I hate waiting... ....

My patience is sorely tested to when I'm expecting someone to visit me, which isn't often and they tell me to expect them at such and such a time, but turn up hours later. This happened last year..a friend decided to come down and visit me...she lives upstate NY while I'm in the NYC area...from her place to mine is a two hour drive...so not really all that bad. Since she's a real early bird she told me that I could expect her around 11:00 a.m. That meant I had to get up extra early (me being the night owl and going to bed late and up later)...So I got up early, I wanted to be sure I had extra time to do last minute cleaning up...then I waited and waited..she didn't arrive until 2:00 p.m....and no explanation of why she was late...grrrr.

I don't like it when people don't do what they say either! I have a friend who does this to me constantly, she'll say i'll be round at 2 and then 3 o clock will come and go then 4 oclock etc, and then she just never appears, and if i try to ring her phone goes on answering machine. I usually get a text the next day saying she's sorry and some explanation, although i don't understand why she can never just text to say she can't make it so i'm not sat in waiting all day!! It really winds me up, so from now on i go and visit her because at least i don't get let down that way! I hope you had a nice visit with your parents in the end! xxxx

Lots of times people have said they were coming for a visit and then don't show up. But usually they have the curtousy to call and tell me they are not coming afterall. Then I don't mind so much. But when they don't bother to call to let me know they aren't coming, that makes me a little mad. Especially if it is for a supper and we sit and wait for them and the supper gets ruined because it has been on the stove too long. That doesn't happen too often but even once is too much. I have stayed home because someone was supposed to come over and when they don;t show I get upset because I could be out doing something. If I am invited somewhere and I can't make it I always call as soon as I know I won;t be making it over. It is called being courtious and polite. I am that way and I expect others to be too.

lots of times. and unless there is a phone call made letting me know something has happened and said person wont be able to make the plans they are breaking.. which is simple common courtesy.. they generally do not get invited back. its very rude and inconsiderate to leave a person waiting on you.. even more so if you were the one to instigate the visit in the first place. to yer parents

It happen to me several times. I hate waiting too but after it happen to me so often i decided not to wait at all. If they come then good and if they dont it is still good lol Sometimes i dont believe when they say they will come and to my surprised everytime im not prepared they really made it. But at times when i prepared something for them i end up dissapointed.

I really hate waiting for company. My aunt and her boyfriend were coming to stay with me last week-end and i got the spare room ready for them-did some extra shopping-made sure everything was done-then i received a call saying-sorry we can't make this week-end will have to go another time-i wasn't too impressed

It is not BEAUTIFUL TO WAIT FOR, BUT CREED THAT BY NOW IS ACCUSTOMED to ME BYE MYRYAM

Me too. I really do not have time for company as it is. When someone says they are coming ro going to be here at a certain time, then they should be here or call and cancel instead of making me sit here and wait for them.

[i]Hi gemini, Last summer, we set time to meet inlaws in a specific place and hubby and I were there waiting for like 3 hours, we cannot call them since for some reason after FIL will use his cellphone, he will turn it off..LOL! SO, all we need to do is relax and wait and wait..LOL! It's not really good and I felt like I can do something worthwhile instead of wasting 3 or more hours waiting, Anyway, after another hour, they arrived smiling! lol![/i]

I get annoyed when that happens too, especially if I have something to do that afternoon and they're suppose to be at my house by 9ish or something. We have had friends cancel at the last minute for dinner and that wasn't good. Trying to arrange my own schedule to suit others is a headache when they don't turn up.

I hate when that happens. Did they even bother to tell you if they were running late or could not make it in the end? I hate to wait for visitors. There were times when I have prepared food for my visitors and they never showed up. I hate the waiting game. I also hate it when they turn up hours after the expected time. If I had to attend to my daughter and put her to bed, I'd often just leave the guests for others to attend to. Family comes first in this case. I always feel bad if I had to turn up later than expected at a person's house and always make it a point to call them if I was running late, just to check if it was ok or would it be better to come another time.

Repairmen are notorious for coming late or not at all. Next come installation technicians. Last Thursday my father's lady doctor was to do a home visit between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. (after office hours). At 5:00 o'clock she called, saying due to an emergency she won't be able to come until Monday. When I worked and took off the day but the expected technician did not show, it was irksome. Now, even though I am retired, my time is precious. Sometimes if they don't come when they say they will, I will not wait. Luckily, I never had that problem with family or friends - they were always jolly on time. So, did your parents show up?

i think your mom and dad have good reasons why they were not able to show up. maybe one of them is sick or there was an emergency that they need to attend to. did they call you? or have you tried calling them to confirm where they will be coming or not? it is not good to wait for visitors for so many hours after a lot of preparation, but since they are your parents, try to understand them. that happened to me, someone said he will be visiting me but did not show up, i needed an explanation and it was given to me, and i understood.

i don becoz i'm in love for most of the time i had to wait for ma girl

One time when I was a kid, we were waiting for this other boy to arrive at our house to stay for the day. He was supposed to be there at 8:15, so I went into my mom's bedroom and sat staring at the clock for ten minutes. Longest ten minutes of my life. Key is just to stay busy until they arrive. Hope everything worked out well for you and your visitors.

I know the feeling that some time is wasted for waiting for nothing. I had students in English before when i used to teach English in Tokyo. By the way i also work another job then part-time english teachers at night; imagine how tiresome was that? I have 3 students and i have to wait each one of them so no one will be left behind in the lesson coz if there is that would be double work for me. There was this student who also works full-time and studying english at night, he often say I'm gonna be late for 5 mins but usually 15 and sometimes no appearance. The other students feel bored of waiting and all of your nights are ruined!

Hi gemini_rose! I do hate waiting too, but I have a virtue.. I have patience.. The last person that told me that I should wait for her was a friend, that never showed up.. She said that her parents where keeping an eye on her and she doesn't want any problems..

This often happens and I find the more I buy online nowadays the more i'm waiting for the postman as well...and you guessed it they day i'm expecting what i've ordered to come he either has no post or doesn't bother delivering it until about three in the afternoon. I always seem to find that if I invite people round they always have a habit of turning up at least ten minutes later than arranged if not later in some cases. Waiting is one of the worst things in the world and I wouldn't exactly call myself a very patient person which I suppose is a bad thing. Have lost count the amount of times I have waited for my mates, sister, colleagues to get ready or do something...it's actually quite annoying because it's such a waste of time...waiting

I am a pretty punctual person so I get irritated when I have to wait on somethng. But i am also a worrier so I would be more inclined to worry as to why hadn't shown up yet. What can I say I'm hard to please !LOL I wouldn't make a federal case out of it or anything and some people are just habitually late. Now these people test me!LOL When they arrive Iwould ask thm what the hold up was. Then enjoy the visit and be glad that you still have them to visit with! Have Fun!

Yeah waiting sucks big time, I was told by friend of mine that he was going to come to my home for the dinner last week and he forgot and never turned up, I tried to call him but his mobile was switched off at that time !! I kept all my family waiting and it was embarrassing when he didn't come !! We waited more than an hour and finally finished dinner without him !!