I'm visiting my friend up here in Toronto and one thing that I've noticed is that he constantly apologizes for everything that is outside of his control.
For example, yesterday we went downtown so that I could see what it was like. On our way back, we hit traffic while taking the bus back to his home. Because of the traffic, our first bus was late, so we had to wait for a while to catch our second connecting bus. During that wait, this is what part of the conversation felt like:
> Me: So the next bus is coming in 25 minutes?