Late? Early? On Time?| Pad Patter 5-17

[jk703]

I'm always early. I hate being late.

My mom is late to everything and it drives me absolutely bonkers. She was even late to my wedding. I expected it from her but come on!

lol! I was late to my own wedding! And then when I got there... others must have been late too... cause the guys and my Dad were all outside. So, I ended up having to wait in the limo!

 

[michelepixels]

I am naturally an early bird and always got everywhere before the appointed time . . . until I had kids. It took me many years to learn to start getting my kids ready earlier because I always mistakenly expected it to take less time than it actually did. Now that they're all teen/pre-teen we do arrive places on time, usually, but I have begun to use the trick of telling them it's almost time to go out earlier than we really need to leave.

 

[lorryfach]

ome events have a schedule, and others are like, this is the earliest time I'll be prepared for you. In the former case, I'll be early, but not in the latter. If I'm ever in any doubt, I'll just ask. "Would you rather I come at Xtime and help get ready, or Ytime when you're done?"

 

[Lor]

I try to be an on-timer and usually am, but sometimes things beyond my control louse that up.

 

[carrie1977]

lol! I was late to my own wedding! And then when I got there... others must have been late too... cause the guys and my Dad were all outside. So, I ended up having to wait in the limo!

See...if it was me that was late then that would have been totally fine. I think that's more acceptable than holding up a wedding because the mother of the bride can't be on time. LOL!

 

[scrapsandsass]

I'm always a few minutes early. One of my good friends was always late... like really late, and it drove me nuts. When I was working, I didn't like getting there super early, but I wasn't ever late unless there was horrific traffic. And with Kennedy being in school, I get there almost a half an hour early to pick him up because otherwise there is nowhere to park... I wouldn't normally be there *that* early. But I use that time to read. So it isn't wasted. It is just a condensed reading period with parking.

 

[angiekey]

I grew up in a military family where the motto was, "To be early is to be on time. To be on time is to be late. And to be late is unacceptable." So to keep my anxiety in check, I like to arrive 5 minutes early. Always.

But when I got married, I learned that it's one thing when getting out the door on time is 100% dependent on you ... when it depends on a wonderful (but scattered) husband and inattentive stepkids ... it's something else entirely. I've had to learn to find peace in the midst of their lateness and just communicate openly with the people we're meeting. Thank God for text messaging!

 

[y_baros]

I'm perpetually late. Doesn't matter if I'm by myself or if I have the whole gang with me. I always start out with the intention of being on time, but something always seems to muck it up for me. That said, I'm not one of those 30+ minutes late for everything type of people. Since my SIL has had kids, she can't EVER get anywhere on time. Not even to dinner at my IL's house...which is 5 minutes from hers. We can honestly count on her to show up AT LEAST an hour later than she says she will. If she arrives anywhere before you do, you know you're REALLY late! lol

 

[Sokee]

this is too funny I picked up my daughter in law yesterday and she told me ' I can always count on you being here when you say your going to be here' I'm a person that was raised to NEVER be late. As a matter of fact if I feel like we are running late I feel myself starting to panic. So I always leave with enough time that if I need too I will park down the road and read a book for a few minutes so I can arrive at the proper time.
Had a friend who was ALWAYS late and it drove me NUTS and when I mean late it would be like 1/2 hour late.... sigh... who feels like waiting around for 1/2 hour + for someone to arrive!!
She always used her children as her reason for being late. Ummmm..... looking around, I had more children than she did. LOL. Part of that is learning to organize the night before. I always had an extra bag, in my van with what you needed in it so if you needed to rush out the door you were always ready for what the day would bring.

 

[amien1]

My mom was always late when we were kids (so we were by proxy) and it always drove me crazy. I'm typically a few minutes early person! Having a family has definitely made that a struggle at times- but we're never late to anything. I think it's rubbed off on my daughter as she is very aware of time & starts to have anxiety if she's running late. She leaves for the bus 8 minutes early (seriously!) and it takes maybe 1 minute to walk to the bus stop My sister on the other hand... we call it "Piper time" (which is her married last name) because all the Piper's (her husbands entire family) run late- like hours sometimes. We usually start without them!

Professionally- as a dental hygienist- I HATE when I run behind. I try very hard to stay on time with my patients (sometimes it's out of my control- like waiting for the dr exam or something) but as a patient in other dr's offices- I completely get annoyed when my appointment time goes by & I'm still waiting! I try to not let that happen to my patients! This also rubs off into my scrapping commitments- I'm never late (unless unforeseen circumstances appear!)

 

[keepscrappin]

I'm an on-time or 5-minute early person. I hate to be late and I hate it when people are late and make me wait and then they don't think it's a big deal that they're late. I know life happens. It happens to me too. We all have cell phones nowadays, so if something comes up, and you're going to be more than 5 minutes late, please let me know. Otherwise, please be on time.

@amien1 - I too hate waiting at Dr. appts. I always get there early and then get anxious when my time has come and gone. I especially hate when they take you back to a room and leave you there for an hour before the doctor comes in. That happened to me both times I went to the doctor this month.

 

[MrsPeel]

Even though all Latinos have a fame of being late,isn't always the case, and I learned a lot all my life by having jobs where you NEED to be on time or early, so I try to be early more than anything as outside factors can delay you...., apart from when invited to people's houses, like we all agree...none likes to have guest arriving early...and as I tend to be running late when I'm cooking these days.... I try not to.
Sarita is a last minute person....that drives me insane!

I like to be half an hour early for everything. If I'm invited to someone's house, I would never go in early. I just like to be ready for the unexpected. I don't like to rush, ever. So, I plan ahead. But, please tell me why I'm always late to the chats! My husband couldn't be on time to save his soul. You know that saying he'll be late to his own funeral? Yep, that's him.

I like to be ready for the unexpected too....
you should give me your phone number, I could call you before the chat!!!

I Once, living in Africa, we were invited to dinner at friends/workmates home for 7pm. The had just arrived from South America. We knew not to arrive early for dinners (yes, who doesn't hate the guest who comes 30 mins early!) but our host answered the door and looked so surprised! Apparently, saying 7pm in their last country meant come at 8. They hadn't showered or gotten dressed etc.

LOL yes, this is majority of Latinos... and sometimes I have come close to leaving a party when they invited us to a barbecue LUNCH at 3pm , so I thought Ok, maximum an hour to get the food done? I would have started in the morning if it was me cooking...but nope.
We ended up having dinner, as they didn't even have the barbecue grill put together!!!! I already wasn't drinking much at the time, so waiting for 5 hours surrounded by people who were ....not a good option, plus a rumbling loud belly LOL


@amien1 & @keepscrappin

oh story of my life...waiting around in doctors surgery or hospital clinics... really really angers me