I hate people with no regard for time
By kaycharmedMD
@kaycharmedMD (381)
Philippines
February 21, 2011 10:41pm CST
Im not saying that Im the most punctual person on Earth. It's just that I really hate it when people don't stick with the designated time of whatever function or meeting that's been set. I would accept the excuse if it's really valid. But I'm the type of person who follows time as much as I can. Even on petty things. Just the other day, my sister was supposed to pick me up and we'll go home together. We agreed on her picking me up at around 8AM. So I woke up really early to fix my things and myself too. I was ready before 8AM so i texted her and asked her where she was already. She said she woke up late and will pick me up at 9AM instead. So okay, I let that one pass. When it was already 9AM I asked her where she was. She told me she was still doing something and will pick me up at 11AM instead. That ticked me off. First of all, if you have something else to do, something important, you wouldn't set a time that would conflict with that right? Why set a time so early when you know there's still something you ought to do? So I asked her if that was work related or something really important that she forgot. She told me it was nothing really. Now that really made me mad. I know it's no big deal. But that's how she always is. Setting a time then deciding at the very very last minute to do something else instead. I got really pissed and called my mom. I asked to be fetched instead. And today, we were supposed to have visitors at around 10AM. My mom prepared the house early. She cooked food really early because we were expecting them at around 10AM. But no, up to now (1230PM), they're still not here. Again, there's no excuse for that.I just hate it.
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17 responses
@staria (2780)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
I have to agree w/ this, there are people who do not really care if someone is waiting for them. It is as if somebody else's clock isnt ticking and they keep you on waiting for them. I really hate waiting and I'm very impatient. Even if I am not waiting for a certain person, e.g. I am in the bus and the driver keeps on waiting for other passengers, even if it is not the right loading area and there's no passenger around. They think that it is okay for everyone to wait and do not regard other people's time. Sorry my sample might be shallow.
@kaycharmedMD (381)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
Oh I totally get you. Im like that too! I just hate waiting and I am very impatient too. I get what you mean when you said you're impatient when waiting for buses and they just stay there waiting for someone to board even though there's no one in sight. Ugh I hate that! Come on man, move! That's what I wanna shout at them. With regards to waiting for someone, I get really irritated when Im there on time and the one im meeting isnt. Unless theres really a vaild excuse! But some are just plain not punctual! With no good excuse. And that ticks me off. Those with habits like that. It's as if their time is the only one that matters. Some friends tell me to just not go there on time to avoid waiting for the late ones. But Im just not like that. And that habit annoys me, so I dont want to be like that!
@staria (2780)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
Yes and I dont understand why they think like that, "Oh better be late, they are late anyway", I don't want to be late and I don't want to develop that habit too. And if in the event that I cannot control the situation and I know that I am really running late, I will inform the person ahead of time (even ahead of our schedule) as not to waste his/her time.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
22 Feb 11
I also hate this kind of people. They do not regard others' time is as important as their own time. They think only of themselves. Often they do not even tell us about the changing time just expecting us to be there when they are there. Uh, who are they by the way? Do we breath only for them? Ugh!
@kaycharmedMD (381)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
Haha! Finally, someone who feels exactly the same as me. I really hate people who are like this. She's my sister and all, but that doesnt mean she can just ignore our agreement anytime and everytime she wants. Im not always punctual, but the most I get late is just around 5-10 minutes. And that comes with a very heartfelt apology. And the reason is beyond my control. Like some stupid traffic or accident. But never like that which is around 3 hours! I just hate it! And she never even apologized!
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
22 Feb 11
I understand your feeling as one of my best friends is just like this. I confronted her many times, still she did this. So one time after we agreed on a certain time to meet at my house and she did not come at the appointed time and I could not reach her on her mobile phone, I just went out somewhere else without texting her. Two hours later she called me to ask where I was as she had already waiting in my house. I told her that I was somewhere else because I thought she canceled the appointment by not coming on the agreed time. And I asked her if she would wait or if she wanted to reschedule. I know she would wait for me to come back home as it was the only day she can meet me to discuss something.
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
22 Feb 11
Few things first, I heard someone once say, "if I can't trust you with something as small as a dollar, how could I trust you with something as big as million dollars?" When promises are made, there's no such a thing as "petty", at least that's how I believe. That's one of my biggest pet-peeves. When something like that happens, that only shows how that person thinks that small of me that he/she thinks it's ok to waste my time because they just feel like it. I will not live my life by other people's standards. If that person says he/she will be here at 8 & I don't see him/her by 8, & not a minute later, I'll just go ahead & do my thing. If I can't trust them with something little or simple as keeping time that we agreed on, I wouldn't trust them with anything else.
@kaycharmedMD (381)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
Very well said! Amen to that! Ill put your words in my mind always! I love it that others are like me in the way I think regarding this matter. I just really hate it when others treat me like my time is not important. Sure, I have no appointment whatsoever at that time, but nevertheless, it doesnt mean she can just get to me at her own pace. We talked about a meeting time and I expected her to come at that time. So when she didnt, and when she came 3 hours late, I threw a fit. It's unacceptable. Thank you for understanding.
@Ingkingderders (3832)
• Philippines
23 Feb 11
I totally agree with you, I hate people who does not arrive on the time that you BOTH agreed on. I don't think they even realize that they are wasting the time of the people waiting for them. It's just very selfish and very inconsiderate. 
@joygracia (1325)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
Its really quite irritating if some people disregard a particular time that you him or her suppose to meet. I do hate my friends do that to me.
@kaycharmedMD (381)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
Right? I just think that everyone has to respect each other's time. Whether it's family or friend. Everyone's time is precious and important. I, too, hate my friends who always come late. Whats the point of setting a meeting time if no one will come on time? Ugh!
@jennbart (1330)
• Philippines
23 Feb 11
I get you there. I know what you mean by that. It is really irritating when people does that to me too. When people do that to me, I no longer believe them. When they invite me and had set a date, I will not go there until he or she is already there. Or will just decline offer when the person invites me, especially if the person has a history of such.
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
23 Feb 11
Some of the finest, and most interesting people I know, have a different regard for time, than do Westerners. These people live in Laos, a small very poor Country in east Asia, and are largely self employed with no reason to be anywhere at any certain time. If they say they will arrive at 8 am you can expect to see them at or about 9:30 am. It takes a while to understand this, but once you catch on its rather relaxing!
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
22 Feb 11
I hate people being late as well. I am a puntual person, I like to be on time for things. I prefer to leave home early so I can be early rather than late.
However, some people just tend to be late and getting it as their habit...
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
22 Feb 11
I get really upset with those who do not respect my time. If I go somewhere and the meeting doesn't start on time, I leave. I figure if they are that disorganized, disrespectful and irresponsible I don't need to work with them. I used to work with a lady who would say we need to leave at 7:15. I was pretty much there by about 7. She'd come up with all sorts of excuses and say we "didn't really have to be on the road until 7:30" That would make me so mad!
@syoti20 (5293)
• Philippines
23 Feb 11
Deal is a deal, I hate people are late in term of this incident. Next time make an agreement to your sister, this time reverse the situation. Let her wait for 4 hours and do what she done to you. So she knows whats the feeling of waiting for nothing. I did this to my friend, and they were not happy, what they should expect from me be happy too? I just give them back the medicine that they needed.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16531)
• China
22 Feb 11
Time is life.Say the least of it,people who treat time with indifference Or are not on time lack of very least respect for others.Here wasting other's time is liken to murdering someone for his money.
@hlgmdt (300)
• Philippines
22 Feb 11
I exactly know how you feel. Like you, I hate people who do not stick to the time which we agreed upon. I am time conscious and for me time is so precious that I don't want it to be wasted. That's why I don't like waiting because when you wait, you aren't able to do productive things. I don't know but it must be in our culture that people do not adhere to the appointment time. If you say 10am, they come at 10:30 or even later. These past few days, I have pissed off because the people who I had appointment with always showed up late. We had a mini-high school reunion and I was there 10:30 am sharp, but to my dismay, they started coming an hour later.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
22 Feb 11
Hi there,
I can see that people are almost same so far maintaining time for meeting or some important sitting. If you set three people would turn up at four or later. As people know this happens almost all come much later than the scheduled time. Hence we fix the time one hour ahead s that the meeting or sitting is held.
Very irritating and enraging when you see such practice. For me either I go on time or not go at all.
Nice topic.
@Onyxe121 (206)
• United States
22 Feb 11
Someone who feels like I do. Personally I think people who are routinly late should be shipped to an island together. Maybe they will learn how annoying that habit really is.
And your so nice. I would have taken mom to a nice dinner and when they arrived (late)we would not even be there.
I don't say I'm always on time, cause that's when the car breaks down or the bus runs late. But like I was saying I don't like being late either, it irks the heck out me. And I tend not to speak to or associate with people with that habit.
Good Luck
@Jiabsa (511)
• India
22 Feb 11
Timing is very important. Lack of planning is the main reason for doing nothing in time. If we give words to someone to do something in a particular time or to reach somewhere in a particular time, we should obey our words. Otherwise, it will irritate the people with whom we have agreed. So we don't forget to do things in time. Time is valuable, it won't come back.
