I must say, I agree with you each and everyone of you. It restores my faith in time but it also tells me something about the people.
Mangaddict, I do not think anyone will have a problem if you are late because you make it your business to inform them of such. In that case, provisions can be made to work around your lateness.
As for what Shadowhunter has said, I do remember thinking about the reasons why someone may be late and I figured as much as a secondary thought. Its just that lateness indicates resentment/anger without a spoken word when deliberate and when translated to Trini society it says a lot and I think you are correct, as the last person who arrived long after I left the destination was angry with me and tried to ridicule me on Facebook because they did not like how I acted and I was very much in my right since they asked me why I had left. I told them very politely, its their lack of communication which caused problems. They essentially told me they did not really care and then seemed to not like me telling me them that so they decided to ridicule me on my status.
Yes Sonygroup those unanswered calls to the late people do cause frustration, I have stopped calling people who I know are going to be late by hours as I think it is bad manners to not say something and then its just inexcusable when they refuse to answer their phones.
Also I see what Steven Ramadar is talking about, it makes me feel very unsettled and my heart races long after I arrive at my destination when I'm late. I also hate making people wait on me. Sadly it happens sometimes and in those unavoidable times I make it my top priority to offer this person my apologies and my explanation and my ETA.