How to Stop Dealing With Someone Else’s Lateness

I came across this article today on Lifehacker concerning lateness and how to deal with others who are perpetually late. I believe the first step (below), says it all. Well written. And what a personal challenge to myself as well to play out Philippians 2:3 as a real life example.

Step 1

Call it what it is – a respect issue. When it comes right down to it, that’s what it’s all about. Why is your time any less valuable than your friend’s? Why should you put up with a lack of respect for your valuable time? The answer is, you should not. Your friend saying, “I’m so sorry, I’m so busy, I had to etc.,” should not fool you. What your friend is really saying is, “What I was doing was more important to me than the fact that I knew you were waiting for me.” That’s disrespectful, rude, and wrong. There are no excuses to justify this kind of behaviour, and you need to make your friend clear on that.

*** UPDATE – this post is ultimately ironic as I was late for a meeting today. But I did call and apologize and will make it up. So there. ***