"I'm sorryyou wereoffended"Extremelydelayedapology"What Iwas tryingto say"PassivevoiceUses "but"almostimmediately"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"Writtenin Notesapp"People aresosensitivethese days""Peoplemakemistakes"DoublingdownMakesexcusesBlamessomeoneelse"I'm notracist""I havea ___friend"Avoidsuse of firstpersonPerformativetears"Thatwasn't myintent"Over-explains"Mistakesweremade"Vagueacknowledgy,not anapologyPurposelymisunderstandswhy people areupset"listeningandlearning""Thisisn'tme""I'm sorryyou wereoffended"Extremelydelayedapology"What Iwas tryingto say"PassivevoiceUses "but"almostimmediately"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"Writtenin Notesapp"People aresosensitivethese days""Peoplemakemistakes"DoublingdownMakesexcusesBlamessomeoneelse"I'm notracist""I havea ___friend"Avoidsuse of firstpersonPerformativetears"Thatwasn't myintent"Over-explains"Mistakesweremade"Vagueacknowledgy,not anapologyPurposelymisunderstandswhy people areupset"listeningandlearning""Thisisn'tme"

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