would you rather be waiting or be the one being waited for?

I'd rather be waited for. I don't like waiting at all, because I have experienced some things in the past were too late to fix because I have waited for someone to fix it and they couldn't be trusted to do the job. If it was a party I am usually late, but if it was meeting or appointment the worst it could get is 5 mins late and it's rare because I always get prepared like 4 hrs prior to the appointment

I would definately rather be the one being waited for. I tell my husband all the time I waste half my life waiting on other people.

I would much rather be waiting on someone. If someone has to wait for me I feel really bad about it but that very seldom happens. I am ususally pretty prompt.

I would rather be waiting for someone than having someone wait for me. i always make it a practice to be early for any appointments so people know I am there. I do this because I would like to be treated that way myself.

ho there i like to wait for someone than other way around. coz if your early you will have the upper hand with someone. like they feel bad of being late so they will treat you for a coffee. lol

If I'm being picked up I prefer to be waiting for them but if I picking up somebody they should be waiting for me. I think it's only fair. Though I prefer to be early for everything.

I'd rather be neither!!! I don't like keeping people waiting, and making people wait for me is a totally foreign concept. I am not interested in keeping people waiting, nor am I interested in waiting myself. If something is going to happen at a certain time, it is going to happen at a certain time, and if the other person can't hold up their end of the bargain, tough crap!

I would rather be waiting that the one being waited.I will feel shy when all eyes is on me when I arrived and the feeling of aloof because I made a wrong move. When I am late I surely inform those person I will be going with but that seldom happens because I try to come as early as possible for the target time. I want others to know that I am interested with what will be that event or if that is work related I come on time because I love my work and I am professional.

I wanted to be the one being waited for. Waiting is one of the worst things to do for me especially if it's very late already. That happened to me once when the person I was supposed to meet came an hour and 30 minutes late, I really got mad and spoke ill of that person.

I really don't mind waiting for other people to show up. Especially when they aren't close individuals I know like family. Like you, its really different when I am the one being waited by those who are indeed waiting. Even if I have a valid reason for being late, like slow traffic and the usual ones that are still valid. I don't know, I can wait more than keep a cool head when I know that someone is really waiting for long amount of time and things might not go well if it weren't for me being late.. (-_-")

Hi secretbear, first of all i wish you a safe travel to the place you are going and back. For me, I would rather be the one waiting than being waited for, because I really dont like to keep people waiting for me and wasting their precious time. Even my husband can tell you, there is no day he has ever waited for me even when we were dating. if we say we meet somewhere at such and such a time, you get me there 5 minutes prior to the exact time. I am a time concious person. But if somone keeps me waiting for a veery long time and is not even calling to say what is delaying him or her, i can get really mad.

I am so seldom late - and if so, something totally out of my control. I even set my wrist watch 3 minutes fast ...just for that little bit of extra should it be needed. I hate being late and off my own schedule. But what I hate more is when others are late which makes me late - especially at a doctors office. I am 5 minutes early for my appointment and still sit there up to 1,1/2 hours PAST my appt cause others were late prior to me and that just set the whole day late for the doctor to see patients. And then I see people coming in yaking on the cell phones and I hear them saying why they are late - "had to get that coffee" or whatever. I mean, I know things happen, but most likley, if they'd just put their minds to it, they'd been on time. I know sometimes traffic can be the cause but other times, if you know the traffic is an issue, leave a little early to accomodate it. Doctore will see you when you finally get there, they aren't going to turn you away cause you are 1/2 hour late, they won't loose that office visit income and they know the rest of us will just sit and wait too! However, if I am late, they charge me a fee, but if I have to sit and wait on them no matter the reason, I don't get a deduction on my bill! They are just saying "you have to wait on me no matter what, but I am not going to wait on you" Okay off the topic, but kind of no right answer to that one as I can't remember the last time I was late for anything. I strive not to be and am usually sucessful. Hate it when others aren't!

I don't like others to wait for me. I rather go early and waited for others. Usually I will reach five minutes early before the person I want to meet arrive. I always do this and never have others to wait for me. I know a friend that always want others to wait for her. She always be late. Sometimes late for two hours. If want to meet her, need to tell her wrong time like 2 hours from the right time.

I get the same feeling about this discussion as you totally. I always follow this principle: I will fly first if I am a stupid bird.

It depends on how many minutes or hours you will wait or to be waited, but i don't like both, 5 minutes of waiting or to be waited is enough for me, if the person don't arrive in 5 minutes then i will leave, for me time is gold, if i have someone to meet i see to my self that i will be there on time, and i don't like the person keep waiting on me, in vice versa, i don't like waiting.

I would prefer to be the one waiting. I was taught early on by my dad that I should never be late especially if it's a set meeting or something. Up to this day, I still do that. Although it gets a little irritating sometimes when other people set the time and they're not there on time or worse, aare the last ones to arrive.

I hate both... I know the feeling of waiting for someone for a long time, and I hate it!, that is why I am trying not to be late whenever I am meeting someone. I think it's a sign of respect, and I don't want to be the center of attraction.

well, you are right! it would be better for me to wait than to keep someone wait for me., well, with my previous work we have this kind of rules that you have to be in the office 15 minutes before your work schedule ., and i didn't even got any late then., even now that im working with different company i still get that attitude and i hate those people who doesn't care about time., for me time is really important.,Ü thats one of my principles in life!

same like u, i'd be very uneasy to keep people waiting for me. If i was doing something when people is waiting for me, definitely i can't concentrate on the task on hand. Unless there's a good reason, otherwise i won't keep people waiting. I rather be the one who's waiting. Then, i dun really like people are not punctual when there's a fixed time date. :p

I hate it the most. I dont want that person will keep me waiting..It can make my day so bad really. To wait longer can sometimes make my patience gone. Sometimes that will be the cause why me and my boyfriend had a quarrel. There were times that he keeps me waiting. I am a kind of person that is time conscious. For me time is gold so i dont want to waste time just waiting for more than 20 to 30 minutes.