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Besides, imagine how late curtain would be if the cast all straggled in 15 or 20 minutes after call...
A person's punctuality is an expression of the power of their word. If I say I'll be at Shani's at 8 (unless my angle is to get shacked below-stairs), then I've given my word to something and as a man of my word, I'm going to honor that word. Now, I might break my word sometimes, but I can always honor my word--by not pretending I didn't say 8:00, or that my saying 8:00 and showing up at 8:01 is no big deal. I can acknowledge the word I gave and that I'm breaking it. That leaves my word with power. In other words, being later than 8:00 IS a big deal, but not because of the lateness. It's a big deal because of how it leaves me relating to my word.
ASU2003 doesn't care about punctuality because he's set his life up so that punctuality doesn't matter. One of two things is going on in his life: either his word has zero power anywhere and he's just flailing around everywhere in his life, or he's reserving his word for the things that DO matter to him, and when-he'll-be-where just isn't one of those. Of those two, the former is WAY more likely, but it's possible the latter is the case.
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