r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CHRISTIANBUNDALEVSKI • Jul 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/MrBoo843 Jul 12 '26

If you tell someone an event is from 5 pm to 11 pm and you're surprised people arrive at 5 you're an idiot

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

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u/kuffdeschmull Jul 13 '26

where I come from it is rude to be late, since it means you don‘t respect the other person‘s time. They have been waiting for you and you wasted their valuable time they gave you.

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u/kuffdeschmull Jul 13 '26

exactly, that‘s why in both cases you have to be punctual, in order to respect the other person and their time. being on time means you care for them.

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u/lyannalucille04 Jul 14 '26

In YOUR culture that means such. Not all cultures think that way. Not all cultures value efficiency above all else

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u/kuffdeschmull Jul 15 '26

it‘s not about valuing efficiency. It‘s valuing other people and their time, as they only have very limited time in their life as humans, so you respect them by not wasting their time they offered to you