by snarly | Nov 26, 2012 | Youth apologizes
For those keeping score, this is the second bear-theft-related apology on this site. (Analysis: Handwritten notes are always good. But the wishful-yet-explicit mention of being forgiven — as well as the prominence of the word “forgive” [or forgev]...
by sumac | Nov 24, 2012 | Other Apologies
At some point on the field trip for learning-disabled adults, one of the escorting staff members took a picture of another staffer acting goofy. The October field trip was to Washington, D.C.; they were at Arlington National Cemetery, by the Tomb of the Unknowns; and...
by sumac | Nov 22, 2012 | Media Apologies
Rupert Murdoch’s burbling again. He got a lot of flak for tweeting, “Why is Jewish-owned press so consistently anti-Israel in every crisis?” which was presumably directed at the New York Times. (Flak, plus puzzled people saying “Huh?” But see Michael Wolff...
by snarly | Nov 20, 2012 | Academic apologies, Apology Essentials, Corporate Apologies, Institutional Apologies, Other Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
My college roommate, Deborah Levi, was brilliant. (She died of breast cancer at 34.) Her New York University Law Review article on the role of apology in mediation is still cited all over the place (Google it – I’ll wait) and reflects who she was: A person with an...
by sumac | Nov 19, 2012 | Apology Essentials, The Mechanics of Apology
A poisoned apology is an apology wrapped around an insult, like a cupcake with mud filling. People don’t want to accept the apology, because they don’t want to accept the insult that goes with it. “I apologize for kicking you, but you were so damned...