If someone said they'd arrive between 9:00 and 9:30 - what time would you expect them?

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What time?

I'd be there no later than 9.20am. My sister would say "I'll pick you up at 9.30am" and not actually turn up until 10.50am. I would be ready by 9am.

It depends on how far they're coming, if there's bad traffic it could delay them but if it got to 9.45 than I would expect a call or message with an update.

If it was me 8:50 but if it was other folks then maybe 9:15... I'd be out the house and gone by 9:32 whether they arrived or now, I hate late people!

Anytime between 9 & 9.30 - 10/15 mins late wouldn't cross my mind. Wouldn't be impressed if someone turned up at mine early tho (ie before 9 in the scenario) as I wouldn't be organised!

How many posts before more context is given 🙄

Depends who it is. If it was my mother, then about 1pm 🤣
I'm super punctual though, so I would arrive literally between 9 and 9:30

Average person - between 9 and 9:30.

You've said there are excited children involved, so if they also have excited children to get out of the house, then I would probably expect them to be late as getting excited children out of the house is a pure nightmare.

If I had excited children at home, I would tell them the visitors were expected around half 9, maybe a bit later just to stop them asking me every 30s.

I would expect them to come any time after 9am. I hate it when people arrive early as I am more likely than not still tidying up right up until 9am!

Surely this is often traffic and delays to starting so can be any time plus 10 mins at the end. If you were arriving at 9:15 just say it

Depends what for and how far they are coming, if it's a meal I wouldn't be later than 9:15. If I were coming from a distance I would aim to be early just in case and hang around to knock the door at 9:01.

Absolutely not a thing.
Some people have no bloody manners or idea how to behave socially; that’s definitely a thing.

That's pretty rude. I wouldn't be laughing at that "joke"

I'm really strict about punctuality, but in this case I don't think it's suuuuuch a big deal to be late. Assuming OP was in the comfort of her own home and hadn't prepared a meal ready to serve or they didn't need to get away for a booking at a particular time.

We all have so many demands on our time, I think it's good to relax that on casual social occasions.

I'd expect the people to arrive between 9 and 9:30, just like they said. Or I'd expect a phone call to let me know if they were running late. I like being punctual to things though. I get so stressed out being late!!

Surely anytime between those times?

The point of giving between 09:00 and 09:30 is so you don’t expect them at an exact time which you’ve kind of done anyway

I would expect them to arrive at any point between 9:00 and 9:30. I think half an hour is a pretty generous window so (catastrophes aside) turning up much later than 9:30 would be rude. However, I'm autistic, a stickler for timekeeping, and would rather turn up early and sit in my car for twenty minutes than be two minutes late.

If driving, I would give a specific time rather than a window. If taking public transport, I'd say "the train gets in to your local station at 9:12, so I should be at your house by 9:20", then I'd text to let them know if the train was late.

There is a clock that everyone recognises - the actual time

If you say you will be here between 9 and 930, then fucking turn up between 9 and 930 (my ire is not to you @Reugny its to the arrogant lazy fuckers who do not think that my time is as important as theirs - and I dont give a flying shit that its just not that important, yes it is important)

Any time within that window, or just after.

Excited kids is irrelevant.

I feel so special reading the responses. I would say between 9 to 9.30 as they stated 😂

My Aunt and GM once arrived at my mums at 2:00 am, they were expected in the afternoon later that day. They were packed and decided not to go to bed and just come early. They were throwing stones at the upstairs windows to wake us up. My mum was not amused.

This!!!!!

I would only expect them at 9.15 if they said 'I'll be arriving at 9.15'.

If they said they'd be arriving between 9 and 9.30 I wouldn't have any set expectation of which point during that half-hour window they would turn up.

If someone told me to arrive 'between 9 and 9.30' I'd probably turn up very near 9.30. If they wanted me there closer to 9, they should have said so.

If someone is leaving an 30 minute window I'd think they were anticipating some difficulties en-route so I wouldn't be surprised if it was later than 9:30 although I would expect a text / message if they were going to be later........unless they were the only adult and driving

By 9.30 latest

Go on OP, tell us what time your guests actually arrived!