Time is precious—others’ as well as your own.  However, many people seem to forget this. Whether they behave like jugglers, procrastinators, cowards, or egotists, they have their reasons, even if they’re not conscious of them.

Jugglers have many balls in the air—people as well as events and circumstances.  They also have their own best interests in mind:  are either looking for the "bigger better deal" or an easier way out.

Procrastinators put everything off till the last minute, or until it’s too late.  Even if they intend otherwise, indecision and lack of commitment are an end result, for others as well as themselves.

Cowards look to see how they can avoid situations, no matter how others might be impacted.  They find indirect, evasive, or manipulative ways to keep on going, lest details be discovered.

Egotists think only of themselves, and how they stand to gain.  Others’ feelings and needs or repercussions don’t concern them. Their own well-being is all important—nobody else’s.

Those who don’t respect your time (or you), might not:
    • give straight answers
    • call back
    • confirm plans
    • give clear explanations

Those who don’t respect your time (or you), might prefer to:
    • delay
    • avoid
    • pass responsibilities/blame to someone else
    • change the subject

Everyone is innocent till proven guilty.  If someone wastes your time by accident, it’s unfortunate.  We all make mistakes!  Someone who wastes your time, not by accident, signals greater dangers—especially if you stumble on the truth later.

Those who waste your time, and know that they are doing it, might:
    • lie to you
    • misrepresent information
    • make things appear different than they are
    • use you/situations for their own advantage

There’s often more to the story, when your time gets wasted by other people.  Unfortunately, it’s always hard to accept that those you trust with your time (and beyond) might behave this way—that the root issue is not just about loss of time.  
Being cautious/prepared to walk away from people who don’t have your best interests in mind is usually the wisest solution.  Those whom you let get away with wasting your time (and beyond) once, will likely do so again.  It’s up to you to stand up for yourself, and let others know that it’s not okay/you’ve found them out, however challenging that might be.  If they decide to have no more to do with you, no matter how difficult it is to accept at the time, it’ll be to your benefit in the long-run.  Time is precious.  Once gone, you don’t get it back!