by snarly | Jan 28, 2013 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Personal Apologies
We are not licensed psychologists or police profilers, but we sense that these note-writers are not in actual fact sorry. (Via Happy Place, where there are even MORE hostile notes not containing the word “sorry.”) Hat tip to the fine curatorial minds...
by snarly | Jan 27, 2013 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Indexed is the best. As apology experts, we endorse this Venn...
by snarly | Jan 26, 2013 | Corporate Apologies, Other Apologies
BREAKING: The oversized sandwich purveyor Subway has apologized for the fact that its “Footlong Sub” is sometimes only 11 inches long. Here is photographic evidence of the shrunken item: Maybe it was cold out. After this guy posted a pic of his shriveled...
by snarly | Jan 26, 2013 | Religious Apologies
My mom pointed out that last week’s Torah portion, Parshat Bo (that’s Exodus 10:1 to 13:16 for you non-regular shul-goers), contains an intriguing apology. In this part of the Bible, Moses is asking Pharaoh to let the Israelite slaves leave Egypt. Pharaoh...
by snarly | Jan 22, 2013 | Scientific apologies
Our Invisible Friend Inside the Computer Taffy Brodesser-Akner pointed us to the blog Retraction Watch, which is fabulous. Written by journalistic machers Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky, it looks at scientific retractions, primarily in the life sciences. Because when it...
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