People who are late

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

Do they actually realise you’ve planned your day around the time agreed?

It’s so frustrating to waste a day waiting on late people, especially those who fail to let you know in advance that they will be late.

DD’s friend is due here. They could only do a short window which is fine, dd has been looking forward to it. We didn’t make any other plans today so they could play freely. I’m a childminder so we are usually out and about a lot.

They are now almost an hour late. They confirmed this morning so who knows what’s going on.

They aren’t unusual in this behaviour but I don’t tend to make plans with flaky people so this will probably be a first and last play date until Dd is old enough to make her own plans which is a shame but I hate wasted days and I just think it’s rude.

Is anyone here a habitually late person? What happens?

"Punctuality is the politeness of princes". My parents brought us up with that belief, and on that basis we binned many parents when DD was little. Harsh? Possibly, but if you don't show up on time, without a call BEFORE the appointed time, you're disappointing our child. That gets you on the shit list.

There is , I think, a difference between being late while keeping people informed and just getting to s an appointment in your own sweet time leaving people wondering what is going on

DH admitted that he hates 'waiting around ' so would rather be late than waiting for someone else. He didn't seem to see how that is just a race to the bottom.

There was the day we missed his good friends funeral, just had to mingle with the mourners as they came out of the service.

He's not been quite so bad since then.