming off after distracting piddling crap that does not need to be addressed and only serves to make her/us late. The interesting thing is she is a very organized person, too. And I am not.
It's like she is missing the ability to see critical paths into what must happen and not happen prior to leaving to whatever it is, making the clock always run out of time with her not dressed and ready.
So, it's for school? Probably doesn't really like school or think it's that important to be on time to school. But if it's something he enjoys like getting to a party, meeting a friend or playing a sport, I bet he is wanting to get there on time or early.Trust me, it is a constant battle with the son. With him, it is more in the morning. The wife, I gave up on. She’s constantly on Key West time.
And often late.Carnies. Small hands, smell like cabbage.
I’ve told this anecdote before. Latin Americans are traditionally very late for social events. It’s cultural. Gringos are early. So when having a mixed party while living in Peru if you wanted the party to start at 10 pm, you tell the Peruvians party is at 8 and the gringos that the party is at 10:30It’s my son, wife, coworkers. Just damn annoying to me.
I have fired more people than I can count over a 40 year construction career and easily the majority of them have been for being late too many times.I’m very much a 5 minutes early is late person, so I get easily agitated with late people. My problem is, I’m surrounded by them. Somehow I’m the bad guy when I get upset over slow ass people. So damn disrespectful.
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Well want to make sure all the good booze is still in stock.There's nothing that pisses me off more than when I tell people they can arrive at 7pm, and they show up at 6:55.
Everything is byob unless you want Busch light and Sutter home. That's the backup.Well want to make sure all the good booze is still in stock.