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

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What time?

My relatives - anytime from 9:15 to 10ish
In laws - 8:35
certain friends - around 11

9:28

Personally I'd be there around 9.10

Most people I know would piss me off and be there by 9.40

Which I cannot stand

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Is this to do with a tv programme?

FGS. Why don’t you just ask what you really want to ask 🙄

08:55 - 09:20

Lots of military family and friends - so if you're not 5 mins early, you're late!

For other people, I'd expect what it says on the tin, with an update call/message by 09:25 if they know they're running late.

Any time between those two times, but probably towards the latter end. I would fully expect them not to be late, given that they had a window of time during which to arrive.

If they were Italian, 11:00 the next day.

To be fair, you didn’t mention excited kids. Or any context at all. But IME excited kids take longer to actually get ready than normal. So I stand by my answer ☺️

Some old friends of ours - about ten past 11 - if we were lucky!

If someone is giving you a half hour of time, I'd bet on them being a terminally late person, and mentally see it as 9:30, and expect them at 10am. But if you know the person usually tries to be punctual, then 9:30 at the latest.

It depends on why they've given you a half hour window of arrival time - if it's to do with unreliable public transport, for example, then I'd cut them slack, and get ready for 9:30, but not expect them to arrive on the dot.

Were they coming to watch TV?

Is that why you posted in Telly Addicts?

9.30 though depending on some people and family more like 10

must be that they came too late or early and she’s missed her fav show.

That's what I said. If you expect them before 9:30 and are disappointed that's on you. 9:31 onwards it's on them.

Would expect 8.30 to 10.00 arrival, from horrid experience.
If I said 9 to 9.30, it would mean that exactly and probably relate to travel times allowing for traffic etc.

Um, any time between 9am and 9.30am. Definitely not before 9am - that would be rude. Anything later than 9.35am would require a text to apologise and say that they were running late.

If I meant 9.15, I would say 9.15.

Depends who it is but anytime between 09:30 and 10:00 I'd have thought. Most people are busy and nobody likes being early to a kid's party. Why is this in Telly Addicts?

Agreed. But people don't behave like this. Some people don't. Many. Alas.

By 9.30 at the latest.

9.15

About 9:20-9:25. It sounds like a casual arrangement though so as long as they were with me by about 9:50 I probably wouldn’t worry about it

People don’t behave like this??
Most normal people do, actually.