Are you Punctual in your appointments?

I always arrive before the appointment. I am just a stickler for punctuality and I really consider it rude and in bad taste to be late for an appointment. When I have set an appointment, I just make sure that I leave with plenty of allowance in case I get caught in traffic. I just don't like to keep people waiting and I also don't like to be kept waiting. I very rare occasion that I get late, I call the person I am going to meet that I would be late and I make sure that I call at least 5 minutes before the appointed time. For me it is an important business practice to be on time. Time is gold so they say and if one is late, one is not only expending ones time but that of other people too. It is also a form of courtesy and good manners to be on time.

I hate myself for always being punctual. I always find myself being the first to arrive in an appointment and the worst part of it is having to wait for a long time for my friends or the person that I am meeting. This really gets my blood boiling but it seems that I never learn! That is why more that getting angry at my friends, I get angry with myself for being on time. I hate to have people waiting for me and so I want the same courtesy extended to me. But no, some people really are chronically late and do not care to call in advance or at least send an SMS.

If you have problems being on time, you'll already feel bad about appearing sloppy, lazy, unprofessional, selfish or undisciplined due to poor time-keeping. Being punctual shows respect and consideration for others. Punctuality also shows you have self-discipline and organizational ability. When you are more punctual then everyone benefits including you. People like knowing and working with reliable people because they know they can depend on them.

I am always punctual, I can't stand being late for anything. I always make sure I leave in plenty of time, because you never know what may happen on the way that may delay you. I can't remember the last time I was late for anything.

this is the thing that my friends hate me even my boyfriend. they always say that im not punctual and always late. but i tell, are they perfect, there were a time that i am way ahead of them (but you can count how many times it was, LOL) in out meeting place. In my work, the official time is 8am, you can come earlier say 7:30 am and then you can leave at aroung 4:30 pm as long as you complete the 8hrs work. There's also the grace period until 8:30, so it fits me, i can come until 8:30am and im still not late but i will also leave late at 5:30pm. when people talk about time, specially on appointments, i wont give my comment on what time i will arrive because if i tell and i cannot comply they will blame, so i just let them chose and then they have to wait for me if i wasnt able to make it. im not rude, i just dont really know why it is hard for me to make it on time with appointments. :-)

As much as possible I try to be on time or even a few minutes earlier in my appointments. When I was working in 11pm graveyard shift, I leave the house at 8:30 since the last trip is until 9pm only. I don't want to take chance in being late at work. Now I'm working in a flexible time but I chose to start working at 7am, this way I will finish my job earlier. You are right when you say being late for a few minutes is ok. I agree with that too. If a person is late today for work, I can still tolerate that. But if he/she's late for work everyday, that's not ok. Time management is very important, be at work or personal lives. Whenever I go out with friends, I make sure that I arrive in our meeting place a few minutes earlier.

yes I always arrive about 5-10 mintues before appoinments I hate being late even 5 minutres late

I am extremely punctual. I know people who are not, and it drives me nuts. I'm glad my fiance is as punctual as I am. If it was not that way, we'd drive eachother nuts!!! My Aunt, on the other hand, is late for everything. If dinner is at 5:30 we tell her it's at 4:30, so she will arrive on time. Once we were to be at someone's house at a certain time, and she was to drive me there. When I knew she was late, I left without her, arriving there ON TIME in a taxi!!!!

Am actually punctual and on time on my appointments. I always put at least 15 to 30 minutes allowance and i should be at the location of my appointment. An incident happened last saturday related to punctuality and i was 15 minutes late with the given time. The delay was due to the fault of the one who gave the location instructions. She gave me a wrong direction and made me dropped off at a wrong location. Good thing, the event started by 10 am and i arrived 9:45 am. At least, still on time for the event.

I am very particular about people being late for appointments. Thus, I will make myself come earlier for the appointed time of my meeting. It does annoy me and I have people who can be as late as 1/2 an hour for their appointments... tsk, tsk.....

As much as possible I really want to be punctual and I do, (but sometimes I tend to be late also!!) because its not right to keep someone waiting for you and I don't want also to keep on waiting unless you really really have acceptable reason why you are late with the appointments that we set. Yeah.. making a call then let the person, that you have an appointment with, to know that you are going to be late for a certain minutes..

I try very hard to be punctual Lightnin honey but it doesn't always work out! I am like you as long as I am almost on time that is ok but if I am running late I will always let people know and get quite upset if they don't return the courtesy! xxx

Me too! I always try to go out early to avoid being late, and I even set my time to be 10 minutes faster, but somehow I always end up being 5-10 minutes late :/ But I always call or text whoever I'm meeting when I think I'll be late. It's better than leaving them hanging and wondering if you've run into something bad.

lol..not at all..im lazy to wake up in the morning unless if its an outing with my team before, i was there an hour earlier..lol..the last time i was not late was during job interview :)

I am always on time, I show up for things about 5-10 minutes early

Oh my!!! It's even scarier: I am also like you LOL I do try to be on time, and I wish I was like my husband who's always a bit earlier for everything. However I do tend to leave things to the last minute sometimes too. And often I am about 5 to 10 minutes late instead of 5 to 10 minutes earlier. I tend to not let time run me or my life, but of course it's not possible LOL still I don't like to feel a slave of time.

Yes. i always am. I think that it says somthing about a person. It tells you if he is serious, if he is able to commit himself to other's rules, if he honours you. I will always be there on time. And i will always have trouble with a person that is late for an appointment. I really won't be able to have him on my team, and to relay on him.

I'm not sure. I mean I'm not consistent either. I am either pretty early or a little late, depending on where I'm going. Most of the time I make it on time BARELY. I don't like it when people are late either. I don't think anyone does. To do others a favor and be on time is always good. I try my best, that's all I can say.

I would say that I am very much particular of time. I will see to it that I am 15 minutes before the set time.

That's a very big problem of mine, punctuality..i don't know in most of my appointment i'm always late..maybe i really need a good discipline, i'm trying to get rid of this bad attitude for a long time now since it doesnt gave me any favorable return..too bad for me..