Seriously, who are these people who are LATE all the time? Do they stop making excuses or do they continue to pretend that they actually intended to be on time? Sorry but it drives me nuts. If I know that I have something happening at 10am, I am not going to be at the store at that time. I will not be feeding my child at that time. I will not still be AT MY HOUSE at that time. It is so frustrating to me that some people are chronically late and seem completely unaware what an inconvenience it is to everyone else. Obviously, there are sometimes legitimate reasons for said lateness. However, when you are late 100% of the time, there is a problem. I wish that these people could find it in themselves to work on this issue. I wish they realized how frustrating it is for those of us who COULD HAVE been doing a lot of other things if we had know that we'd be waiting 40 minutes for them to show up. I could have taken my time when I rushed out to do an errand so that I could be back in time.
Do you think they are late when they know the flight is leaving at 10? That church is starting? Do you think they are late when they have a job interview? The answer is, sadly, yes, these people are sometimes late for even those big events.
Hmmmph!
What do you think about this?
About Me
- Robyn
- Wife to Jared and mother to three beautiful children, Austin (9), Olivia (7), and Ashley (4). I am a running, baking, cooking, cleaning, photo-taking and reading fanatic. Currently working part-time as a personal trainer and loving it!
4 comments:
Dr. Phil would say they're late because they believe they're time and what they're doing is more important than everything else. I agree.
I hate being late and very rarely am, usually just by a tiny bit if so, but hate it when people are chronically late, especially if it's by a lot.
Sorry, I don't get what you mean... he says they think they are on time?
Yes, I do believe that they think what they're doing is more important than everything else. That is exactly the problem.
I don't mind if it's 5, even 10 minutes... it's the 30 minutes plus that I don't get. Sometimes 45 minutes. When it's not even close. It's like they didn't even try to be on time. Didn't even rush. Don't even feel apologetic. That's what I have an issue with.
Oh no, it sounds like you were waiting on someone? I agree 40 minutes is a lot! They really must be in their own reality.
I do have to confess, though, that I am almost always 5 minutes late. It is one the biggest things that I dislike about myself. It seems that once I get on track and am on time, I have another baby and it throws everything out of whack. Now that Ewan is older, it is getting a little better. There have been a couple times when I will have the boys all ready and will go put stuff in the van (diaper bag, soccer stuff, stroller, etc) and I will come back in the house and they will all have their shoes and jackets off and be jumping around the couch. Or they will go out the back door and get in the mud. When that happens, it's like I just want to sit down and cry or something. Grrr!!!
If it helps you to understand why I am so frustrated... once this person DID show up and half-heartedly offered a semi-excuse (not apologetically) for why they were late it was, "I was shopping for a swimsuit for my daughter". This was at 9 oclock in the morning people! If you had to be somewhere at 9:30 and the shops OPEN at 9am why would you even go? I don't get it! Ok, ok, my venting is over.
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