Punctuality

Pighead

Are you very punctual? Pigheads not.If I am invited somewhere I am generally always late. If I am running late at all I won't ring. I make people angry with my late late shows but i rarely feel bad about it or do anything to improve my bad habit.
I was even born late,3 weeks to be precise.I've been consistently late for 23 years.
I now let fate decide whether Im on time or not.

Pigheads of the opinion if you really want to see me you'll wait for me.Relax your cacks,order a beer and do a crossword.So what if i'm 10 mins late.My problem is I get absorbed in what I'm doing, and I'm always doing something - I'll look at my watch and say "Oh, I'll just do this before I head off" and next thing you know I'm running late.
Listen lads,don't stand around tapping your watches, huffing and puffing if someone's running late because to be honest its better to cool your boots over that sort of thing.

Le Rack

I'm really punctual... really...

The Sweeper

Yeah I'm DEAD punctual!

First reply! First repl...

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county

sorry your late

Hal1

I couldn't agree more, I have a late day at least once every 2 weeks but I was late 3 days last week. The thing is im on a site there are maybe 3 or 4 people there and we are left alone to work at our own pace without anyone coming out to check on our progress. But its ok for those individuals to be late, without anyone questioning them. Dont get me wrong I hate being late and would prefer to take the day off instead of it but I cant be doing that every week.

Wertz

Yeah to hell with all those idiots who stand around all day waiting for Pighead to arrive....haven't they got something esle they could be doing in the mean time?

Dizzyblabla

I hate it when people are late, it drives me nuts, like why bother arranging a time to meet someone if you're not going to show up at that time?

CathyMoran

I was born a week late but I would tend to be early/on time...if I am running 5 minutes late I will ring/text. With certain people who I know will be late I tend to be late also though so that I do not have too long to wait.

Endurance Man

Dizzyblabla wrote:

I hate it when people are late, it drives me nuts, like why bother arranging a time to meet someone if you're not going to show up at that time?

Yup, its not a good habbit at all, espacially in the work place :rolleyes: . People plan there days aound fixed times, they plan to have a meeting at 10, then the guy rocks up at 10:20 :cool: . Makes you look unprofessional and can mess the other guys day up if every second person is showing up late.

In your private life it really doesnt matter, doubt any1 cares if you dont arrive at the pub at 9 on the dot :rolleyes: .

Dizzyblabla

Endurance Man wrote:

In your private life it really doesnt matter, doubt any1 cares if you dont arrive at the pub at 9 on the dot :rolleyes: .

I think it depends on how many people you're meeting up with... If there's a group in the pub, fine, but on your own? Not nice!

Sorchie

I was born 9 days early and my sister was born 9 days late but in life I'm always the late one.I try and I try to be ready on time to go places but I always end up getting delayed or distracted!I'm always making up excuses but it's just the way I am sometimes and I can't help it!

Endurance Man

Dizzyblabla wrote:

I think it depends on how many people you're meeting up with... If there's a group in the pub, fine, but on your own? Not nice!

True , never really been on my own but i would be a bit pissed if i had to sit there on my own for a prolonged time.
I think in the buisness world its very important to be punctual. Would love to see you rocking up 20 minutes late for a job interveiw :rolleyes: .
What makes you so important pighead that you feel you can keep people waiting?.

patzer117

i always try to be on time. And for important things I always am. It annoys the hell out of me when i'm waiting for people to turn up when i've cut some work of mine short to make it on time.

The real problem with being punctual is that nobody is ever there to appreciate it...

Lump

I hate people who are late, Why should I hate to hang around waiting for people? I don't unless they get intouch with me to say they'll be late.

I think it's plain rude to be late.

John

Mr.Nice Guy

Lump wrote:

I think it's plain rude to be late.

John

I agree. But you say the same thing to your girlfriend and she calls you a pig! :rolleyes:

Nightwish

I'm very punctual. I like to be early if I can, except when Iarnrod Eireann ruin my chances of that. Train broke down a few hundred metres out of the station last week and stayed there for 2 hours :mad: Stuck on it the whole time, so it took 4 hours to get to Dublin.

sorry rant over

Lump

Ha ha.... they're an exception to the rule.

John

rainbow kirby

I just find it incredibly rude if I'm supposed to meet up with someone at a particular time and they're late. Especially if they can't be bothered texting to tell me that they're gonna be late.

biko

Being late is disrespectful. I don't mind if we're meeting in a pub or so but 20 mins in the rain underneath the clocktower seemes longer...

I don't like to be taken for granted. Pighead, you pr*ck "Ah sure, he'll wait". My time is also important! Start putting you makeup on earlier, pleeeeez!

Lump

Yea, in my opinion, meeting for nights out is alright, as you're going to be in the pub any way, even if you look like a loner sitting on your own! But lunch meetings or coffee is crappy, cause people normally only have an hour to see someone etc.

John

jellie

i hate being late for things, and hate the thought of people having to wait for me. i actually have my watch set 5 mins or so fast just so that im never late.

althought this anti-lateness thing may just be more out of fear of missing buses, cause there in some cases theres not another 1 for 2 hours or so.

Goodshape

I'm usually always late. I'm forever underestimating the time required to do things... about a fifteen minute journey you say? I'll start getting ready sixteen minutes before then...

biko

Grrr why is it so hard for (some) to get there on time? Laziness or are they being "optimistic about time" for the 17.000th time? :rolleyes:

Hub

Yeah I'll be there at 9.

*Arrives at 9:20*

biko

IMO the worst sinners are Italians.
"I'll be there 9-ish" = 11.30. But then they are a very laid back people, God bless them.

Pighead

I'm surprised at the amount of punctual people in our midst,i thought the good people of boards were daredevils.I catch buses and trains with seconds to spare, I live life on the edge.I turn everyting into an exciting game.

Its 3.12,Pigheads supposed to meet Miss Piggy outside HMV on Grafton Street at 3.30.Its a 20 minute walk into town.Pigheads reading a very interesting article about a new electronic beermat which can tell when your pint is almost empty and which will order a new one for you at the bar.Am i going to stop reading the article and run into town all smelly and breathless?Am I fcuk,i'm gonna finish reading the article,shake my head in amazement at the wonders of modern technology saunter into town and meet Miss Piggy 15 mins late.Shes a bit angry,I make up a crappy excuse,she thinks its not worth fighting over,everyones a winner.

NoDayBut2Day

It's kind of a "thing" here to be late. I guess because it's so common. Yeah, we call it "Hawaiian time". :rolleyes:

For that reason alone, I try not to be late. Just seems to show more character if someone can bother to come on time.... know what I mean? Well, IMO anyway...

Red Alert

i seem to manage being late a lot, i was born late too tbh so maybe the writing was on the wall from day one. not if i'm meeting somebody one to one, cos i know i have a thing for lateness so i'll make every effort to be early

Beruthiel

I'm never late
it's the height of bad manners to arrange to meet someone and then not bother turning up on time.
pighead, if I could tell miss piggy anything, it would be that she should turn up 1 hour after the time you arranged, that way, you'd be waiting for her instead

Stephen

I hate it when people leave you waiting. Show up on time or **** off.

Its far worse in work situations. I remember a few years ago doing shift work, where the place had to be covered, ergo you can't leave until the lazy dickhead from the next shift shows up :rolleyes:

Tobias Greeshman

Im normally fairly on time when meeting up with someone. On occassions I tend to be at most 15 minutes late. But I'll tend to ring the person if Im going to be this late.

Hate it when someone's late and doesn't even have the decency to apologise for being late!

Siogfinsceal

im always late. Not my fault im usually trying to get a million and one things done and every minute of my day is taken up with something or other so its impossible to always be on time!. If Im going to be very late I will always let people know but I hate when people get pissy over someone being 2 or 3 mins late.
what really gets me tho is that on the odd occasions that I turn up on time...the other person is always late!! this is usually when its for something professional and ive bothered to turn up on time and they dont that wrecks my head. was meant to meet a car dealer at 4 last week, he specifically said 4 and turned up at 4-45!!
in my personal life everyone knows I wil be a bit late heading out so my boyf now tells me that we have to leave at 8-30 when we really have to leave at 9 so I wil be ready on time....cheeky.
I was born a day late so I blame my mother ;-)

Nala

It drives me demented when people are late. If they'd even text and say they'll be late, but they don't. It's so ignorant and rude. After about 5 minutes, I'll start getting really impatient. If I arrange to meet someone at a specific time, I will be there on time and that's that. If I think I'm going to be even 5 minutes late, I'll send them a text. If there's no one waiting for me (e.g. if I'm going into town by myself for a bit of shopping), I'll often be late for the bus and just get the next one.

I was born a week and a half early.

Pighead

When I take my socks off they get turned inside out. Then I have to turn them rightside in before washing or wearing. It's a task that takes up an inordinate amount of my time.

Wouldn't it be great to have a pair of socks that looked and felt exactly the same regardless of being inside out or rightside out?
Honestly I am convinced my poor punctuality is 79% related to the fact socks don't feel the same on both sides

Endurance Man

Pighead wrote:

When I take my socks off they get turned inside out. Then I have to turn them rightside in before washing or wearing. It's a task that takes up an inordinate amount of my time.

Wouldn't it be great to have a pair of socks that looked and felt exactly the same regardless of being inside out or rightside out?
Honestly I am convinced my poor punctuality is 79% related to the fact socks don't feel the same on both sides

So basically you have nothing construcitve to say on a topic which you started :rolleyes: .

Canis Lupus

Siogfinsceal wrote:

im always late. Not my fault im usually trying to get a million and one things done and every minute of my day is taken up with something or other so its impossible to always be on time!.

So you agree to meet someone at a set time you allow other things to get in the way and be late.

Personally I think it's not rocket science. Someone says we meet at 3 then you order your business to be available to arrive at 3. Saying I have so much to do I was late is pointless. Why did you agree to set time if you couldn't make it.

Conditions outside of ones control like traffic etc is a valid excuse for being late.

Although to be honest I always endeavour to be on time. I have friends who are always late. People are people. If they are 10 - 20 - 30 - 60 mins late then how bad. It's hardly the end of the world. I have better things to complain about even if I do find it incomprehensible that a person can be continually and regularly late.


DIRECTED TO Endurance Man: Since when is Pighead constructive? I reckon he might have a valid reason with his inside out socks theory.

Siogfinsceal

nala, If its a business meeting i always try to be on time. If its casual then im with pighead i expect my mates to chill out and get over it i im a few mins late for shopping / going out / meeting up whatever. Sometimes I get pretty sick of livin life by the damn clock its head wrecking.
sides lots of my work is with animals. they are unpredictable and you cant leave work til their all settled so you can never say 'i will definately be finished at 9' etc.

Pighead

Endurance Man wrote:

So basically you have nothing construcitve to say on a topic which you started :rolleyes: .

Excuse me buster,ive got more constructiveness in my little toe than you have in your entire body.The sock issue is an off the cuff post regarding my punctuality issues.The cheek of you giving me the :rolleyes:
Lets just say at 3 o clock this Saturday i am going to scour your posts and if I find one off the cuff remark from you in a thread which you started,i will give you a thousand of these wee fellas :rolleyes:
Oh and when I say 3 o clock Saturday I mean it.Pighead won't be late for this date you cheeky cheeky pup. :mad:

Siogfinsceal

go on pighead - ya mad scone ;-)

dent

I'd rather be 15 minutes early then 5 minutes late. Doesn't bother me though if someone is five minutes late. Any more than that and i do start to get annoyed.

In fairness though if one of your friends is always late your a fool for waiting them.

I'd have no time for Pig Head, I would however be interested in his tale of an electronic beermat. Think what a time saver it would be

Endurance Man

Pighead wrote:

Excuse me buster,ive got more constructiveness in my little toe than you have in your entire body.The sock issue is an off the cuff post regarding my punctuality issues.The cheek of you giving me the :rolleyes:
Lets just say at 3 o clock this Saturday i am going to scour your posts and if I find one off the cuff remark from you in a thread which you started,i will give you a thousand of these wee fellas :rolleyes:
Oh and when I say 3 o clock Saturday I mean it.Pighead won't be late for this date you cheeky cheeky pup. :mad:

:rolleyes: , you do that......

Pighead

Endurance Man wrote:

:rolleyes: , you do that......

:rolleyes: .i will.......... :rolleyes:
Endurance Man you're not putting your heart and soul into your posting lately,theres a definite downward trend and you have become infected with the lazy posting bug.There is absolutely no energy or zip in your retorts.Whats wrong buddy.I mean you may as wll not have bothered writing that reply.PM me if you're feeling down

Le Rack

Yay for the punctual people!
A way around your friends being late, give them a time between an hour and a half hour earlier than neccesary, trust me it works!

nlgbbbblth

In my experience some people think that being late is a fashion statement and that only anal nerds are punctual.

In their eyes late = cool, early/on time = uncool.

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Hippies. :rolleyes:

dundalk cailin

im the most punctual person i know, i HATE bein late. my dad is so laid back bout punctuality, it wrecks my head when im relyin on him for a lift :mad:

i was born a week early

Rb

I try to be on time but am nearly always late for college/work.
When going out with friends or whatever I tell them to just go ahead and I'll meet them in there or just say that I'll be down at some point.I never set a time cause I know I won't be there on time.