Do you arrive earlier than the agreed upon time?

I always make it a good habit to arrive at least 5-10 minutes early before the set time when meeting with people - professional or personal. You're correct in that it should be a basic courtesy shared by everyone, but I see many people always late. I know people that I will rendezvous with somewhere, say at 10:00am, and they call and say they are running a few minutes late...sometimes they don't even call at all! For people that sometimes have a problem being on time, I say that you leave 15 minutes earlier, and pretend that you are having your meeting 15 minutes earlier as well. So if your real meeting is at 3:00pm, be there as if the meeting were at 2:45pm.

I aim for arriving right on time, or a bit earlier. If I come late, it's always by accident. I don't believe that it's right to come "fashionably late", because it keeps the other person waiting. xD *Not sure how it's fashionable anyways* I understand when people are about up to 15 minutes late for a meeting, and I don't really mind waiting, but I don't understand when it's a long time or when they don't come at all. If I wanted to meet with the person later, I would just set a later meeting time. There's really no point in me waiting for a long time so that the person can carelessly, or sometimes deliberately, arrive very late. It's definitely more practical and logical to arrive on time, but I find it nice when people call to say that they'll be late though, because they do show concern for the meeting. =) I completely agree, being on time is just basic courtesy. =P

When I was in my teenage years, I was a habitual late comer. Up to the day, when a classmate of mine got mad at me because I was an hour late for our meeting. Fortunately, now that I'm older, I have changed that negative habit. I not only arrive on time, but I try to arrive a little earlier than the agreed time of meeting. And if there are circumstances that prevents me from being on time, I do make it a point to call the person I'm supposed to meet why I will be late. There's no point in making the matter worse by not notifying the person why they have to wait for a long time, not knowing if their patience for waiting is worth it.

Hi there! Whenever I have to meet someone I always arrive at least 15 minutes earlier. I don't like others to wait for me cause I find it embarrassing on my part. I always make it a point that I will arrive first than him/her. I am also anticipating traffic on my way meeting her so I try to leave early. However, if something came up and I would be late, I will call immediately to inform the person of my situation and I think in cases like it is acceptable to be late. I think people who are always well, I find them rude and irresponsible cause they can't be in one place on time. And I don't want others to think that way about me so I am always on time. Ciao!

as much as possible i want to be on time, but there are circumstances when i would be late, but i explain to the person why i was late... as early as now i teach my kids to be punctual.... :)

yep, i usually do. unless i'm meeting a friend whom i know will be late. if that's the case, then i'll arrive a little over the agreed time.

I am exactly the same way you are. I always arrive at least ten minutes early. I think that people who make a set time should be there at that time and not be late. I hate waiting around for anyone who is late. I feel they could at least call me to let me know if they will be lat and that way I can maybe go into a coffee shop or something and get a cup of coffeee while im waiting. My ex was always late to everything so I had to tell him to meet me at least 30 minutes earlier to whatever. It didnt always work though because after a while he figured it out and was still very late. he made me so mad a t times lol

Yes, i do arrive earlier than the agreed upon time. I make it a habit of mine to arrive early. I don't like to keep people waiting and I hate to wait for others as well. I hate people who are 'fashionably late'. It shows that you don't respect other people.

Hi there bubblyapple! I am the type of person who value my time. I always show up on time. I often arrive earlier than the actual time agreed upon. I do not want other people waiting for me as much as I do not want to wait for people who always come late. I understand that some things might get in the way but there are many ways of letting the other person know that you can't come on time or might not come at all.

HEY HEY I dont to be super early if no one i know is gonna be somehwere . if i am with friends and we are going to a party , or a sports game i like to get there little earlier . I sometimes tho can be late to my parents , but they know that sometimes, i just need some extra sleep !

There soo many people i know who just agree to meet at a given time and never come on time. Those people are not committed to what they say. And yeah exactly people made getting late fashionably. Like they should think about the other person waiting for them. Yeah like if unexpected thing happens then its okay to be late, but not necessarily. Therefore i prefer go earlier than the agreed time, and i try my best to do that. But if not i dont be late usually and i am pretty happy of this habbit.

I'm always a little late =[

I am always on time. When I was in college, they always call me the early bird in class. And during meet-ups, I am always ahead of time or in time. Unfortunately, my friends are always late. They always expect me to wait for them. I am used to it. But for business meetings or clients that I professionally meet, it's really unethical if either one of us shows late.

I always arrived earier than the aggreed upon time, I tkink it is the basic polite. I donnot like to wait, and donot like someone waiting for me.

I'm either early or right on time but most of the time I am early. I have always been that way it really makes me figitity to be late I don't really know why but I just hate being late.

I agree with your opinion.Of course let other people wait for you is not polite and I don't think anybody want to waiting for other people.In today's society,time is very precious,nobady want to waste own time.

I do arrive earlier than the agreed time. I don't like to make others wait for me. I usually will go five or ten minutes early. I also don't like people that arrived late and didn't follow agreed time. I won't mind if they let me know early if they are going to be late.

I've noticed that I'm always the one waiting for people so, yeah, I'm either mostly on time or even a little earlier than that. :) What usually happens, in my case, is when I'm getting together with some people, I'd usually get a call asking if there's anyone there yet. Considering that I'm all alone at our meeting place, I'd always say that they should already get a move on since everyone else is on their way. Yes, I do think it's rude to make people wait especially if they've agreed upon a specific time. Although I've been guilty of it some times, I've always called before the agreed time to tell people that I'll be coming as soon as I can. There are circumstances when you can't help but be late... but it is common courtesy to tell someone that you're going to be behind a few minutes (or hours!) or whether or not coming at all. And yeah, that's what cell phones are for -- so that almost everyone can be available to call or to just send a text message. And I do get very disappointed with people who say that they'll be there but when that day comes, they're late or disappear on you without any word -- nada, zip! What's even worse is at the back of your mind, you're dearly hoping that nothing bad has happened to them like an accident or something... that definitely makes it doubly hard to handle.

I feel if I arrive less than 5 minutes before the scheduled appointment, I am late. I get very antsy if I have to rely on other people going somewhere at a special time. I really do not like being late. Making someone have to wait, is just rude, in my opinion.

I always try to be on time. I leave my house or wherever i am at a good time so i can be on time to wherever im going. But somehow on my way to wherever im going, something always happens to make me a bit late :p so i always end up at my destination 10 minutes more than i planned.