Are you always late or prefer to be early?

Is this the first thread for ages on which everyone is in agreement? No one here is ever late apparently! Me too. Always at the station in time for the train before mine. Always sitting in the car for ages while DH faffs around.

Exactly that MissAdventure

I’m always early to arrive, but loiter out of view until the appointed time if I’m meeting up with someone. I’d much rather that than be late.
Must be the result of a timetabled existence for most of my life!

late is rude

It really riles me when people are an hour or so later than arranged.
It's as if my time is less important than theirs.

I am the same as the poster, I am always early but my family are never there when they promise to be.

When we go on holiday, they tell me they will collect me at 8 am as we have a long drive ahead of us, so I get up early, then at 8 am when I am ready and waiting for them I get a text telling me it will be 10 am by the time they get to my house. It drives me bonkers and I think very inconsiderate especially when I am nearly 82 years old and no longer good at getting up early in the morning and they are nearly half my age. They could not organise a booze up in a brewery. If they had small children then I could understand it but they are adults who fancied a sleep in.

They have always done this but because I am grateful for them taking me on holiday once a year I say nothing and get ready as per usual and then sit down with a coffee and watch a film.

I’m always far too early and would be really stressed if late for anything.

My eldest son on the other hand is always late. He’s so bad we’ve been known to tell him he’s needed half an hour earlier than necessary. Even then he’s not always on time!

I am and have always been early. My DH is the same only more so. Our AC who are also good time keepers laugh at our early earlyness.

I used to be almost in tears at being with my daughter or ex, on our way to something important.

I am always early or on time. I have a friend who gives herself lots of time to get ready but always turns up late and in a stressed state.

I try to be a few minutes early if meeting someone. I really hate being late for anything. I hate people I am meeting being late too, unless they have a reasonable excuse - traffic jam, etc.

I'm precisely on time. No wasted time on either side.

I like to be early but am often late!

My dad always used to say it's better to be two hours too early than two minutes too late; I've stuck with this all my life, although not usually for the two hours!

Another saying I've often quoted is that lateness, like virginity, is not a matter of degree; you either are or you aren't!

I’m quite an anxious person especially when going anywhere don’t really know why? However I’m always early hubby total opposite I’m forever waiting at the door or in the car drives me mad!

I am always early or on time. I always have been and would get anxious at the thought of being late. I do have family and friends who are never on time. I don't comment on it but it does annoy me.

Where I live, I'd have to allow about two hours extra in case there's a hold up, an accident, a burst water main...

DD2’s dyslexia makes it difficult to manage her time - so she relies on her phone as a calendar and sets her alarm at 5 minute intervals to count down to a meeting, leave for a flight or whatever.
Unfortunately, if it’s just doing something with me - she’s always late!

biglouis

When you dont drive and are stuck with the public transport it makes you very aware of time. I always like to be a few minutes early. When I travel I am at the airport hours before my flight.

I make sure we arrive hours early too despite my DHs attempts to hold things up. As I like to say, 'better to arrive early and sit in departures like a lemon than to get there late and miss a flight.'

When you dont drive and are stuck with the public transport it makes you very aware of time. I always like to be a few minutes early. When I travel I am at the airport hours before my flight.

Always early or on time, its disrespectful to the other person to be kept waiting. There could be times when there is a good reason but if it was a regular occurrence I wouldn't wait as my times as important as theirs and I do not need the stress .

I remember a colleague at work saying she was late because the bus was late, to which the office manager said 'get an earlier bus or get your cards.'
My colleague wasn't late again.

I like to be early for appointments, meetings etc and I find it really annoying when others are late. Try to make allowance for traffic depending on the time of day - school days always seem to be really busy before school starts and at the end of the school day. Would much sooner sit in the car for 5 minutes than get stressed out on the journey because of running late.

I have always been the same, probably part of my upbringing I guess.

My DD an old soldier instilled in us that 'a good soldier is always on parade 10 minutes early'. It's stuck all my life.

I like to be early, so I can be on time.
If I’m going with someone else, or meeting someone somewhere I always give the meeting/set off time as at least 15 minutes early. Saves stress.
My sisters are the same, my brothers not so according to my sisters in law.

I hate being late for anything. I tend to be early for appointments, although only by 10 minutes or so.