ok, i get a feel where you "patience" level is; are you always "on time"?
 

the flip side of the coin. when you make plans, are you on time? i always try to be on time. if anything, it is for the sake, that my timing sometimes affects others.

my wife is having friends over for dinner, cool people. they are never ever on time. i am going southern style. fried chicken, mash potatoes +gravy, and greens. top it off with some home made biscuits for gravy sopage. with the exception of the greens, everything is better piping hot, fresh cooked. the group just called. they are running one hour behind. i am not heating up an oven or fry oil til they get here.

sadly my kitchen is tiny. i cant get guest involved. simply no room. i will be downgraded to cook, while my wife keeps the guest chatty.

i am practicing "patience". beer helps, but i havent cracked a bottle yet.

oh, you = your (in my thread title)

Yep, I make every effort to be on time if a specific time is specified. I don't like to be kept waiting(see the patience thread) so I don't like others to be waiting for me.



And dinner sounds awesome. I like the fact that you are building in biscuit soppage.:D

You just have to dip the biscuits in the gravy or you just ain't doin' it right.


I had my Mom's roast beast this week and she sent home leftovers.

I couldn't wait until lunchtime the next day.

thank goodness, KILL BILL is on tv. the scene where she takes out the yakuza is on. creepy chick with the mace on a chain is about to die.

I'm a complete ass about being on time. And, yes, I am on time 99% of the time.

I typically plan to show up a few minutes early and wait so that I am always on time.

Creepy?

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Me too. I can't stand being kept waiting so I don't make others late. I'm always running on time in the office. If I'm 15 minutes behind, my apology will be sincere.

The rule at work is...if you're late...even 1 minute...breakfast for the office...only exception is if you're knockin off a piece...some things can't be rushed;)

I am 99% always early, I think being late it the height of disrespect. I have been late but its typically a bad snowstorm, accident, road closures or some other major unpredictable event that would cause it.

It is is simply bad manners to be late. I am almost never late, there are very few acceptable excuses.

I'm very punctual, ask anyone.

Early. The Japanese in me shines through. And my wife is early. So we are like double early. More often than not we have to drive around for 15 minutes to not be too early. Early is good. Ask me about sitting in airports. For me, on time is early.

When we have plans, I am on time. My wife I have nicknamed "tortuga". Unless things are really bad, then she is "caracol"...

I think I'm early to a fault, my wife always gives me crap about it.
Parties= early
Class=first one there
meetings=early
Checking into hotels=early
Reservations=early

I am always early. Unless I am with my dad. Then I am late.

2 kinds of people, habitually late and always on time.

I'm ALWAYS early and I bet the number of hours I have waited for people in my 50 years would be a big number.

I agree we Shaun84Targa,

I don't think she's creepy.

Uh, what was the question anyway?

I hate guests that are late if they are invited for dinner. If they overdo it, I quit inviting them. If I really like them otherwise, I do not start cooking until they show up and make something fast.

George

I've never been late for anything in my life.

Always-in-time

I am fanatically on time or early. I am also very intolerant of people who are late. Once, OK, but after that it becomes clear to me that this is a habit and you are used to having people accomodate you.

So I don't accomodate them. Whatever it is, it begins at the appointed time. If you are an hour late, you will need to fish the leftovers out of the refrigerator and heat them in the microwave.

When I hold WEBEX meetings and someone is late, I start without them. When they come online (late) and ask questions we've already covered I tell them (with the whole group listening) that we've already covered that and to please contact me after the meeting - then I keep the meeting moving. Sorry if you're lost, next time show up on time like all the rest of us.

I'm kind of a jerk about this... :rolleyes:

angela

If you're NOT early,

You're late.

Don't you know how you do this. Seems impossible given the cross section of folks I deal with daily. Someone always wants 30 minutes in a 15 min slot, actually 2-3 per half day. In addition, someone is always sick (and waited for the appt to tell anyone) which means at least one more 30 min in 15 min slot. Watch out if I'm on call and a couple of cases come in during office hours. The later I get, the testier, but people just don't seem to get it, patients being on time or office staff getting folks in post haste.

As to parties, Vash's experience of 1hr late is much different than being a few minutes late, and size of party matters. Big party, especially one I don't want to spend a lot of time on, I'll come late and be able to bail early. Two couples only, we'll be on time. Business appts, I'm usually on time unless circumstances dictate otherwise. Some of you folks sound scary:eek:

A well trained office staff can do wonders for scheduling appropriately. I get thrown scheduling curve balls all the time. If I'm running late in the operating room my staff will reschedule all the appointments. I will not have a waiting room full of angry patients when I return. I don't need that stress. If I have a complicated visit like a new cancer diagnosis I will ask them to return during the noon hour or at the end of the day so we can spend more time together. They always appreciate it when I make time for them even if it means they need to make a second trip to the office.

So where do I find the time slots for all these rescheduled appointments? I book a two hour lunch break EVERY DAY. That leaves plenty of time to see daily emergencies and rescheduled patients.

I'm sure I could see more patients every day if I stacked them in my waiting room like cord wood. I couldn't stand to work like that.

I used to be within a minute of any appointment at a residence and did that for 40 years. Early at businesses. Any more, I could give a crap as long as I'm within 15 minutes.

When I was a consultant, I would prefer to be 1/2 hour early and hang in the parking lot than 5 minutes late. Now, I find I tell people I'll be there between 10 and 10:30 "depending on traffic" and they're cool with that; mostly because now THEY'RE the consultant, not me.

I am 99.9% on time or early. I learned that from my parents. Dinner was at 6:30 not 6:31.

I find that there are 2 main types of late people amongs those that are late...
1) Those that don't give a hoot
2) Those that can't budget time and/or have no concept of time

For instance, a type 1 late arrival would consist of a phone call slightly before the designated meeting time, with a mild mannered explanation and tone...i.e. "We're running late, see you in about 1/2 hour"

A type 2 late arrival would consist of no phone call, or a phone call after the designated meeting time...Usually a more apologetic tone, with a touch of frantic, along with a more detailed explanation is seen in this case...i.e. "Sorry I'm late, I've been running around all afternoon and I got stuck at the dmv, wal-mart, etc."


I find that you are better off with those in group #1 than in group #2. You can plan on group #1 running late all the time, and usually budget accordingly. Sometimes you can actually tell them an early meeting time, assuming that they will arrive late. Type #2, although they are occasionally on-time, will be unpredictable.

For personal stuff, I am almost never late. If I think I might be late, warning is given to the host as soon as I know.

Sometimes unexpected stuff happens. I was once late to a wedding in Highland Park a few years ago because a Ravinia concert was starting and traffic was backed up on the road I needed to take. Instead of taking 45 minutes (and I left an hour beforehand--giving myself an extra 15 minutes), it took an hour and a half.

For work, I am constantly late for meetings (and constantly leaving meetings early) because I constantly have back-to-back meetings scheduled in different buildings. It often takes me 15-30 minutes to physically get between meetings that are scheduled back-to-back. Once again, I try to let the host know and try to get them to reschedule, but sometimes I'm the least important person invited and I have to accomodate (and I'm the one that ends up looking bad).

It's not polite to be late.

We have family friends that are always late. We're not talking 15 - 20 minutes late either, we're measuring in hours. We finally solved the problem by telling them a time about an hour or two earlier than when everyone else was getting there. Has worked out pretty well so far.