I dislike late people.

[HKGuns]

My mother told me if you can’t be on time, be early, which I usually am…….

[titsonritz]

If you're going to be late at least have the common courtesy to call and not 15 min before the meet.

[SteyrAUG]

For anything important, I am on time.

But sometimes life happens, things beyond my control pop op and back up my entire day. But if I know I'm gonna be late and I'm going to inconvenience somebody, they will get a call as soon as it's obvious I'm not gonna pull it off. In most cases this means they haven't even left yet for out meeting and we simply reschedule.

I personally hate being late, it means I'm not in control of my day.

[robbins290]

Hurry up and wait?

The other stupid thing that's silly but drives me insane is slobs who leave cook time on the microwave and walk away. Happens at work and at home. Reason #87 I root for the mass shooter.

Im not saying i expect the person to be 15 mins early. I was referencing that i am never late. If I set up a meet for 4. I wont get upset if he is 15 mins.

[yoni]

I had a guy show up at 4 pm for a 9am meeting.

[AKDoug]

As an employer I can't stand it. Our employee handbook says that you must be at your station and ready to work at your scheduled time. It also says that we will pay up to 15 min. of overtime if you get there early. Some folks care, some folks don't. The folks that care usually make another $1500 a year or more.

Personally, I hate being late and I'm married to a woman that agrees. It makes life super easy.

[militarymoron]

I'm usually on time or early, and always plan ahead. Late people are one of my pet peeves (and my wife's). To me it's disrespectful of my (and others) time, and a sign of poor time management. If someone's late more than once or twice, we refuse to make plans with them again. Years ago, I started beating my boss into work (he's a real early bird), and made it a habit. One of my managers told me years ago that no one cares if you stay later than everyone else at the end of the work day (there's no one there to see you), but everyone notices if you consistently show up late to work in the morning.

[Coal Dragger]

I show up early to scheduled events, or personal engagements.

I just don’t give a rats ass about giving my employer one extra second of my time anymore. Particularly when they have laid off so much staff that they can’t cover the work needing to be done.

A few years ago the stupid shits couldn’t keep enough people available and had to remove something like 13 turns on a pool ahead of me. Then short called me by 1 hour and 15 minutes. Well screw them I was 200 miles away operating on the crazy notion I wasn’t projected to go to work for about 12 hours.

So yeah I was late. In fact I made zero effort at all to be on time. I called the crew caller and dispatcher and told them I was going to be late. They asked how soon I would be there, I told them about 5 hours, if you have someone else you should call them instead. They did not gave anyone, so they had to wait.

Screw them.

[SteyrAUG]

I had a guy show up at 4 pm for a 9am meeting.

Did he still get hired?

[AKDoug]

I show up early to scheduled events, or personal engagements.

I just don’t give a rats ass about giving my employer one extra second of my time anymore. Particularly when they have laid off so much staff that they can’t cover the work needing to be done.

A few years ago the stupid shits couldn’t keep enough people available and had to remove something like 13 turns on a pool ahead of me. Then short called me by 1 hour and 15 minutes. Well screw them I was 200 miles away operating on the crazy notion I wasn’t projected to go to work for about 12 hours.

So yeah I was late. In fact I made zero effort at all to be on time. I called the crew caller and dispatcher and told them I was going to be late. They asked how soon I would be there, I told them about 5 hours, if you have someone else you should call them instead. They did not gave anyone, so they had to wait.

Screw them.

How long until you're done? If my life was like that I'd find something new, but I get sticking around for retirement. I operate in an entirely different world of management/employee relationships. I wake up every day grateful that the men and women that work for me find it important enough to show up every day and produce. I reciprocate by not being a petty, micromanaging pain in the ass. I can't recall the last time I called someone to cover for an emergency. Shit, they usually notice the problem and work out who's going to cover it long before I get the phone call.