Being late

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#41

Cute… I got the same kind of enjoyment reading this story as I get from watching Lifetime Network movies. No better guilty pleasure than other people’s problems that will most likely never apply to you.(even though they should)

#42

Schadenfreude.

#43

I was raised with the philosophy that 5 minutes early is 10 minutes late, so I am never late by other people’s standards.

#44

I wish I was like you. But when I am even 5 mins early, I feel I just “wasted” those 5 mins. Irrational I know.

FWIW I do hate being late as well.

#45

^ i don’t know if i could waste 15 minutes waiting for the meeting to start every time. seems pretty unproductive.

#46

My wife is crazy about being punctual for absolutely everything. So a friend says “head over to ours for a drink before we go out, say about 7” and her brain hears “you must be there for 7 or your entire family will die.” We’re friends with a couple that are 30-40 mins late for everything and it pisses her off so much it puts her in a bad mood.

#47

Who says that time has to be unproductive?

#48

I mean there’s different standards (from what I’ve observed) depending on the particular engagement.

You should never be late for a meeting. With a party at someone’s house though? If it starts at 8 and you get there at 8 I would expect you to be the only people there. It’s not hours later like I’ve read in some other countries, but fashionably late is a thing and you kind of look like a herb if you show up right on time for something like that.

#49

I am talking about the physical arrival to a place. Like I said, it isn’t rational

#50

I am annoyed when someone shows up 15 minutes early to a meeting.

#51

Interview candidates do it a lot.

#52

^ yeah, that annoys me as well. They should walk round the block and come in so I’m getting the call from reception at 5 mins to.

#53

I find it annoying too, which is why when I’m 15 minutes early, I work on something else in the parking lot or lobby until a few minutes before the meeting.

#54

^ we had a guy show up like ~20 minutes early a few months ago and our office manager wasn’t here so we had to go let him in and he just sat in the conference room. But I don’t get it, we have a Starbucks right by our building, go wait there if you’re that early

#55

  1. Try visiting SE Asia and you’ll change your tune

  2. Americans are known for being late? Americans are known for not getting anything done? Are you fvcking serious? Have you worked with Europe/Latin America?

#56

this is how I roll.

#57

I like how PA hates America so much that he decided to move back here.

#58

yeah why you move out of Korea kid? I wouldve just stayed in Gangnam,

#59

me n ur wife will get along

#60

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvWCnqY-GWQ autoplay:0]

pretty much my philosophy