I know you are feeling angry and frustrated while you wait for a response. But, the best I can do is give you a ballpark estimate of how long It will take.

When you are late to a meeting, I become irritable because I feel as if you do not value our work enough to be on time. Therefore, I would like you to arrive on time for our meetings.

I would like you to wait until I have finished speaking.

I recognize you are busy with multiple projects, but I still need a response to my email by Thursday.

If I do not hear back from you by Thursday, I will have to hire someone else to work on this project.

I would like to finish this email before we have our conversation.

I know you are feeling angry and frustrated while you wait for a response. But, the best I can do is give you a ballpark estimate of how long It will take.

When I don’t get enough sleep, it affects my nerves and I feel irritated. Therefore, I try to go to bed earlier.

“If you don’t complete the work on my car by 5:00 tomorrow, I’ll be forced to call the Better Business Bureau.”

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