Patient safety is improved when all members of the care team feel empowered to speak up about concerns. Equally important is the way the receiver understands and responds to the concern. Through an interprofessional simulation, this study assessed barriers and enablers of receiving a safety concern expressed by a junior nurse, either abruptly or politely and respectfully. Barriers and enablers to receiving the message were about equal no matter the way the concern was expressed, suggesting trainings that focus on speaking up should also focus on receiving those messages.