How to Soften the Problem of Being Late

We think that we can maybe have more influence based on the words we choose. And sometimes we can, but it's depending on the relationship they might call you out. They might be like, kind of. It's been 45 minutes. I was sitting here waiting. Yeah. So when someone's late and you're not hearing back, you might get a little worried like, are they in a traffic accident has something happened?