"Peoplemakemistakes""listeningandlearning""Thisisn'tme""People aresosensitivethese days""I'm sorryif I hurtanyone""I'm notracist"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetDoublingdownMakesexcuses"Thatwasn't myintent"Uses "but"almostimmediatelyPerformativetearsVague"I'm sorryyou wereoffended""What Iwas tryingto say"Passivevoice"I havea ___friend"Avoidsuse of firstpersonacknowledgy,not anapologyExtremelydelayedapologyOver-explainsBlamessomeoneelseWrittenin Notesapp"Mistakesweremade""Peoplemakemistakes""listeningandlearning""Thisisn'tme""People aresosensitivethese days""I'm sorryif I hurtanyone""I'm notracist"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetDoublingdownMakesexcuses"Thatwasn't myintent"Uses "but"almostimmediatelyPerformativetearsVague"I'm sorryyou wereoffended""What Iwas tryingto say"Passivevoice"I havea ___friend"Avoidsuse of firstpersonacknowledgy,not anapologyExtremelydelayedapologyOver-explainsBlamessomeoneelseWrittenin Notesapp"Mistakesweremade"

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