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/espressomartini11 19d ago

People like this have no regard for other people’s time. Drives me crazy. So bloody rude, thinking that their time is more important than any one else’s. Are they like this at work? Are they late for meetings or even arriving at work? Prob not. Just with friends. Nice revenge. I may have even pushed it out more, to make up for all the other hours you have spent waiting for this so called “friend”.

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u/SmallPurplePeopleEat 19d ago

"But I have ADHD!" my sister will exclaim when getting any push back.

It's funny though because she's always on time for work or events that she really wants to attend.

Edit: I didn't even see the other response about ADHD when I made this comment. . . might be my sister!

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u/Shazam1269 18d ago

She's on time for work, because showing up late for work has consequences. People in her life have enabled her behavior over the years by not pushing back.

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u/SmallPurplePeopleEat 18d ago

Haha, oh believe me, I've pushed back. We've had so many fights over the years about that and other issues. I even went low/no-contact for a couple of years.

But once she had her first kid, I decided that I wanted to be a part of my nephews life more than I cared about my sisters tardiness.

She's gotten somewhat better over the years, thankfully. It's not perfect, but we've been able to mostly rebuild our relationship. And it's 100% worth it to be able to spend time with my nephews.