"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Some people are perpetually late for everything they do and I have no
>> pity for such people. With a few rare exceptions, there is nothing
>> preventing people from arriving on time except their own contempt.
>
> I completely agree with you. People being late is my biggest pet peeve.
> Whenever I tell someone a time, I'm always there 5 minutes early. If
> traffic
> might be an issue, I'll leave early just to compensate for that
> possibility.
> G.


Yes, I leave early too if I think there will be an issue. Then if I arrive
too early, I just go somewhere close by and have a cup of coffee or tea. My
MIL was the worst, so we started telling her we would be eating an hour
earlier than we actually were, and she usually made it by the actual eating
time. :-)

Cheri