Doublingdown"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone""Thatwasn't myintent"Avoidsuse of firstpersonPerformativetears"I'm sorryyou wereoffended"VagueOver-explains"Peoplemakemistakes"Writtenin Notesapp"People aresosensitivethese days"Uses "but"almostimmediately"Mistakesweremade"Passivevoice"What Iwas tryingto say""listeningandlearning""I havea ___friend"MakesexcusesBlamessomeoneelse"Thisisn'tme"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetacknowledgy,not anapologyExtremelydelayedapology"I'm notracist"Doublingdown"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone""Thatwasn't myintent"Avoidsuse of firstpersonPerformativetears"I'm sorryyou wereoffended"VagueOver-explains"Peoplemakemistakes"Writtenin Notesapp"People aresosensitivethese days"Uses "but"almostimmediately"Mistakesweremade"Passivevoice"What Iwas tryingto say""listeningandlearning""I havea ___friend"MakesexcusesBlamessomeoneelse"Thisisn'tme"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetacknowledgy,not anapologyExtremelydelayedapology"I'm notracist"

Bad Apology Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Doubling down
  2. "I'm sorry if I hurt anyone"
  3. "That wasn't my intent"
  4. Avoids use of first person
  5. Performative tears
  6. "I'm sorry you were offended"
  7. Vague
  8. Over-explains
  9. "People make mistakes"
  10. Written in Notes app
  11. "People are so sensitive these days"
  12. Uses "but" almost immediately
  13. "Mistakes were made"
  14. Passive voice
  15. "What I was trying to say"
  16. "listening and learning"
  17. "I have a ___ friend"
  18. Makes excuses
  19. Blames someone else
  20. "This isn't me"
  21. Purposely misunderstands why people are upset
  22. acknowledgy, not an apology
  23. Extremely delayed apology
  24. "I'm not racist"