Petty revenge on a perpetually late friend One of my friends is always late to meet me when we have a set time and place to meet.  We get dinner together often and he's usually 5-10 minutes late. Today, I got there at exactly 6:00, and when he wasn't there, I went up on a balcony so I could see where we usually meet and waited until he showed up. He was 11 minutes late, so when he showed up, I waited 11 more minutes before I came downstairs and "showed up" myself.