Late is late, if you're gonna be 5 minutes late might as well be 30 and get an obviously needed coffee lmao ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I always hated when people were like, “oh your late? Looks like you had time to get coffee.”

“removed!, the reason I’m late happened after I got coffee. How was I supposed to know the road near work was closed.”

There's no difference in the eyes of an employer if you're 30 minutes late or 40 minutes late.

1-3 minutes, sure, but once you get over 15 minutes, generally you can take your sweet time. Just don't flaunt the iced coffee.

People are already annoyed with you, making yourself feel a little more miserable because you skipped the coffee will not change that, but the coffee will change your mood, so...