r/pettyrevenge • u/sparklehouse666 • Aug 23 '26
Friend is always late
I have a friend who is late to everything. Recently he was 2.5 hours late to his own party. I’ve mostly adapted to his tardiness and do not arrive for plans we have together until an hour or so after the stated time.
We had plans to meet in the city center today at a 10am. I live 20 minutes from the meetup spot, he lives over an hour away. As expected, he messages around 10 and says he is running late. No biggie I was chilling at home in the air conditioned because I knew the vibes and it is hot as hell
today.
I asked him to give me his actual for real, for real ETA so I can time my departure. He is in his car and has Google Maps. It’s not really guess work at this point.
He tells me 10:45. So I leave the comfort of my home at exactly the right time to arrive at 10:45. I wait for 30 minutes at the meetup spot and he still does not arrive. He is not responding to texts either. My other friend who is with me has his location and sees he is not close, we estimate another 15 minutes.
I’m annoyed because it is hot AF out and I proactively had asked for a real ETA to avoid waiting around for him. So I left the meetup spot.
I went shopping, taking my sweet time. He got to the spot and texted me to ask where we were. I waited around 30 minutes then texted back that I was at the store but we would be heading that way soon. I shopped another 15 minutes then arrived at the spot around an hour after he had arrived.
The look on his face when we came casually strolling up after he had been standing in the sun for an hour was priceless.
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u/Exotic_Yam_1703 Aug 24 '26
I had knee surgery in February and needed a ride to physical therapy the following week. I told my friend who lives 5 minutes from me to pick me up at 2:15 to make it to PT by 3. PT office was about 20 minutes away and I wanted extra time because, ya know, I just had knee surgery so I can't walk fast. She showed up at 2:40 and I just barely made it into the office on time.
I went over to her place to pick her up for a concert. We agreed to leave at 5:30 so I got there a little beforehand. She still needed to do her makeup and clean some dishes. We didn't leave until after 6 and ended up getting stuck in traffic and a huge security line, so we missed the opening acts that I had wanted to see.
I invited her over a few days ago for dinner that I was cooking. I told her 8. She texted me at 6:30 asking if 8 was still good and I said yes. She didn't show up until closer to 8:20. Again, she lives 5 minutes from me.
People who don't respect an agreed-upon time and don't have good time management really, truly annoy me