by sumac | Jul 25, 2014 | Personal Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Hello, strangers! May I have your attention? I was a huge jerk, and I’m so sorry. I will do anything, anything, to show how sorry I am. I will humiliate myself in front of the whole world – that’s you. Yo, sir! See how I am groveling and eating dirt? You...
by snarly | Jun 19, 2014 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Personal Apologies, Youth apologizes
Buzzfeed culls the very best of the internet for us, and provides all the cute cat pictures my family requires. Here from a list of why kids are way better than you (doubtful) are three apology notes. The final one is NSFW. (Kids today.) I like that this child has...
by snarly | Jun 16, 2014 | Apology Essentials, Personal Apologies, Religious Apologies, Youth apologizes
Lots of viral buzz about a post, on a blog called cuppacocoa, from a teacher named JoEllen, about how she makes her class apologize. Some of her ideas work for me; some emphatically don’t. Let’s discuss! Have you read the post? OK, I like JoEllen’s...
by snarly | May 14, 2014 | Academic apologies, Apology Essentials, Corporate Apologies, Personal Apologies
Our pal Michael Orbach pointed us (via boing boing) toward Professor Ben Ho’s look at the economic value of apologies. Here’s what Ho, an assistant professor of economics at Vassar, says about the existing research. If you do it right, apology is good for...
by sumac | Apr 4, 2014 | Personal Apologies
Violent rain in a Western city. Driver illegally moving into crosswalk, looking right, planning a turn, not seeing pedestrians – a family crossing in the crosswalk, legally, from the left, a child racing pointlessly ahead. Driver sees family – a little late. Halts....
by sumac | Mar 27, 2014 | Non-Human Apologies, Personal Apologies
The Ugly Volvo is a blog by writer and stand-up comic Raquel D’Apice. Recently she posted a powerful open letter containing 10 apologies. They’re all to her dog Tig, for the sharp decreases in Tig’s quality of life since a baby arrived – the...
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