What's the latest you have been?

[Kirstie]

Today I was a month late for a meeting. It was on the 18th October from 11 am - 5 pm, only I'd put it in the wrong month in Outlook. It's definitely the latest I have been for anything, and I felt a complete tool when I had to explain myself to the people who had already met, and had done and dusted the business that was discussed a long time ago! None of them bothered to let me know either. In the past I've also been a week late for a gig (it was the new fast automatic daffodils, iirc), and 2 hours late for a conference presentation because I forgot to change my watch (it was in a location 2 hrs ahead of here). Please help me feel better about myself and tell me how late you have been!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

How about early?

I had a day return flight to Edinburgh for a meeting and when I tried to check in for the return journey I'd managed to book for the month ahead. I had to buy a ticket then and there, cost me £300!

Another early one, went to a gig at The Bordeline in London a day early, endured some dreadful rubbish before I realised my dreadful rubbish was the next night, and I couldn't make it either.

 

[Kirstie]

I had an appointment to get a new five year "foreigner" identity card in 2005 and I forgot until summer 2010 when I needed one to get some insurance. I went to the lady who does them (it's the cop shop here) and handed in my new form and my passport photos. I thought it would be the start of some long, kafkaesque journey into the bowels of Belgian bureaucracy, but she just smiled and said "been on a nice long holiday have you?".

Aaaah, feel better now....

 

[Globalti]

About 20 minutes late for a flight to Manchester when I fell asleep in the lounge at Schipol. Actually I had forgotten to change my watch, which is why I allowed myself to fall asleep so I was an hour late really.

 

[ChrisKH]

Expensively early for a transatlantic flight. I got to Boston airport in a full blown electric storm to find my secretary had booked the flight for Sunday and I was there on Friday. So I either had to spend two days in Boston on my own and get back to the City and find a hotel at enormous cost, or fly that night at an enormous cost. Wife would have killed me, so I took the plane at enormous cost. Fortunately secretary admitted blunder but not before my (ex) boss suggested I pay myself. Bitch.

Mrs KH left me under Waterloo Station clock for three hours once.

 

[philipbh]

Two and half hours late for a job interview (Traffic)

24 hours late for a motor race (they are all on a Sunday aren't they....?)

 

[Archie_tect]

Turned up at Dover Holiday In Express at about 8pm one night in June [years ago] to find no room booked in my name despite booking 6 months in advance. Receptionist found out eventually that 'apparently' I had booked a room for the same day but in July, not June.

They were adamant that I had made the mistake not their booking clerk [though I hadn't noticed on the receipt] but why would I when we were catching the ferry the next morning at 6.30? Hotel full but seeing our plight [2 young ones at that time under 8] a plumber and his son offered to give us their room and they arranged a room nearer London as they had to be there the next day anyway.... what a pair of gentlemen! The receptionist phoned through and arranged it for the same price we had paid so they as a bonus got it cheaper than they would have paid last minute in Dover so everyone happy and I gave them a contribution to their drinking fund! there are kind people in the world.

 

[Brains]

A day late for a hotel booking, a day late for a flight, a day early for flight, four days late for a birthday dinner with my wife (OK, so I was held up by snow), a year late on software delivery (frequently) ......

 

[ttcycle]

When I was being interviewed for a uni place - I got a letter - filed the date in my internal memory and turned up an hour early but a whole week later. I had somehow got the dates mixed up and when I showed a lecturer the letter it was plain and clear that I didn't have two brain cells to rub together as there was last week's date staring me in the face. The lecturer said they found it odd how I hadn't turned up the previous week but he interviewed, obviously didn't have the fun packed tour etc. I think he took pity on me and I came from a part of the country that he grew up near.

Funny thing is, despite the incredible tardiness, I managed to get the grades lowered substantially so they must have wanted me to study there.


The outlook mistake is easily made Kirstie but odd of your colleagues not to mention it at all to you.

 

[Headgardener]

Coming back from NZ after spending four weeks there and reported to check in a day early by mistake, fortunatly rellies were happy to put us up for one more night and came back home on Anzac Day as intended.