These are good points in an increasingly selfish society where ME is ME and YOU and EVERYBODY else are scum. Unfortunately, I'm as uptight as you, I hate lateness. My wife, on the other hand, even though from Neston (you know it?) has an almost absurd disregard for time. It's almost as though she was born in another era. We once planned to meet in Paris at a cafe near Notre Dame, as she was working there, and I was cadging a free ride on her hotel room. Two hours later she turns up!! (her phone was off). Said he got distracted by Shakespeare and Co. bookshop on the way. It was so her that it was impossible to get annoyed. I was also pretty drunk by then