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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 19:00:39 GMT -4
And how about when the chronically late person acts like YOU'RE the one with the problem?? That's what infuriates me.
ETA: To clarify, I mean when they act like you're some uptight jerk for having a negative opinion about your time being wasted. OR (and I've actually gotten this from an unnamed family member) when they get pissed that you're pissed because you should know better by now that they're going to be late.
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Post by MrsOldManBalls on Apr 11, 2016 20:17:46 GMT -4
Just reading about all this lateness is making me anxious.
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greenjeans
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Post by greenjeans on Apr 11, 2016 23:03:00 GMT -4
I have a lot of chronically late people in my family, so we just told them events start an hour earlier than they do. Now they actually make it in time and I don't have to spend the entire time pissed off.
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Post by Ginger on Apr 11, 2016 23:24:58 GMT -4
I have a lot of chronically late people in my family, so we just told them events start an hour earlier than they do. Now they actually make it in time and I don't have to spend the entire time pissed off. My chronically late family member caught on to that. She knows Easter lunch wasn't really moved back to 12:30 when it's been 1:30 for the past 70 years. We just learned to never let her be in charge of the main course so we can start without her. Yet another reason I hate cell phones is that chronically late people think their lateness is somehow mitigated by calling you and telling you they are late. Somebody I was supposed to meet for a breakfast meeting called me as I was sitting in the cafe and acted like he was doing me a favor by letting me know I was free to go off and kill time for the next 45 minutes since he was going to be late. |
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Post by chonies on Apr 11, 2016 23:32:45 GMT -4
As a reformed chronically late person, what worked for me was a) almost getting fired (for repeated petty lateness, like 5-10 minutes to a retail shift) and b) realizing that a 7:58 AM arrival to work meant parking galore. I would also like to say that for me, I hated texting or calling the person I was supposed to be meeting because I felt terrible, but I was the kind of late person who was disorganized and couldn't get her shit together. Things eventually fell into place, and I became the glamorous, sophisticated person I am today.
Anyway, yes. Nothing to add.
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Post by prisma on Apr 12, 2016 0:48:21 GMT -4
I'm a chronically squealing-in-at-the-last-minute person, which sometimes means I'm a few minutes late when I hit traffic or something. I'm a friendly person but I'm also a huge introvert and getting places early and having to chit chat until things start is unbelievably anxiety provoking for me. I love stores that have the checkouts were you can scan yourself out because it means I don't have to make small talk with the cashier.
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Post by scarletprincess on Apr 12, 2016 0:52:16 GMT -4
Did they get married after one date or something? How does he not know that about her while they were dating? Why get married if stuff like that bothered him - did he think he could change her or something?
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codert
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Post by codert on Apr 12, 2016 7:00:55 GMT -4
I don't know the dating to wedding timeline but she was a pregnant bride. If there was no pregnancy there probably wouldn't have been a wedding.
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Post by chonies on Apr 12, 2016 8:42:10 GMT -4
I can also see how if you like a person enough, you'll hope they'll change (for you or on their own), especially once other responsibilities creep in. Or sometimes, you realize you're not a good fit and their flaws become outsized.
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Post by discoprincess on Apr 12, 2016 10:32:21 GMT -4
Valuing punctuality makes Drew's ex deserving of Gwyneth? That seems harsh. Not harsh; just realistic. The lateness thing may be part of Drew's flower child schtick. (I'm not justifying it, I'm just saying.) |
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