People who are always late for everything are rude!!!!!!!

yes I agree it is extremely rude. It shows a total lack of respect for the host. I'd just go ahead and start things when scheduled. If that maddens them so be it. maybe you need to get mad at them. My man is from the countryside. People in the neighbouring village are always half an hour late. Others now tell them things start before they really do and it works. I see that did not do the trick for you. maybe you need to say it starte even earlier?

I agree it is rude and shows a lack of respect for others. My father is this way. He's always run late. Growing up if we had a doctor's appointment or anything like that we'd have to tell him it was an hour earlier then it was and then maybe if we were lucky we'd only be ten minutes late for it. What aggravates me the most with it though is if it's something he finds very important he'll be there on time; so he can do it if he wants to. With this person and hr siblings I would do what you did. Start things on time, if they can't show you the respect to be there when you said it would start that is their problem. Don't let them continue to do this without consequences. Perhaps if more people did this and not make allowances they would learn to be on time. Due to how my father was I have a tendency to be early to everything. I hate making others wait for me. I'd rather get to something early and have to wait around then have to feel rushed to try and make it someplace on time.

I think it is a lack of discipline and a lack of consideration. I don't want to say all people who are constantly late are self-centered, but if they really wanted to be on time and make sure they were respectful, they would learn to make an effort to show up when they are expected. It's not hard to set an alarm to tell you when you need to get ready for something, or when you need to leave. Often parents who are late pass that bad habit to their children. I guess it's a nurture habit. They imitate what they see. My parents have stressed being on time. It embarrasses me when I'm late for something.

I think the same way. People who are always late in their appointments and meetings are rude. When I say late, a couple of minutes is still accepted, it refers to an hour more or so. We all have daily schedules to follow and a lost time is really worthy already.

I have a tight rules for my "rubber watches" friends. I will mention I prefer on time schedule unless they're really busy. But it's absurd if every time I asked, they used the similar another excuses. Do you feel underestimated by them? If he/she still did it until twice, third time I won't invite them anymore. If they asked me why, then I told them the truth, what if it's turn around occasion, yet I'd warned them before. Since then, they learn to come on time, even earlier.

Well, I am late sometimes and I don't think it's because I mean to be rude. Things just happen. For example, I was on my way to my brother in law's wedding and I was late! Pretty much missed it. I gave myself enough time and since I knew the drive, I thought I would be there pretty early. Traffic on this freeway is never bad, so I didn't expect anything to hold me up. What do you know, they decided to tear the roads up and it was just one lane! Once I got through it, I was low on gas. I figured I'd make it since I was running late and stepped on the gas. Do you know what happens when you drive really fast on empty? The gas gets used up faster! I'm sure you can figure out what happened. Well, I made it to the wedding because a nice family picked me up and dropped me off. Believe me, being late wasn't the worst of it. My husband and I weren't together at this wedding. We were broken up and his ex girlfriend was at the wedding also. See, I told you things just happen. I guess this is just one incident. I am usually a punctual person.

sigh, what makes them think they are so great to waste another person's time. we are only given so many hours on planet earth. every single minute is precious to us as we don't know for sure if we have another. i hate people who are always late. although sometimes i'm not that punctual, i make sure the other party is able to do something while waiting for me. for dinner, i'll do my utmost best not to be late, barring unexpected circumstances. i try not to meet up with 'friends' who are always late. to me, their being late indicates that they don't value my friendship. cheers