by snarly | Sep 20, 2023 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
The Onion does it again. (Or apparently the Onion did it two years ago but we missed it when it came out): Ways to Apologize Without Saying Sorry. It’s probably a coincidence that all these ways (spoiler alert: terrible) dovetail with our contention that a good...
by snarly | Sep 12, 2015 | Religious Apologies
Hey, as we head into Rosh HaShanah, let’s go through the 12th century sage Moses Maimonides’s RULES FOR APOLOGIZING. It won’t be boring, I swear. Get back here. Maimonides (who had the jaunty nickname Rambam) was a Spanish physician and chicken soup...
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 | Mar 18, 2014 | Apology Essentials, Institutional Apologies, Personal Apologies, Scientific apologies
Our pal Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch, who’s also the VP of MedPage Today, alerted us to a terrific MedPage Today video about how and why doctors should apologize. It’s not embeddable, but you can watch it here. You should probably apologize if...
by snarly | Oct 22, 2012 | Religious Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Here’s how you do repentance, according to the 12th-century Jewish sage Maimonides (aka Rambam). You need the following elements: Humility, remorse, forbearance and reparation. Not so coincidentally, the same goes for apologies. Maimo (we’re...