In message , at
10:15:46 on Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Portsmouth Rider
remarked:

Mr Perry's tea and crumpets being cold because he is half an hour late
getting home does not count as good reason.

If it was only half an hour it wouldn't matter so much. The problem is
that once a bustitution has been put in place you are probably already
an hour later than you expected, and giving someone an unnecessary walk
on top of that is just rubbing the salt in.
--
Roland Perry