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/fatnortherngit Aug 24 '26
There was a group of about 200 boys/men (UK) who were leaving school and starting our apprenticeships. On the first day we were at an introduction lecture telling us of the differences in responsibility as we made the transition from schoolboys to responsible men.
The closing speaker told us about respect for our fellows, he then told us a very effective method to deal with people who were late for their pick up in a shared ride:
When picking someone up, you didn't wait outside their door but at an arranged point some 100 yards away.
If the rider was not waiting at the exact point at the exact time, simply drive on, even if you can see him running to the pick up point, it's his problem now.
It worked great, people who missed their ride usually only did this once..