by snarly | Sep 16, 2022 | Musical Apologies
Back in the day, there was a veritable universe of apology songs. Based on their sheet music, some of them were…unsettling. Here is a sampling, ranked from least to most unnerving. Check out “Are You Sorry?” from 1925, below. The woman in the...
by snarly | Aug 20, 2022 | Artistic apologies
SorryWatch recently saw a delightful gallery show called “Mistakes Were Made.” In it, artist Jennifer Dalton explores her interest in the faux-sincerity and sameness of bad public apologies. The show is at a tiny gallery called Mother-in-Law’s in Germantown, NY. A...
by snarly | Aug 12, 2022 | Other Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Snarly and Sumac very much enjoyed appearing on A Bintel Brief: The Jewish Advice Podcast. A Bintel Brief (Yiddish for “a bundle of letters”) began in 1906 as an advice column in The Forward, the venerable old Jewish newspaper. It answered readers’ questions about...
by snarly | May 11, 2022 | Corporate Apologies
Greetings, fellow apology fans! Let’s explore one of the worst corporate apologies in recent memory! Oh, Lufthansa, do you not remember the saga of United’s terrible apologies in 2017? Do you not recall the public outcry after United forcibly “re-accommodated” a...
by snarly | Apr 27, 2022 | Artistic apologies
Snarly and Sumac are both drawn to kintsugi, in which broken ceramics are repaired in a way that the cracks are still visible. The fixed piece feels like a new, quirky, precious thing! To us, that’s a wonderful metaphor for apology. A good apology doesn’t pretend that...
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