Annoying friends

We Indians are proud of our cheapness.

I am wondering if I am the only one going through this..I hate to sound horribly old-fashioned, but I believe in certain manners also within friendships. I am really fed up with people being late, lazy and thinking about themselves.
For instance, I have made a new friend at uni, and we've had lunch several times and she is always late. Now 5 min is fine, but if we've agreed to meet at a busy restaurant, 15 minutes is too much without saying anything. I'm sitting alone at a bar stool waiting, and she is unreachable by phone. I tried a different approach last time, I said go to the restaurant, ask for a table and text me when you are there. She texts saying she is there, but she is not. I end up waiting. I wanted her to wait there a couple of mins for me, so she could see what it felt like.
Now we planned on going away for the weekend, I have made appointments with people where we are going, so I sent her a FB message asking what trains she preferred etc. Time goes by, she doesn't reply, I have to send a new one, and now, 4 days before we're going, she's saying she can't bring the funds. She is otherwise a sweet girl and hwas the one showing interest in hanging out with me to begin with.

I don't want to seem racist or anything, but I have many friends from other areas of the world, India (like this girl), Middle East and Africa. What they have in common is two things; they're cheap and they are never on time, without leaving me notice. I have just come to notice that this counts for girls with that cultural background.
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After all you invented the number zero, take it and go

For those of you who didn't realize, I have many friends from India, Middle East etc. I am not making assumptions based on one person. I am actually making the effort to get to know people from all regions, although most of the Africans at school seem to only want to hang out with each other. I have other friends with best friends from foreign cultures, who have the exact same problem.

For those of you who didn't realize, I have many friends from India, Middle East etc. I am not making assumptions based on one person. I am actually making the effort to get to know people from all regions, although most of the Africans at school seem to only want to hang out with each other. I have other friends with best friends from foreign cultures, who have the exact same problem.

What is it?
Zero.
What is it's purpose?
Nothing.
What's inside of it?
Nothing.

*tear, it's beautiful.

Even so, that's just anecdotal evidence.

Doesn't give you the right to extend your assertions.

I am wondering if I am the only one going through this..I hate to sound horribly old-fashioned, but I believe in certain manners also within friendships. I am really fed up with people being late, lazy and thinking about themselves.

I am a nice person to everyone around me, fair enough I can be very lazy and all that, but when I DO make an appointment with a friend, I don't just back out, and if something gets in the way, I tell them.

Is this a girl thing in particular? I seem to know so many girls, otherwise sweet ladies, who's only thinking about themselves. We are all quite selfish at this age, but I wonder where the manners have gone. When we are supposed to get together for a dinner, people come whenever they please. If it's a dinner with seats and a big meal, 5-10 late is the appropriate time, not an hour! I have actually experienced this. Anyone feel the same?

Well I didn't say "all Indian people are like this". Actually race and background wasn't the point of my thread at all, it was just a detail which might explain different attitudes, but as soon as you bring anything along those lines into a thread here, people go insane.