Sorry I’m not sorry

But if you are trying to sell me a $23,000 technology solution, you should probably not turn up 15 minutes late to our meeting. That’s your problem, not mine. It’s also not my problem that you’re going to be at a convention all next week and can’t reschedule for another 7 days. So no, I would not like to get started. I would have liked to have gotten started at our scheduled time, but not now. We’ll talk again when it’s convenient for me.