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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 2:09:56 GMT
Which one of these are you.?. I'm an early person.Hate to be late for anything. I know I got this from my mother and it used to always drive me crazy because I was always the first person at any given place.
On the other hand,I hate going somewhere with someone,usually a friend and they are perpetually late whether it's for a meeting, a movie, a concert (as in this evening!). Drives me nuts and can ruin a good time and friendship. I end up getting over it until the next time.
I would like to fall in between and be right on time.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2009 2:11:46 GMT
 I am ALWAYS running late. Well, not for movies. It's imperative that I be in my seat before the previews start.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 2:14:37 GMT
I somehow don't perceive you as a late person,which is good. I think it would have stood out in my mind if you were.
Late for movies is a mortal sin.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2009 2:20:29 GMT
Fear makes me prompt.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 2:38:40 GMT
There was a neighborhood meeting this past week,a zoning issue. This lovely woman did a small presentation about a proposed wine bar,put it all out on the table,answered questions ..Several people sauntered in late,repeated questions which the woman graciously answered(again).I ended up leaving the meeting at the time it was supposed to be over as I had another engagement.
I suppose one can get rather anal about this.I think there's a fine line between the two. I do find that tardiness is more prevalent in the South(U.S.)
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Post by hwinpp on May 11, 2009 3:43:14 GMT
Early or on time if it concerns my work, on time or slightly late if it's private. But if I'n late picking somebody up I do send them an SMS before to let them know.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 4:46:43 GMT
I am almost always very early to where I need to be, but I usually try to use the extra time to check out the neighborhood or whatever, which often has me walking through the door right on time.
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Post by pookie on May 11, 2009 5:17:28 GMT
I am an early or on time person. I hate when someone is going to be late and never let you know and you are standing around looking like a goose. A couple of years ago when my sister was having Chemo I took unpaid leave from my job to take her for app and treatments. Everytime I arrived at her house at the appointed time she was in the shower or just getting in. On top of that she would forget paperwork for tests etc ,so we had to turn around and go back. I started to tell her I would be 15 mins earlier. Please be ready or I won't wait . To hard.  This went on for 6 months and drove me to distraction so we ended having words and she had to catch 3 buses to get to app's. |
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Post by gyro on May 11, 2009 6:08:13 GMT
I HATE being late. I'm normally jingling the change in my pocket to leave when realistically we have at least another 10 minutes before we need to go. I'd rather overcompensate than not have enough time.
My sister in law is a NIGHTMARE when it comes to timekeeping. She's never really had a job, so I can occassionally see why she has no concept of keeping to a clock, but that's no excuse for her annoyingly regular habit of TOTAL unreliability. To the point now that if we're meeting for a meal at 1pm, for example, we always tell her the table is booked for 12.30....
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Post by tillystar on May 11, 2009 11:24:08 GMT
Early, I leave lots of time for things to go wrong and end up being there early. I am usually the first one waiting, although I have a couple of friends who I make sure I am 10 mins or so late for and I know I will still be the first one there.
Its OK, it gives me time to sit and read my book.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 13:02:08 GMT
My mother used to drop me at the airport at least 2 hours before a flight. I started lying to her about the time of departure so as to get in a couple more hours of sleep.Even still,I inherited some of her neurosis in this. Mr. C. will check online as to flight times because he knows the alloted time it takes and I insist on getting to airport really,really early. Back then with my mom there were not near the restrictions for checking in as there are now.
The other thing is I HATE being rushed,only compounds my fears of flying.
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Post by gyro on May 11, 2009 13:08:29 GMT
I would say 2 hours before a flight is pretty much spot on, in all honesty. That's what I base travel times etc. on now. Although if you're talking about internal US flights, maybe that's different ...
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 13:19:21 GMT
In this case it was a flight from NY to Boston! One could almost drive there in that time,maybe even hop the ferry across to Connecticut and shoot up the turnpike.
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Post by Jazz on May 11, 2009 13:32:42 GMT
I am erratic. Usually I am early for work. Since years of my life have been timed to the moment (at work), I tend to be more mutinous in my private life but will let people know if I will be late. When inviting people to my home, I have a very relaxed arrival time...'come between 7 and 8'.
Travel is different. Since I love airports, train stations and ports, I am often hours early so that I can enjoy the ambiance of what I feel is the beginning of my trip.
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Post by gyro on May 11, 2009 19:06:27 GMT
One of my favourite travel feelings is sitting in the Final Departure Lounge - where you are technically in no country in the world - after having checked in your luggage, enjoying a nice long drink, waiting for your flight to be called.
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Post by spindrift on May 11, 2009 21:07:17 GMT
I am on on-time person.
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Post by lagatta on May 11, 2009 23:41:31 GMT
A bit off-topic but the proper transport mode between NYC and Boston would be a fast train. Friends are going to Boston this weekend, and believe it or not, nowadays from Montréal, by train one has to go down to NYC and then back up to Boston! I really hope the Obama/Biden talk of a rapid northern New England train comes to fruition - it would be Boston-Montréal, probably by way of Burlington Vermont and somewhere in New Hampshire. The railway transport was much better 60 years ago.
They wound up renting a car, though they had got rid of their car.
As for me, generally on time, though I have lost my bearings in cities I didn't know well.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2009 0:06:43 GMT
I agree lagatta ,the train from NYC to Boston was fast and easy(in 1971),very efficient. We would take trains from Boston to NYC to go to concerts quite a bit back then. I have very fond memories of train travel to and fro.
My flights to Boston were from a small airport on the middle of Long Island,MacArthur in Islip,now much bigger. I lived out on the very end of the island and the trip into NYC was too much for my mother( almost 100 miles versus 50 to Islip).
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Post by happytraveller on May 12, 2009 5:13:22 GMT
I am an on time person too. The only time I am late (but not more than 10 minutes) is when we are invited over at friends. But then it is my hubby who is not ready on time...
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2009 7:04:33 GMT
I left ten minutes late for the office today, which means that I only arrived 30 minutes ahead of time instead of 40.
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Post by hwinpp on May 12, 2009 7:35:33 GMT
I arrive at the coffee shop near my office at 07:30 and have two Vietnamese coffees before I go to work.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2009 11:46:54 GMT
I have found I am not near as early since joining this forum.  |
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Post by andrevogelaar on May 13, 2009 8:45:14 GMT
I think it mostly depend on the cultural habits as well:) Of course first of all it depends on the type of person you are. I am trying not to be late, because I consider it as an offense towards the person I have to meet with so being late shows kind of a lack of respect. Once again that is my subjective opinion about that  |
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Post by spindrift on May 13, 2009 9:48:50 GMT
Andre is right! That's how I feel about it. I used to give a friend a lift every week to a certain event (meditation). Invariably she'd keep me waiting in my car outside her house whilst she was chatting on the phone inside. For a long time I said nothing, being forbearing and trying to be patient, but I'd then be under pressure to get to meditation on time and this wasn't good for my mind. After many months I told her she couldn't go on like that and I found her rude. She thought about this for a couple of weeks then came to me, said sorry and was thereafter always on time. We are still friends.  |
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Post by rikita on May 22, 2009 20:25:16 GMT
i tend to be late... there have been times when i was often very late, though i try harder to be on time if i know someone is waiting for me... if i meet someone at their place then i might not try as hard... was always late for class for a few years... at work, i am often five or ten minutes late, fortunately at my job they tend to not give me trouble for it, though i need to work on being on time i think...
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 1:18:12 GMT
rikita,you're right on time here ,been up climbing around again? |
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Post by rikita on May 23, 2009 11:41:32 GMT
no, haven't climbed much at all lately... was at my bf's place for a week, didn't get around much to sit at the computer there...
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