gallie,
"just to share my personal experience. i was caught in the same situation as salsa during one of the recent group gathering, making me waited for an hour without anyone keeping me posted of being late due to pre-dinner & shopping. i think it's a basic respect and also polite to inform the other party irregardless that person is your friend, family or even client. i think along with a sincere apology and not taking it for granted upon arrival should be better. so, as a working adult, u should know basic courtesy right? if not, i will not hesitate to sing "courtesy is for free, courtesy is for you & me..." to you each time i see you."
I think girls are more particular about waiting for other people and yet they are OK to let other people wait for them.
Ha ha..
I remember the first outing of singles: I was waiting like close to 30 minutes before someone appeared (and that was bedeok-boy). The main group of girls only came another 15 minutes later - they all waited for each other and came in a group.
It was our first time meeting and I was thinking to myself that they are all playing me out. In the end they came and I didn't think much about it. Actually it is ok to wait for a guy like me. But waiting alone and not knowing if people are coming can be nerve racking.
Then there was another occasion, that we met up at the Jap restaurant and I was there first. Again I waited for a while alone and the manager was always asking me if my friends were coming because there was a long queue and she wanted to chase me out. It was like only 15 minutes but it felt like eternity.
So cool it man.