it is important to be early when you arrange to meet someone; or anyone for that matter. It doesn't matter if it is a causual friend, a work colleague, an informal business meeting or an important interview; early is best.
But how early is early?
If you're going into an interview, the answer is simple especially as usually, they at the office would be the ones who would be expecting you at a certain time. It makes sense for you to be there before this expected time so that you can get physically and mentally comfortable in the strange surroundings and there be more ready for the interview.
But how about when you are meeting a person?
What happens you are meeting a friend at say 7pm at a certain tube stop?
Do you turn up ten minutes beforehand so that you wait for them or do you aim to get there AT 7pm and risk delays and hence, making them wait for you? What if both people decide to turn up 10 minuts earlier? Why not just make the meeting at 6:50 then?
Does 7pm mean 7pm?
Why is 6:50 ok but 7:10 not?
And why go to the bother to be ten minutes earlier? If you turn up early, then you WILL have to wait. What can you do in ten minutes? If you're standing outside a tube station the answer is; not a lot. If you decide to quickly go get a bottle of water you might end up being late despite being early. What if the other party is held up and would be 10 mins late? That 10 minutes has just turned into 20 minutes; that's 1/3 of a hour. What then?
How about if your friend is one who is always on time?
You being early has just made them be "late" compared to you? How would that make them feel? I mean, all through their journey, all was well because they knew they were on time but when they get to the meeting point, there you are already.
If they're in the slightest bit sensitive about these sort of things, you might've just ruined their evening.
Being early isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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