 And what's worse, is that some how you're the one who is made to feel bad for expecting people to be on time... Like I am unreasonable for expecting people to show up on time or have better time management skills. 

I am a HARDCORE EARLY PERSON. I do not suffer fools or lateness. It is unforgivable. 

💯. Our society is built by late privilege. Not only do we not punish people for lateness, we REWARD people for lateness. Us Early People deserve better. 

👀 I notice we have yet to have a Late Person on this post. They’re late, once again. 👀 👀 

As I've gotten older I find that for professional obligations, I'm usually early/on time. But for personal obligations? I'm usually a few mins late. I don't know why I'm like this and I feel like I'm really opening myself up on this thread for ridicule but oh well. 

It's just like if I'm meeting a friend for a drink or something, like I have a 5-10 min buffer in my mind. It's just a drink! We will still have a good time, chat, etc. Judge away.

Totally with you on this one, as I, too, am always early.  You can always tell your friends to arrive earlier than you, might make a difference.

I totally agree. I went to a wedding the other day that had a built in "10 min delay" on the schedule because of stragglers. FOR A WEDDING. It made me so mad because it's just a matter of respect. Be an adult and plan you time accordingly and be places on time! 

*raises hand* I'm usually 10-15 min early everywhere and I have friends that are consistently 10-15 min late. Even knowing that I still CANNOT BE ON TIME. There are a few places where they lock the doors at the start time and wont let stragglers come in late, and I always feel so smug because I made the extra effort to get there early. 

I HATE when people are late. I find it to be the biggest sign of disrespect. If someone is 5 minutes late, I will give them a pass... But any more than that, and consistently, it's just disrespectful of other people and their time. If I can make it dinner at 7 pm, that means you should too, and if you can't then don't say you can make it in the first place. It's just a sign people think their time is more important than yours and I hate it.

Since childhood, I have made it a practice to ALWAYS be on time — for every meeting, for every flight, for any sort of event. If it's in my calendar, I will be there, promptly. 

Of course, this comes with downsides, since we live in a society that favors Late People. Some of the Early Person Problems I've had to deal with in my life:

-Coming to the meeting on time, only for the meeting lead to insist on waiting for everyone else to arrive before we start. 

-Boarding my flight on time, only for the plane to be delayed because we're waiting for a few stragglers.

-Arriving to the restaurant on time, only to have to squeeze myself into a corner of a restaurant while waiting for the rest of my party to arrive, because the restaurant won't do so until everyone is there. 

-Arriving to the bar on time, only to have to deal with anxiety of saving seats for my entire friend group who arrive 30 minutes after I do. 

-Showing up to the theater on time, only for the show to start 10 minutes late, because we have to wait for all late people to be seated. Oh, and having to try to see over all the late people that are STILL being seated well after the show has started. 

Why are we, as a society, endorsing bad behavior and poor etiquette? If you're late, you should be sacrificing all privileges — why am I being punished for following the rules? 

Our society favors Late People