I was interested the post, then it fell into place when i saw the translation into Spanish! The age old conflict between uk thinking and Spanish perhaps? Sometimes I think timekeeping is about confidence. In Spain, where people are generally much more communal and less likely to be individualists, they have faith and belief that the person will turn up. It doesnt matter to be late, it will happen. In the Uk, we have a lot less faith in each other so have a pessimistic attitude that the person will turn up and everything will run smoothely. Personally I am always early. That is not a great characteristic either!!