"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 13/04/2013 10:10 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
>>
>> 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. :-)
>>
>
> My mother in law used to do that with the BiL when she cooked holiday
> dinners. She would tell us one time and tell him it was one hour earlier.
> He would still be late. It drove my FiL crazy because he was always
> punctual.

Yes, it is enough to drive punctual people crazy. I think the only solution
for serial late arrivals is to just go ahead without them because they're
usually not going to change.

Cheri