It's more than just rudeness to me.
ALL you have is your word. If I want to have say over how my life goes, then I'd better have some faith that my word is worth someting. So then, if I say I'll be somewhere at a certain time and I'm not there at that time, my word is suddenly worthless. If I'm even one minute late, suddenly my ability to have things go the way I say is diminished. I'm not a bad person, I just don't treat my word with honor. And the more I dishonor my word, the less power I have in life.
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