"People aresosensitivethese days""I havea ___friend""I'm notracist"Avoidsuse of firstpersonDoublingdown"listeningandlearning"Makesexcuses"Mistakesweremade"Writtenin Notesapp"I'm sorryyou wereoffended"Passivevoice"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"BlamessomeoneelsePurposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetOver-explainsPerformativetears"Peoplemakemistakes"Vague"What Iwas tryingto say""Thatwasn't myintent""Thisisn'tme"ExtremelydelayedapologyUses "but"almostimmediatelyacknowledgy,not anapology"People aresosensitivethese days""I havea ___friend""I'm notracist"Avoidsuse of firstpersonDoublingdown"listeningandlearning"Makesexcuses"Mistakesweremade"Writtenin Notesapp"I'm sorryyou wereoffended"Passivevoice"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"BlamessomeoneelsePurposelymisunderstandswhy people areupsetOver-explainsPerformativetears"Peoplemakemistakes"Vague"What Iwas tryingto say""Thatwasn't myintent""Thisisn'tme"ExtremelydelayedapologyUses "but"almostimmediatelyacknowledgy,not anapology

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