I had no idea such a thing were possible. Please share your strategies and successes for arranging those situations.
I presume wedrifid was essentially referring to making dates that were things you wanted to do anyway or meeting points where the waiting party has an alternative thing to be doing.
That was what I assumed, but to schedule a meeting where being late would not make the first arrival wait seems impossible to me. Perhaps a fair or festival? Those occur infrequently. A petting zoo? That’s… not a bad idea, actually—but petting the animals would hardly be the main activity, and the animals could only entertain one for so long. At cinema one may feel to have been made to wait by seeing other tribes all around, even though the explicit activity is idle viewing. A talk? One may want to save a seat for the tardy party, but besides that a talk appears perfect.
Well, that’s one “[meeting] where no waiting for either party is required....” I figured you or wedrifid might have a cache of events that fit that criterion and asked to hedge against figuratively ‘re-inventing the wheel’.
I recommend sitting down and listing ten things you might do for fun, just because you enjoy them. Then look at that list and circle the ones that don’t have a fixed start time (like zoos, fairs, festivals, museums, outdoor walks, amusement parks, beaches, etc. etc. etc.) If you haven’t circled anything, repeat the exercise with another ten things you like to do. If the area where you live publishes a directory of local events, that’s a useful place to start.
I presume wedrifid was essentially referring to making dates that were things you wanted to do anyway or meeting points where the waiting party has an alternative thing to be doing.
That was what I assumed, but to schedule a meeting where being late would not make the first arrival wait seems impossible to me. Perhaps a fair or festival? Those occur infrequently. A petting zoo? That’s… not a bad idea, actually—but petting the animals would hardly be the main activity, and the animals could only entertain one for so long. At cinema one may feel to have been made to wait by seeing other tribes all around, even though the explicit activity is idle viewing. A talk? One may want to save a seat for the tardy party, but besides that a talk appears perfect.
Well, that’s one “[meeting] where no waiting for either party is required....” I figured you or wedrifid might have a cache of events that fit that criterion and asked to hedge against figuratively ‘re-inventing the wheel’.
I recommend sitting down and listing ten things you might do for fun, just because you enjoy them. Then look at that list and circle the ones that don’t have a fixed start time (like zoos, fairs, festivals, museums, outdoor walks, amusement parks, beaches, etc. etc. etc.) If you haven’t circled anything, repeat the exercise with another ten things you like to do. If the area where you live publishes a directory of local events, that’s a useful place to start.