It is the foreseeable future and not the future of the South Asians, which may involve centuries. Promptness is also valued highly in American life. People who are not prompt may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. A person who is 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. To an American, being half an hour late is the beginning of the "insult period". No matter what is said in apology, there is little that can remove the damage done by a 30-minute wait. Since time has such different meanings in different cultures, communication is sometimes difficult. We will understand each other a little better if we keep this fact in mind.
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