If someone asks you to meet them...

[Deleted]

A little after 5 what time do you assume that means?

[soozy87]

5:15

[cransplash]

5:15

[Balki.Bartokomous]

Nov 23, 2013 16:13:21 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Sometime between 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm

This, assuming it's closer to 5. If I wanted to meet someone at 5:30, I would just say 5:30.

[treedimensional]

I'd take it pretty literally. Like 5:05.

[lys]

Totally depends on who that person is. Anywhere from 5:05 - 5:30 would be my expectation, but I do know someone who would arrive more like 5:45.
I plan accordingly

[dexteroni]

Nov 23, 2013 16:20:10 GMT -5 treedimensional said:

I'd take it pretty literally. Like 5:05.

This was my first thought too. I would try to get there around this time in case that's what they meant too. But really, anything before 5:15 is fair game.

It could also depend on the person and their idea of "a little" time. For my more prompt friends, it would definitely mean 5:05, but for some of my more lackadaisical friends, 5:00 already means 5:15, so "a little after five" could easily mean 5:40.

[treedimensional]

If I say "a little after 5" I mean a few minutes.
It is what I'd say if I was shooting for 5, but thought I might be a tiny bit late, and probably wouldn't make it at exactly 5. In my mind, that would be 5 minutes, or perhaps up to 10.
If I thought it would be more than 10, I wouldn't use that phrase. I'd say "around 5:15" or "between 5 and 5:30".

[flatlan]

Between 5 and 5:15

[Deleted]

No later than 5:10

[steph96]

5:00-5:15

[bostonmichelle]

5:00-5:15 for most normal people. For my habitually late friend…. after 6 sometime.

[pacificrules]

5:10-5:15

[schrodinger]

Between 5 and 5:15. Usually I take it to mean "I have something up until 5 and will be there as fast as I can drive."

[statlerwaldorf]

5:15

[dexteroni]

Nov 23, 2013 19:11:41 GMT -5 schrodinger said:

Between 5 and 5:15. Usually I take it to mean "I have something up until 5 and will be there as fast as I can drive."

Yes, except more like "My meeting ends at 5, and I'll come downstairs right afterward." If I have to drive somewhere, I would estimate how long it takes to get wherever I'm going and give a time to meet.

Also @kjewell, it's time to tell us the rest of the story! Who said this, and what did they actually mean / when did they arrive?

[curbsideprophet]

Between 5 and 5:15.

[Deleted]

Nov 23, 2013 20:20:51 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

Nov 23, 2013 19:11:41 GMT -5 schrodinger said:

Between 5 and 5:15. Usually I take it to mean "I have something up until 5 and will be there as fast as I can drive."

Yes, except more like "My meeting ends at 5, and I'll come downstairs right afterward." If I have to drive somewhere, I would estimate how long it takes to get wherever I'm going and give a time to meet.

Also @kjewell, it's time to tell us the rest of the story! Who said this, and what did they actually mean / when did they arrive?

A friend of mine that I haven't seen in ages.  I was meeting her after work. She texted to say she left at 4:30 and to meet at her house a little after 5:00.  I got there about 5:15.

[Deleted]

Between 5:00 & 5:15. I would be so nervous about the vagueness, my dork ass would be sitting in the parking lot @ 4:45 trying not o look creepy. LOL.