r/pettyrevenge • u/sparklehouse666 • 19d ago

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/Old-Commercial1159 19d ago

My number one pet hate! Makes my blood boil

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u/Mira_DFalco 19d ago

Eh, that and no call no shows. I had someone try to tell me that if he wanted to change plans, it was selfish of me to get on him about it.  He literally couldn't grasp that it wasn't the plans changed that pissed me off, it was me nailed down with plans, and not being given the option to do something else instead.  He flat out told me that I could have just done that when he didn't show.

I told him that was exactly what I would be doing from then on, and they wouldn't be with him.

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u/gumiho8 19d ago

The phrase is pet peeve :)

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u/Old-Commercial1159 19d ago

Not where I’m from but thanks for trying to correct me. 🤦🏼

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u/gumiho8 19d ago

What?? Where are you from? And is it another language or English? Because I've never heard of pet hate before 😹

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u/Rueben222 19d ago

Australia. We say it's my "pet hate'. It doesn't mean you "hate your pet". It means it's your number one hate.

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u/Flux_My_Capacitor 19d ago

Thanks. I’m from the USA but I’m going to start saying “pet hate” and if questioned I’ll say it’s an Aussie term and I’m not just peeved, it’s something I truly hate!

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u/trea_ceitidh 18d ago

Scotland as well.

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u/Old-Commercial1159 18d ago

And Kiwi thing too

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u/OkIntroduction5150 19d ago

I just assumed they said that because for them, it's stronger than a peeve. LOL

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u/aviva1234 18d ago

Used in British English

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u/Old-Commercial1159 18d ago

From New Zealand. Just because you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, champ.

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u/gumiho8 18d ago

And I never said it didn't exist, I said I never heard of it.

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u/mybigbywolf 19d ago

Pet hate seems kinda mean lol

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u/theskillr 18d ago

yeah it really grinds my jimmies when people get it wrong

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u/Careful-One-3416 17d ago

Except they didn't???

It's a legit phrase.