I showed up to a group meeting for my English class and everyone was late for various circumstances. One person decided to sleep in and has either showed up to class late or late to groups meeting consistently. I think there is several factors into why I hate people coming late to appointments/meetings. First, I feel for the most part, I grew up in a generation where people expected to be on time. I also think having a military background where you're expected to be 15 minutes early to meetings/appointments is another factor. Furthermore, I worked in legal offices where we helped commanders give military members various forms of administrative actions for being late. It is literally a crime in the military to be late.
I think it's a crime of thoughtlessness when civilians show up late. It robs me of precious time with my family. My oldest daughter literally cried this last weekend because I'm gone so much. It's hard not to take it personally.
I understand there is valid reasons and explanations as to why people are late. Things are made worse when people just sleep in and don't seem to care. It also makes it worse when people put themselves down over being late. It's the last thing I want to hear when I know the tardiness could affect my grade on a group project. It's been a long week winding down the summer semester. I should have put a disclaimer before I started this post that I'm cranky.
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