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Do that to me once without proper explanation and excuse, and consider yourself booted off any further dealings. But then, I'm Scandinavian. Nine o'clock means
by interfixus 9y ago
Do that to me once without proper explanation and excuse, and consider yourself booted off any further dealings.
But then, I'm Scandinavian. Nine o'clock means nine o'clock, not five - or anything - past.
- Symbiote 9y agoMy most extreme version of this was a hiking group in Denmark. The recommendation was to arrive by train. The event time was 13:00. On Sunday, the trains arrived at 12:32 and 13:02. Naturally, I chose the latter, and found everyone had left half an hour earlier since there was obviously noone else coming! I've still not got the hang of what time to arrive in Denmark. I've made an effort not to be on "British time" for social events, which has made me 15-30 minutes earlier than the Danish guests as often as it's been the correct time.
- interfixus 9y agoDon't worry. I've lived here all my life, and I probably still haven't got the social niceties properly down. I just arrive on time. Never been a problem, but yes, there are subleties going on which I am not aware of. The train part though: Definitely catch the early train. Two minutes late for something would generally prompt me to get hold of whoever might be expecting me: "Sorry, I'm running late".