Punctuality, some folks have no concept of it.

[nascar_red]

I think Brad Paisley said it best "waitin on a woman" I have been married 34 years and more times than not we arrive at everything 10 to 15 minutes late. She works for Habitat for Humanity and we went this past week to an event for her office and were going to arrive a few minutes early. She would have none of that, so we drove around the area until the starting time. We arrived about 5 minutes after it started.

 

[DeathGrip]

In Hollywood, 30 minutes late is considered early.

AKA fashionably late.

 

[speedyquad]

if i'm not 20 minutes early, i am late...my wife is the same way. my brother who is 10 years younger is early if he is 45 minutes late...his wife is the same way...she is a teacher, i hope she is not late to class.

i'm not sure how the two if us ended up so different in that respect.

 

[Mickey D]

I remember watching this commercial and thinking, "Travis, I'm six weeks late".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzQkenNMjXg

 

[LVSteve]

In Hollywood, 30 minutes late is considered early.

My late wife was from SoCal and operated this way. She had a morbid dread of being in the first 95% to arrive at any social function. Most folk in Vegas have the Early Habit and she found it impossible to adjust. It did frost me at times. Still, at least she was not one of those accursed Morning People. As a British comedian wrote in his WWII memoirs, "Early was invented by the Germans to break us. It nearly worked."

 

[Engieman]

When we had positions to fill, I was often the interview/selection official. You have no idea how many people would show up late for a job interview with no viable excuse. Telling me there was a 'long line at Starbucks' didn't cut it with me. Rather than interview them, and push back the schedule to accommodate their lateness....thereby 'punishing' the following candidate who is on time, I'd tell to go home, call HR and see if they could schedule another interview date. Being late for an interview, and or late on the first day of work....really punched all the nasty buttons for me. Why people don't 'recon' the interview location in advance so they know where they're going, start out early and aren't late is beyond me. Speaks volumes as to their future punctuality and dependability.

 

[BearBio]

When we had positions to fill, I was often the interview/selection official. You have no idea how many people would show up late for a job interview with no viable excuse. Telling me there was a 'long line at Starbucks' didn't cut it with me. Rather than interview them, and push back the schedule to accommodate their lateness....thereby 'punishing' the following candidate who is on time, I'd tell to go home, call HR and see if they could schedule another interview date. Being late for an interview, and or late on the first day of work....really punched all the nasty buttons for me. Why people don't 'recon' the interview location in advance so they know where they're going, start out early and aren't late is beyond me. Speaks volumes as to their future punctuality and dependability.

I would plan to be a 1/2 hour early and drive around the block or sit in the car. Worked good except when I interviewed in Atlanta in the summertime.

 

[LVSteve]

When we had positions to fill, I was often the interview/selection official. You have no idea how many people would show up late for a job interview with no viable excuse.

I did have a good excuse once. British Rail cancelled my train.

 

[P&R Fan]

I married into a family that will all be an hour late for their own funerals. Drives me crazy, I am always on time.

I gotta believe when I expire, one of my Heavenly rewards is God's going to give me back all the time I spent jangling my keys, looking at my watch and muttering "will that Woman PLEASE hurry up!!"
'Least I hope so.
Jim

 

[jlrhiner]

I'd rather be 5 hours early than 5 minutes late. And then I got married.

 

[mc5aw]

Sorry about being late to this Punctuality thread.

 

[Nobius]

I haven't been on time to anything since meeting my wife.

 

[wuluf]

My wife is chronologically challenged and I'm always early. She says (and I agree) that she's never made us late for anything important. Of course it's her definition of important! S'ok, honey, I'll go warm up the car....