How to Confront A Friend's Tardiness

Your time is valuable and when your friend is constantly late for your outings together, it's time to tell him how you feel about it.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. If you're bringing a friend to work or school and you notice a pattern of having to wait outside for more than ten minutes, you should tell him that you don't appreciate how he doesn't respect your time and that if this continues, you will not bring him anymore.

2. Suppose your friend invited you out to dinner at a certain time, but it's over an hour and not only does your friend not show up but he doesn't call you and say he couldn't come. In this case just leave the restaurant and when you see your friend again, confront him about his rudeness.

3. When you have some friends who are always late and have excuses, it's best not to invite them anywhere because it shows they don't care about how their behavior affects your friendship. However, this doesn't mean you end the friendship, it just means you don't let yourself be treated like a doormat.

Tips & Warnings

• Try to find out why your friend is constantly late. Maybe he struggles with procrastination or tome management. Or it could be that your friend doesn't want to go the same outings with you but is afraid to say something.
• Don't degrade your friend or attack his character out of anger. He probably has many other good qualities, it's just that he has a problem in this area. See if you can help be on time for things.