Those Darn Mormons: Tardiness and Entitlement

I don't know what it was - perhaps it's the late hours, the early mornings, or the fact that I had only one person come to my ward choir exercise I prepared. Whatever the cause, Sunday afternoon found me sitting in the church pew all sorts of ticked off.

I sat in church waiting for my 1:00 meeting to start at 1:15, slowly getting more and more annoyed. Anyone who lives in Utah is likely familiar with the term "Mormon Standard Time." Whoever coined the term observed a tendency among members of the LDS church to begin most activities late. Also, that person was probably a sadist.

While I waited, I shared with a friend my frustration that the choir rehearsal I had planned for that morning had been such a failure. My friend - a lovely young lady who is obviously very intelligent - simply shrugged her shoulders and said, "You probably should have offered refreshments."

And THAT just sent me over the edge.

Now, I understand that religion in contemporary culture tends to fill a need usually associated with social clubs in the past, but there IS, unless I'm mistaken, an element of worship and devotion still involved with religious exercises. Am I right in being distressed that the LDS culture gotten so entitled that they feel they can show up twenty or thirty minutes late to everything and expect to be fed?

Or is someone just being Mr. Crankypants?