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Apr 2023
10m 52s

3 awful excuses for being late

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About this episode

No one likes to be late and no one likes to be the one having to wait. However, if you are going to miss the meeting time, you better have a good reason and it should always be truthful.

Modern Manners Guy is hosted by Richie Frieman. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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