Does it bug you when someone is always late?

Yup I can really late. People who are consistently late are self centred and don't respect that your time is valuable. I had bf that was consistently late. NOT just your 3-4 minutes late which could be excusable but half an hour to an hour late. He drove me insane. The worst was that he made me wait 3 hours to go on holiday just cause he feel back to sleep after I called him. I really don't understand how people can be so inconsiderate.

I echo your remarks. You have expressed yourself very well. I do have a few friends who do set their clocks ahead a little...but they always say, "Oh, I know I have time because the clock is fast." So it does no good!

Always and I hate it. Don't you know, punctuality is my middle name. I can forgive the person if he/she is 5 minutes late. But more than that, no...This is one of my biggest problem in dealing with my customers. I once had to close a contract with a customer. This person showed up 4 hours late. I wouldn't have the patient of a saint if this contract is not important. But 4 hours is absurd. I can't understand myself why some people don't have the decency to show up on time. I mean I'm forever catching up on time and I want to finish my work on time. But this people are not helping me. They're causing me unnecessary delays in my work. Phew...

I absolutely hate late people. And it's even worse if we were to meet for lunch or something and they show up 10-15 minutes late. I tend to arrive early because I feel like it's an inconvenience for other people to have to wait for me and I don't understand why other people can be so relaxed about it. My boyfriend used to be late whenever he came to see me - either he'd misjudge traffic or had to run an errand for his mom or a thousand other reasons. At first I let it slide but after a while, it bugged me more and more because it felt like he didn't care enough to plan ahead and leave a little earlier. Thank god he doesn't do it anymore because it just ruins our date(s). I wear myself out worrying whether or not he got into an accident along the way or something. I don't understand why people feel they can waste other people's time by being late...it's just annoying.

hey , i am the one ur talking about ...... i am always late , so i can explain u that there would be certain reasons for a person who's late ........

is pretty disturbing but it depends of the reason taht a person is late for a meeting

It makes me annoyed too. A promise is a promise and time should not be played around and wasted just like that.

Yeha i absolutely hate it when someones late unless ofcourse its mah gf..whom i can allow that liberty once in a while but do it too much and i am pissed off.When u have a commitment why not move out before time unless u wanna make the other person wait

If it's nothing special I guess I don't mind. But if it's something important and it'll drag me along I will get angry. It can be avoidable but I think it's the habit that needs to be tend. No matter how early you set the clock, if you didn't set the mind to wake up early then nothing will change.

It really bugs me too I really becomes so tensed if I have to go for a important appointment.....MOST OF THE TIME I reach before time .....but I find the person who tld me to come ,he himself is late...it really irritates me...they always say SORRY ...but it dsnt make much of a sense.....

I don't like people late in their work. The target work will not soon finished because one or more people late. They might be bit lazy. The laze must be vanished.

My husband is a prime example of someone who doesn't respect other people's time. He is never late for work but if we've arranged to go somewhere and I say we need to leave at 7, he'll aim to be ready for 7.30 or 8. We've been late for weddings before (which drives me mad) because he's taken so long getting ready and it looks really bad if you turn up just as the food is about to be served as if you only came to eat the food! Not long ago he was supposed to drive my dad to the doctor's on his day off (I was at work and he had agreed to do it), he took so long to get ready that my dad went off without him as he didn't want the surgery to close or he wouldn't have been able to get his prescription that day. I was pretty furious about that one as I would have taken the time off work myself had I known he was going to do that! Where I work we operate flexi-hours but everyone's supposed to be in by 10 and work till 4 as the core hours. We have 2 guys who come in about 10.30-11 at least 2 or 3 days a week; the do stay later and the boss doesn't particularly mind (as he's given up telling them about their time-keeping) but it annoys me when people are looking for them at say 10.15 and I have to say "They're not in the office yet!" It's annoying that they can't make the effort to follow the same rules as everyone else. I do wish my boss was sometimes a bit more strict about people's lax attitude to time-keeping as our department has a reputation for having staff who can't wake up in the morning! LOL

I hear my partner complain about a guy he works with. This guy lives just around the corner from us, yet he's late for work at least three times a week, even though they take the same route and my partner gets there on time every day. We're just not sure why this guy hasn't been fired. There are certain areas that he refuses to deliver to "because he doesn't know the area well", so add to that the fact that he's regularly late and something doesn't seem quite right.

im really annoyed with a person who always came late.my sister is one of the person who is always late.she thought that she has her own way.the more annoying is when she arrived at our meeting place shes still in her full smile.she didnt think how hard it is for me to waste my time waiting for her. if i commit to be there in this time i always make sure that i can.because in this situation it shows how you value your word of honor.i believed in sayings"early birds catch the best worms."

yes its sure bothered me alot, because i hate waiting.but if only 5 minutes late its no problem for me or if they call 1st to tell if they will be late because of some reason.but other then that is sure will piss me of.

It really doesn't bother me if someone is late, but I will NEVER be late for anything if I can help it. Thats wht would bother me if I am late for something, I feel awful.

Yes, I work with someone who is habitually late. We end up holding meetings because of this person, which makes the rest of us have to work late! It is very disrespectful to your co-workers to always be late. I am usually a tad early, because I start out early in case of traffic problems or other issues on the road. Again, I do that out of respect!

i also came across these situations many times. I always plan my meetings as i have to be there before 15 min. When i have to go with my friend iam unable to reach the destination in time. He is very lazy does the work very lately. So some times i get angry and i will leave him and go and my friend comes after... but till now he does not change.. i dont know how to change him from his habit

Same is the case with me. One of the reasons could be that i am always punctual and expect the same from others as well. So it is because of how i think and take the situations. Many of my friends are always late and they make some excuses though only some are genuine. If you have in your mind not to be late then you will not be.

i am very punctual,and i hates late coming guys