...that seems to give half a damn about other people's time? I am always punctual. I try to never go back on plans that I make, and if I do, I don't wait until the last ****ing minute to cancel said plans. So why is it that no one I know is either punctual or conscious of how much of my time they waste by waiting until a half hour before our planned meet-up time to say "Oh, I'm not feeling well," "Sorry, I realized I had other plans," or this great one "Something came up. Sorry." Well I'm ****ing sorry I let you plan this stuff in the first place. SHAME ON ME FOR TRUSTING YOU TO KEEP TO YOUR OWN PLANS.
And no, I am not venting because of one incident. All of my freaking friends are like this. Why the hell is that? Does nobody but me care about this? If my plans don't fly for someone, that's okay, but when it's them that come up with a time and place there should be no freaking excuse. And you're sick today? Well, boo freaking hoo. I'm sure you got "sick" just now too. You should have told me earlier. Thanks for wasting my entire freaking day.
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Discuss.
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Holy **** we're in the Matrix? - Willis
My dad and I are also very punctual people who are constantly exasperated by the unreliability of others.
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The Albino Formerly Known as Mimir
one more fing we got in common cheez
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"I'm not great at farewells, so uh... that'll do, pig."
Natalie Portman was here
Definitely something I get annoying about. In fact, it's often a dealbreaker for people that I am dating/have gone on a few dates with/have set up a first or second date. If we make plans to go out and then an hour beforehand you tell me you need to reschedule, chances are I will disagree that we need to reschedule.
I feel like making plans are like mini-promises. And when I make promises, I keep them.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
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Am I the only one who shows up for parties when they're actually scheduled to start? it's such a no-brainer...
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DarthMarth - Better than a bowl of Cheerios.
I think people show up late to parties because they don't like to be among the first few guests. In a small crowd, in which everyone can easily keep track of everyone else, you can't be too choosy in selecting who to interact with without losing face.
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The Albino Formerly Known as Mimir
Fortunately my friends are pretty good at giving maybes if they might not follow through. I certainly agree, though; if you don't keep to your plans with someone, you'd better have a damned good reason.
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Shake your windows and rattle your walls.
I'm always early. You punctual people make me sick.
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"...you should try reading my posts being getting all emo." --FoxMetal
Interestingly enough, in some cultures, it's expected to show up sometimes 10 to 30 minutes late. That's just the way they do things. Not America, though it may seem like that.
I'm not the most punctual- typically the five-minutes-late guy, unless it's something important. But hey, I'm only five minutes late because I'm busy looking good -- for you!*
* as common practice, not exclusive to dates
p.s. if it's an old friend, then I don't try to look good, I'm actually probably on wikipedia researching something, but hey, this thing could turn into an interesting conversation piece -- for you!
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I don't understand the punctual side much. I mean, if you're at your own house and I get there late... what, were you bored in your own house waiting for me? Is it because you'd rather spend 3 hours with me than 2 hours and 50 minutes? I mean, if we were planning on chilling a couple hours and you had something to do after, you can still do whatever you wanted at whatever time you wanted, and we just missed out on a few minutes of hanging out.
Now if the person is waiting for you in an uncomfortable place, like out in the rain or something, then surely I can see making sure to be prompt. But when a person's so busy that I have to harry myself to be on time, to exit on time... that person is just not somebody I want to hang with too often.
I wasn't getting at the whole "Holy hell, I hate late people" thing. I was mostly saying people wasting my time piss me off. Being late is one thing. Canceling your own plans is another. My friend Sarah (yes, haha, shut up) is notorious for this. Get this, she plans stuff with me, and then plans stuff with other people. And no, she doesn't do this on purpose. She just honestly forgets. She FORGETS. How the **** can you forget something you planned?
In short, my friends are lame.
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Holy **** we're in the Matrix? - Willis
School: Late
Work: Early
Social: On time.
But yeah, it does irk me when people set up plans and then deliberately go off and do something else the next day. I've got one friend who's terrible about doing that, but at this point it's expected from him.
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Ocarinakid
Yeah, I have a buddy Ryan who is notoriously late, and it's very inconsiderate. We meet up with him at a restaurant and tell him to show up a half hour earlier than we will, and it works generally (he shows up 30 minutes late). Sometimes he shows up an hour late, or not at all.
Once, Ryan made plans to hang out with me back in highschool. I'd call, he said he had to do chores. I'd call a few hours later, he was eating dinner. An hour later, he was at the movies. Finally he came over the next day. Needless to say I wasn't happy to see him.
The crème de la crème, however, would be when he was a pallbearer in my grandpa's funeral. He showed up 30 minutes late! My dad had to help carry in his on father, because he was the only one who could fill Ryan's spot.
What a guy. So, in summary, my grandpa is dead, and this guy was supposed to help me be a pallbearer, and showed up late. What a wombo!!
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I'll just throw out that it *is* polite to be a little bit late to events that are taking place in someone's home, the understanding being that they may be running only a few moments late themselves, and it's better to show up at five minutes past the appointed time and have everyone's hair all fully done.
This, of course, does not apply to restaurants and such. This especially doesn't apply to Chinese restaurants that get unfathomably long lines after 6:00 pm. God I hate that.
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Willis, it seems like every other time you post, I need to look up a word that's in the OED or Urban Dictionary but not both.
-Mimir
Just got back from what was supposed to be a date but wasn't because the guy tried to postpone it two hours after I was already there, waiting for thirty minutes.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
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