by snarly | Sep 7, 2019 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Personal Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
In 2013, Sumac visited Camp Playapology at Burning Man. Her account of the visit remains one of our most popular posts. In 2019, Snarly went to Burning Man for the first time. Her spouse, Dr. Cheezie, was attending his 22nd Burn. (It’s a mixed marriage.) Of...
by snarly | May 20, 2019 | The Mechanics of Apology
Hello, apology fans! Prompted by a SorryWatcher, we wanted to expound on this common phrase, as well as its corollary, “This is not who we are” — with “we” referring to an institution or country. DO NOT USE THIS PHRASE IN YOUR APOLOGY. At...
by snarly | Aug 27, 2018 | Academic apologies, Personal Apologies, Scientific apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
One half of Team SorryWatch is now off in the desert, perhaps with no pants on, perhaps not. (This was a reference to one of our most popular posts, in which Sumac reported about a camp at Burning Man that specialized in helping people apologize. It’s a great...
by sumac | Jul 14, 2018 | The Mechanics of Apology
If you try to convince your parents an excellent family vacation would be going to the far north to see the caribou migration, and they say “We’ll see,” you might suspect that to mean “no.” What if you tell a sibling your parents said “We’ll see,” so maybe...
by snarly | May 18, 2018 | Corporate Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Hey, time for your periodic reminder about how to apologize well! A good apology uses the words “I’m sorry” or “I apologize.” It names the offense. It takes responsibility. It shows understanding of the effect — the impact —...
by snarly | May 7, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Media Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
It’s Amber Ruffin on Late Night with Seth Meyers, apologizing like a sexual harasser! To be fair, of course, we don’t know for sure that Seth didn’t ask Amber Ruffin to punch him in the face. And also to be fair, we haven’t heard from the many,...
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