10 shits we hate about people who are always late

Last Updated on 2016-05-19 , 1:53 pm

It’s so frustrating being the one kept waiting for your friends who are always running late. Even though the time was confirmed and finalized way before the appointed date, yet they still do manage to make us wait and wait until they finally deem it suitable to grace us with their presence. Don’t you just hate it when your friends are late?

Too much excuses
When your friend finally arrives, they are usually spouting many excuses about why they are late and it is always the same old stories. The actual truth? They just don’t have good time management skills or simply couldn’t be bothered to make the effort to leave their house earlier.

No apologies
They know that they are in the wrong yet when they arrive at the appointed place they do not even have the courtesy to apologize. It’s like your time is not important, only theirs.

Texting on the way when they are still at home
You know your friend has a habit of being chronically late so you check on their progress before you leave your place. They tell you that they are already on the way but you still arrive ages before they do. This is because they have not actually left the house when you texted them. Next time, find out where they are.

Selfishness
It’s just the selfishness of the whole situation. Most of the time their reasons are that they need to do something or they are not ready. Everybody has something that they need to do, but if I can arrange my schedule to make it on time, you can do so as well.

Unreliable
Constantly being late for appointments only emphasizes your unreliability. If you can’t be depended on to arrive on time for a little friendly get-together, it’s hard for someone to rely on you for something more important.

Disrespectful
When you are always late, you are being disrespectful of me and my time. If you are unsure whether you can make it to the appointment or are in danger of over-committing, it’s better to cancel appointments then to stand up someone else.

They hate being early
We get it, you don’t want to be first to arrive so you plan your arrival to be right on time. You don’t want to be the one sitting or standing around awkwardly waiting for your friends to arrive. But have you thought of how your friends also spent the time waiting for you as well?

Not informing when they are going to be late
This is an even bigger fault than saying that you are on the way when you are actually not. Your friends are waiting there for you but they have no idea that you are going to be late so they have the additional burden of worrying about you.

Taking things for granted
They think that we will always be the first to arrive so they take their own sweet time in coming, as inevitably one of their friends will arrive and get the table or place before them. They will then rush in at the last moment full of excuses.

Being stood up
All these is nothing, if in the end your friends stand you up just as you arrived or have been waiting for some time. Don’t be surprised if your friends decide not to invite you out anymore after one too many times of this happening.

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