“If an apology is followed by an excuse or a reason, it means they are going to commit the same mistake again that they just apologized for.”
Amit Kalantri, Indian author, professional magician, and mentalist.
Written for Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt.
True, true, true.
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Happens too often!
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true
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Yes, a huge peeve! Also, the “if you were offended” structure is NOT an apology!
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Probably!
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The other favorite expression of these folks: “well, actually…”
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Generally, anyone who says you shouldn’t be offended is being offensive. I don’t know why they think no one notices.
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Because they are self-centered and narcissistic.
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Absolutely.
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it’s complicated or maybe the philosophy me I don’t understand how it becomes the the mistake that you had apologize for after
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An apology followed by an excuse is not a real apology and the person offering an insincere apology will probably do again whatever he or she did that warranted an apology in the first place.
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