Remember when people actually apologized on paper instead of filming a TikTok?

I wasted $40 on a 'celebrity apology course' from some influencer who swore she could teach me how to craft the perfect public apology, but it was just a PDF of generic phrases like 'I take full responsibility.' She didn't even address how to handle real backlash or specific mistakes. Has anyone else fallen for those quick fix apology guides that promise more than they deliver?

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nancy_king297d ago

Oh, I totally feel you on that wasted money thing. Did the course at least give any examples of what to avoid, like the classic vague apology where people say 'I'm sorry if you were offended' instead of 'I'm sorry for what I did'? Because that PDF sounds like it was just a bunch of empty buzzwords without any real strategy for handling the messy, specific situations that actually come up (like when you messed up publicly and have to face real angry comments or lost trust).

the_viola7d ago

Wait, did the PDF even mention "sorry not sorry" or was it just 50 pages of "take accountability"?

the_eric7d ago

And @nancy_king29 that's exactly the thing, those "sorry if you were offended" apologies are the worst because they just shift the blame back to the person who got hurt. The PDF had a whole section on "owning your mess" but it was all generic stuff like "acknowledge the impact" without any real talk about how to sit with the discomfort of someone being genuinely pissed at you. Like, a real strategy would be actually listening to the angry comments instead of just pasting a template apology and hoping it works, you know?