"Mistakesweremade""What Iwas tryingto say"MakesexcusesAvoidsuse of firstpersonVagueDoublingdown"Thisisn'tme"ExtremelydelayedapologyWrittenin NotesappPassivevoice"I havea ___friend"Performativetears"Peoplemakemistakes"Uses "but"almostimmediately"I'm sorryyou wereoffended""I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"Over-explains"I'm notracist""Thatwasn't myintent""listeningandlearning"BlamessomeoneelsePurposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetacknowledgy,not anapology"People aresosensitivethese days""Mistakesweremade""What Iwas tryingto say"MakesexcusesAvoidsuse of firstpersonVagueDoublingdown"Thisisn'tme"ExtremelydelayedapologyWrittenin NotesappPassivevoice"I havea ___friend"Performativetears"Peoplemakemistakes"Uses "but"almostimmediately"I'm sorryyou wereoffended""I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"Over-explains"I'm notracist""Thatwasn't myintent""listeningandlearning"BlamessomeoneelsePurposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetacknowledgy,not anapology"People aresosensitivethese days"

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