https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-217835 Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:40:33 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-217835 […] created a checklist for what that looks like. Apologize to the individual you hurt for what you did. Acknowledge the […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-215033 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:54:38 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-215033 […] away). I think the bare minimum would be some acknowledgement of harm, which would also accompany an apology. (Like when Dan Harmon apologized to Megan Ganz.) I recognize that many (men) cannot even do that. […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-214987 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 23:42:08 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-214987 […] everyone guessing as to who, precisely, wanted to send that wierd ugly message. It fails our Apology Checklist because it doesn’t explain what is being apologized for. Was it incompetence? Was it sending […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-214943 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:28:26 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-214943 […] created a checklist for that looks like. Apologize to the individual you hurt for what you did. Acknowledge the effects […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-213883 Sun, 14 Jan 2018 03:33:55 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-213883 […] amazing. I need a drink. (After I dispose of the metaphorical condom of apology analysis): He does ALL THE THINGS: Apologizes. Names the thing he did. Acknowledges the effect. Makes things right with the […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-72714 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:25:13 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-72714 […] Bad bad apology. Maybe because Rains is trying to protect his client. He is minimizing the offense. The women whose phone were “accessed or reviewed”? That was illegal, but a lot more went on than access and review. So the apology isn’t really for what he did. […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-17943 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:19:33 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-17943 […] bleated until our ears bled about the elements of apology: Acknowledging the offense, acknowledging its effect, expressing genuine remorse, […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-17002 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 23:05:55 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-17002 […] recap: A good apology acknowledges and names the offense, makes amends, discusses what will be done to prevent a […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-12022 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:27:40 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-12022 […] that doctors make as individuals. And they should be apologized for in the ways you’ve read in this space: Be specific. Do not evade. Say what you did. Don’t […]

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/how-to-apologize-a-short-checklist/#comment-11376 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:36:53 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1539#comment-11376 […] Huh. Prompt, and taking responsibility for their mistake – but not saying what the mistake was. Was it thinking that box braids and Afro-puffs were unruly? Low-class? Political? This is an example of an apology that cries for explanation. […]

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