To think that lateness is not a good trait in a friend?

[BadEducation]

I have recently stopped making contact with a friend because of her persistent lateness. Not just 5 or 10 minutes, but between 45 minutes and 90 late each time we met up. I was also travelling to her home town, which is about 20 minutes away from me, as she doesn't have access to a car every day, and she would only have a short 5 minute walk to our meet up location. Half the time she wouldn't even bother making any contact about it, or apologise when she arrived.

I just think it's so rude and inconsiderate. I guess she does have a couple of good qualities as a friend, but they're not enough to make me overlook the lateness.

Juju, if you know you underestimate the time, then double it, or set alarm clocks.

And can you manage to get to work on time and catch trains and planes?

I usually have a mental map of what stage I must be at at given times before leaving to a place. Say 10 min for breakfast, 10 for shower, 5-10 to get dressed and ready, and so on.

I have to say that sometimes I'm late on purpose because I know the people I'm meeting.

Bad,
Why didn't you arrange to meet at her place if he was always late and it was only 5 min away from the meeting point?

Once we arranged to meet a friend who was always late and agreed that if she was not there on time, we would walk about and come back 30 min later. There was a slight mix up and she ended up waiting a long time. :o. (pre mobile phones)