by sumac | Mar 27, 2016 | Institutional Apologies
A wedding was held at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. During picture-taking, the bride’s sister stepped away to nurse her baby. With her breasts. History shows we can’t have that! As Emily Locke was breastfeeding her 9-month-old,...
by sumac | Aug 16, 2015 | Institutional Apologies
In Maajid Nawaz’s book Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism, he tells of an unpleasant experience with the Essex police when he was 15. (Nawaz was born in Essex. His parents were born in Pakistan.) Someone had spotted his 16-year-old brother...
by snarly | Aug 8, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Institutional Apologies
Brilliant Books, an independent bookstore in Traverse City, MI, has offered an apology and an offer of a refund to customers who preordered Harper Lee’s “recently discovered” new novel, Go Set A Watchman, and felt blindsided by the book they actually...
by sumac | Apr 20, 2015 | Institutional Apologies
Major General James Post was addressing the Air Force’s “Weapons and Tactics” conference. During Q&A someone asked about the future of the A-10 Thunderbolt plane, aka The Warthog. “If anyone accuses me of saying this, I will deny it,” began Post. Much...
by sumac | Feb 17, 2015 | Bropology, Institutional Apologies
This January six “Greek” organizations at the University of Michigan planned a lovely winter weekend holiday. Sigma Alpha Mu, and Sigma Delta Tau booked 40 rooms at the Treetops resort in Gaylord, Michigan, to shelter upwards of 200 members. Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Psi,...
by snarly | Feb 9, 2015 | Corporate Apologies, Institutional Apologies, Personal Apologies
Here’s an old apology story with an update. Remember when Facebook threw that “Hey, [your name], here’s what your year looked like!” party that showed up in your timeline shortly before New Year’s Eve? Most had the caption:...
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