Saying you're sorry

[leo1]

apologize. if the target doesn't accept the apology, that's not your problem. not everyone will like you. some people will despise you. that's fine.

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

A mentor's wife says we're all assholes someday and today is clearly your day.

He says the apology means nothing if its only purpose is to undo damage you did to yourself, it means just a little if you're disappointed only because you expect better of yourself and don't like people seeing you that way, and it means something more when you regret the pain you caused someone else. This man is not the most pleasant fellow I've met -- known him for 16 years -- but I do think he strives to not be half-assed about anything. I can't say I'm always at stage 3, but sometimes I can recognize that and work toward it.

 

[Football_Bat]

WWYD?

The liberal media is too busy focusing on the wire reports from Iraq...from a safe spot in Amman.

 

[User 1019]

I'm not understanding the Weatherford Courthouse reference.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Don't be surprised if you get a call from the higher-ups for a chat.

honest question: do you even work in this business? i've never heard a journalist refer to anybody as a "higher-up."

Yes, I do. "Higher-up", "ME", "Publisher," same difference.

 

[Football_Bat]

I'm not understanding the Weatherford Courthouse reference.

I saved the link when I saved the quote. It's the clock.

 

[wickedwritah]

My question: How did the co-workers find this if it was a personal blog?

 

[KYSportsWriter]

My question: How did the co-workers find this if it was a personal blog?

If I had to guess, I'd say someone snitched.

 

[Kaylee]

Depending on the severity of the transgression, a "sorry" - no matter how purely intentioned - isn't going to be an instant salve.

The only thing that I've found to be a surefire fence-mender is time. If you truly feel bad, you'll serve your time in the doghouse, mind your P's and Q's and, eventually, things will be forgotten by all but the most vindictive of assholes.

Don't apologize with your words so much as your actions. Do everything possible, do it right, and walk the straight-and-narrow without calling attention to the fact that you are doing so.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Don't be surprised if you get a call from the higher-ups for a chat.

Yes. Been there, done that, have the bumper sticker.

Be sincere, absorb the lesson and move on.