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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9547238" data-attributes="member: 6779310">I've found that Alaska has it's own regionalities...Anchorage: many will make plans, and are reticent to cancel... but up to an hour late won't get a call despite cell phones.Wasilla: reticent to make plans for anything irregular, will call if they realize they're going to be more than 20 minutes late, but they may not realize that until they're 30 minutes late...Juneau: Politicians get upset if you're even 5 minutes late, but won't hesitate to be 15 late themselves. Then they blame it on constituents. Some exceptions (Sen. Al Kookesh, Rep Eric Croft. Both strive to be early. Sen Lisa Murkowski - she's been late with no excuses offered nor questions answered every one of the 10 times I've been in things she was supposed to show up for... but she also never blamed constituents nor staffers.) Locals tend to be surprisingly prompt.Fairbanks: the local Catholic Cathedral started 10 min after schedule every time I was there in the 80's, 90's and 00's. The parking lot was a lot more full after servive than at the time it started - same with the pews. Note that when I was there, it was always for church activities, so I can't be certain on other matters... but folks from there tend to give you a window based upon the range of minimum drive time to twice the normal drive time...  One friend of mine, Lona, when she moved to Anchorage, would call to see if I was going to be home - her apartment was a 20 minute drive (15 miles across town) from mine... and she'd call and ask about us being home 30 to 60 minutes from the call... while I, being anchorage-raised, simply assumed 30 minutes for that 20 minute drive, and sat in the car until 5 min before I said I'd be there. Other friends from Fairbanks were likewise cautious about travel times...</blockquote>

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