tl;dr: it's as much on the attendees who _are_ present to move things along. Take some initiative!
This article just comes across as completely ignorant of what might be going on in another person's life. Many comments here also lean towards this being about managers who demand things don't start until they're present.
This is just wrong.
In reality, any group of sufficiently smart and empowered people who have managed to get themselves together in a room should be organised enough to start without waiting on a particular individual.
If that individual then acts out because they missed some stuff, yep they're a dick. But they're not a dick just for being late or even being consistently late.
This article just comes across as completely ignorant of what might be going on in another person's life. Many comments here also lean towards this being about managers who demand things don't start until they're present.
This is just wrong.
In reality, any group of sufficiently smart and empowered people who have managed to get themselves together in a room should be organised enough to start without waiting on a particular individual.
If that individual then acts out because they missed some stuff, yep they're a dick. But they're not a dick just for being late or even being consistently late.