Attempting to communicate a distance (or in a context lacking suitable bandwidth, otherwise: in an overly hurried fashion, in a noisy cafe instead of a quiet o

Attempting to communicate a distance (or in a context lacking suitable bandwidth, otherwise: in an overly hurried fashion, in a noisy cafe instead of a quiet office, etc) in regard to a matter that really required an unhurried, face-to-face discussion. That is, even though there've been situations where I'm (still) pretty darn sure it was ultimately "their" fault things weren't working out too well, there are still things I could have theoretically done to guide things to a smoother transition -- by waiting a day or two to have time to travel to the next city, for example -- and thus, perchance not see a relationship that took years to cultivate suddenly go down the crapper, apropos of almost nothing, or so it would seem. Again, theoretically. And all in retrospect. In the moment, it's so easy to be (justifiably) consumed by the sheer obtuseness of what the person is doing, that it's hard to see the benefits of simply waiting things out... or perchance, simply not "leveling" with the other person, simply because it feels like the right thing to do, at the moment. But the bottom line is, even if you do feel you have to "level", or unwind a business relationship with someone you at least once, theoretically, considered to be a friend -- email and chat are just really awful channels to have to do that in.