I made arrangement with two friends to have lunch together before I left on a trip. One friend was very late getting to the restaurant . (I was joking saying to him better late never.) He got mad and left. I'm sure he didn't believe I was joking with him because I had an unpleasant look on my face. I could have stop him before it came to that. I should've confronted him face to face and said (I'm kidding with you, please don’t take me seriously.) I'm sure that he would have stayed if I had been more sympathetic with my tone of voice. Once I came back from my trip I ask to meet again with my friends. Once again they both showed up and I had apologize to my friend. We been friends too long to end a friendship over a miscommunication. We made
