We all have one of those friends in our close friend group that we see almost every day. Typically a normal day of scheduling plans with that friend goes a little bit like this:

"Oh I'll be there in five minutes", that friend claims.

*20 minutes passes by and you're still aimlessly waiting*

*The person comes casually strolling your way as if they have extra time to spare, as if you haven't been waiting for a whopping extra 15 minutes past scheduled time*

When they finally arrive, they're extremely apologetic and you're very understanding. It's not like you're genuinely mad at them, because you do enjoy this person's presence in your life. It's not an awful crime, nor do you look down on this person. It's temporary frustration or even I've found it can be just pure laughter at the fact that this person can never seem to arrive at the time priorly established.

However, I must admit one crucial detail: I think we all have a tendency at times to be that friend. There are so many times I'm late to an occasion purely because I get side tracked into minor conversations and forget I'm on a tight schedule. The thing is, we all have days where we're late or even days where we're extremely early.

But this friend seems to have an impressive ratio of 90/10 on lateness to earliness.

It's almost the running joke of the friend group, that whatever time they tell you they'll be there -- you must add 20 minutes on top of it for their ETA.

More importantly though, we know that when this friend is late that it is not personal at all to us. They weren't purposefully trying to offend us by showing up a little bit late, it was just a mistake on their part that happens more often than we would like it to.

Side note: You know who this friend is because at times you'll try to give quick and subtle interventions every once and awhile upon their arrivals. The classic: "I'm glad you decided to show up", or the more direct approach of -- "what took you so long, man?".

If this isn't ringing any bells to you or if you don't know who this friend is in your close squad/group, I have something to inform you. You are: that friend.

So, shoutout to whoever is that friend in your friend group that never seems to be able to show up at the correct time. Whether it's your best friend or acquaintance, we love them all the same even though their ability to be on time isn't up to par. Go ahead and give them a tag -- to let them know you love them regardless of their inability to always follow schedule!