Are you a punctual person?

Yes. I'm usually early. On time to work. I have some co-workers who come in a few minutes late. But one who comes in up to 1/2 hour late. I'm not sure but with the new strict administration, she may not be doing so.
 

Veronica said:
I prefer to be on time but not early. If I get there too early I wait in my car. Personally I hate people who show up an hour early. IMO its just as rude as being late. If I invite you for dinner and you show up an hour early I will not be happy. :D
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I have never had anyone show up much too early.. except.. just recently, I had a contractor come to clear away some stuff from the barn and sheds.. and I made the appt for 10am..

At 9am I saw him pull up in his truck and clearly look as if he was going to settle down for a wait.. well I was just a little irritated because I felt I if I hadn't been dressed or the stuff prepared for him I would have felt pushed with his truck sitting out there .. but as it was, everything was ready..so I just went out to him and told him he could come there and then and load everything, which he did very quickly and had finshed and gone about 1/2 hour before his original time of arrival ..
 
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I don't really give a dang about what other people think they need to do.
I try to take care of my area of the world, listen to my wife intently too.
Do the best, make great decisions as the stuff unfolds. Hope the best for all.

My experience with Contractors, is they (crew) get there, have a cup of coffee,
stand behind the Vans front door & take a pee Go to work, so the residents won't
complain, afternoons with a lot done becomes an out of sun rest on the ground too.

Winter days seem to keep me up late into the AM too. I like the long sunlight hours.
 
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I'm always on time or early, but it's a neurotic obsession. Comes from my mother and grandfather. Even when I try to be late I cannot manage it. And I hate waiting for everyone else. People who are habitually late IMO are 'proving' to themselves they're so important that people will just have to wait for them.
 
MrPants said:
I'm always early as well.
Even for Dr. appointments, for which I have yet to have even one Dr. see me right at the appointment time :rolleyes:
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My doctor loves it when Iā€™m early. Usually I try to go in 20 minutes early to relax and let my BP calm down. If heā€˜s available, heā€™s seeing me. Sometimes Iā€™m home before itā€™s time for the appointment. Itā€™s a 15 minute drive max.
 
I was friends with a married couple years ago, that were always late, sometimes by hours, and even by days. Never once were they on time, except for their jobs, where they would get fired for intentional tardiness. The thing is, I don't think they were unable to be on on time because they were just thoughtless. I believe their tardiness was carefully calculated, and projects or distractions were preplanned to insure they would be late. I complained to them, as did their entire family. Sometimes they would giggle about it, sometimes they would act like people were annoying them them.

They offered to take me to the doctor to have stitches removed after an operation. It was 165 miles, but they were taking their visiting parents to the airport, so I had a chance to observe without being affected. I showed up at their house at the time we set to leave, and had a chance to watch their parents start to get nervous, as one thing or another had to be put on hold, or some thing had to be done first. We did get to airport in time for the parents to run from the car and board the plane as the doors to the gate were closing. They were nervous wrecks. This was before all that homeland security had to be put in place.

Honestly, I never figured out why they did this (ALWAYS did this, not just now and then). I could only speculate, and when we did discuss it once, they just became vague. They offered no explanation, and didn't even tell me to go **** myself. I think they liked being mysterious about it, but I'm only guessing.
 
I am generally on time.

If Iā€™m the one setting the time, I sometimes purposely make the timeframe just a bit vague, with some wiggle room in it I.e. ā€œIā€™ll be there around 10.00ish.ā€ I do this at times with clients who are home anyway and arenā€™t concerned with an exact time, just happy Iā€™m going to be there.

For doctorsā€™ appointments, hair appointments, lunch dates etc. I am always on time barring unforeseen circumstances. If Iā€™m going to be late, I will text or call BEFORE Iā€™m supposed to be there to inform how late Iā€™m going to be.

If Iā€™m inviting friends over Iā€™ll set a time, then make my preparations to be done a half hour earlier than theyā€™re due to arrive, just in case. Except for family. Family get togethers are ā€œweā€™ll eat at 5.00 but come as early as you want!ā€ And they do šŸ˜‰ knowing that theyā€™ll likely be put to work chopping veggies or setting the table or whatever.
 
What @Ronni said. If it's an actual "appointment" (i.e. a professional appointment) I'm always on time, but these days most things are a bit loose. I'm too old to get my gut in a knot about such trivial matters. If I'm meeting someone for lunch and they're a little late, I'll just have another cup of coffee. If the plumber is 15 minutes late arriving, I'm not so all-important as to get on my high horse about it.

A nice advantage to being retired is that I no longer feel the need to "sweat the small stuff". :rolleyes:
 

Are you a punctual person? Do I dot my 'I' and cross my 't' ? yes I am a punctual person​

 
Am I punctual? Nope. I'll be there in a few minutes, 2-3. What amazes me are people, who get to an appointment 1 hour before the time. They sit and wait one hour, but they get all flabbergasted if they have to wait a couple of minutes more, but compulsively waiting for an hour didn't bother them? If I have an appointment for 4 PM, I'm walking in the door @ 4 PM. I'm not time OCD about it.
And what meeting/appointment began at exactly to the nanosecond at 4 PM?
 
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I am usually early but I had a car accident on my way to work at one time but managed to get a call to them by using a business phone nearby. This was before I had a cell phone or if they were even around at that time. I like when people are on time.
 
I am always on time. But for family events, I factor in an extra half hour for my daughter and her family that includes 3 kids 5 yrs and under. And for wife and younger daughter, I no longer sweat it if we are late for church. Just sit in the very back!

But for some things, like weddings, it pays for me to ā€œlight a fireā€œ to get things going with the family. One time I let things play out and we became part of the wedding procession!
 
wisenior said:
Being late is not only rude,
but very disrespectful.

You are saying that you do not value the other person's time.
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I respectfully disagree.

This statement assumes that you are taking anotherā€™s lateness personally, as though they are intentionally and with forethought disrespecting you.

You are making their lateness about you when most times itā€™s not. Not at all. Itā€™s about them, their inability to manage their time, or their mental dysfunction, or unforeseen circumstancesā€¦.any number of issues that result in their being late none of which have anything to do with you.

Do you assume your doctor is disrespecting you when you have to wait half an hour or more beyond your appointment time? Or any other professional with whom you are doing business?

Anotherā€™s lateness may have repercussions on you, which absolutely can be irritating, but itā€™s not ABOUT you.
 
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Both my husband and I are extremely punctual. We go to great lengths to ensure we are early for appointments. It is great discourtesy to be late and waste anyone's time without good reason.
 
jujube said:
If I'm late, there had better be some earth-shattering reason, i.e. I'm on the way to the hospital, all the traffic lights in town have gone dark, a hurricane is overhead and many more highly-unlikely excuses.

Otherwise, I'll be there on time if not early.

Unfortunately, I have relatives and friends who don't feel that way, so I cool my heels lot.

On the other hand......showing up TOO early isn't good either. "OMG, SHE'S HERE ALREADY!! Don't answer the door.....I'm still in my underwear!"
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Absolutely, for social visits we are never early either, that is never good. I hate people arriving early for a meal or such.
 
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