Although personally, being too early at an appointment or meeting means that one doesn't manage their time properly.

I agree it would be poor use of time coming too early.

Or they just gave a lot of leeway for unexpected things like heavy traffic - which is almost always the culprit of people being tardy.

I think they are used to it because this is how society and culture program us to be. But hopefully, we can change Filipino Time to be "on time". !PIZZA