by snarly | Jan 2, 2024 | The Mechanics of Apology
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry’s far more affordable paperback iteration is out today! It’s called Getting to Sorry, and it’s full of the same humor and helpfulness as its predecessor. Learn how to elicit better apologies from coworkers, friends, family, and strangers....
by snarly | Apr 10, 2023 | The Mechanics of Apology
They’re enumerated in a pop-up on our home page and expounded upon in our book (along with lots of entertaining examples, celebrity anecdotes, historical nuggets, and social science sprinkled hither and yon like environmentally friendly glitter!) but we thought we’d...
by snarly | Nov 15, 2022 | Media Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
We appreciate the shout-out to SorryWatch and our forthcoming book in this week’s New Yorker. (That featured image is not of this week’s New Yorker; we just like cats and William Steig.) SorryWatch agrees with author Jill Lepore that ugh, Twitter. More...
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 | Jan 13, 2020 | The Mechanics of Apology
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading romance, it’s what an earnest and sincere apology looks like. A really moving grovel is a staple of the genre. This didn’t even come close. — Olivia Waite (@O_Waite)https://twitter.com/O_Waite/status/1215326550016417802...
by snarly | Sep 30, 2019 | Religious Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
We mostly talk about apologies here; just for kicks, let’s take a quick detour into forgiveness. The web site My Jewish Learning (Snarly is a fan) has been emailing readers a series of essays called “Explore Forgiveness.” It’s a project...
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