Chronic Tardiness: Don't.

Very few things irritate me more than people who always show up late. You know, or should know:

how long you take to get ready

how long it takes to get there

what time you are expected

so WHY are you always late? It's because you are either

lazy

a procrastinator

incompetent generally, or

expressing passive aggression

It is rude and disrespectful to be late ONCE. You are all grown up; a big boy/girl should be ON TIME. Those who were in the U.S.M.C. will know that on-time is late and fifteen minutes early is on-time. You can always burn up 10 of your minutes walking up and down the sidewalk outside, if you only want to be a couple minutes early. You can't get those same minutes back from me when you show up late.

A side note for the current tough job market: if you were to come to me for a job interview, and you didn't have a really good story, and you were late showing up? When you leave, your C.V. hits the recycle bin without further consideration.