He said they were friends who work downtown, so they probably are not in the same building or anything. So, my advice is to become habitually late. So late that you are certain that they will be waiting at the curb instead of you.
Yeah, if you're driving you shouldn't also be waiting. And they should pay for lunch every once in a while. When I had my two-seater I would pay for my co-workers lunch every once in a while since I would never be the one driving.
Had an awesome idea, find some other jerk waiting curbside with hazards on, pull up right behind him, and put on right blinker. All anger is reflected at jerk, all pity and then ownage will go towards me.