I think it is not funny at all to turn up late for anything, shows such bad manners, and is very upsetting, for example. if you are in a strange place, waiting around for someone you become nervous drawing attention to yourself, people around you start to notice this and begin to stare at you wondering why you are alone looking upset, if you have been invited to someones house at say 6pm, how awful for your host to worry that you will not come, what if they have other plans for latter, when you finally appear a couple of hours late, your host will be very stressed and unhappy because maybe they have made a hot meal that is now spoiled, maybe there was someone else invited along that would really like to meet you, but have had to leave without seeing you because you did not turn up on time,to be late for an appointment or a job interview is extremely rude, and you would most probably loose the job, after all why employ someone who would show no respect for the business, why should someone employ a person who's time keeping is bad, when that person would probably be late in meeting a client who maybe very busy and has had to rearrange the days schedule to meet you. i could give many many more reasons why being late would inconvenience others, but respect is a big reason. time is very precious to all of us, why should someone else's time, be less important than your own.
