"Mistakesweremade""I havea ___friend"Avoidsuse of firstpersonOver-explainsPassivevoice"Thisisn'tme""What Iwas tryingto say"acknowledgy,not anapologyWrittenin NotesappDoublingdownExtremelydelayedapologyVague"People aresosensitivethese days""I'm notracist"BlamessomeoneelseMakesexcuses"I'm sorryyou wereoffended"PerformativetearsUses "but"almostimmediately"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupset"Peoplemakemistakes""listeningandlearning""Thatwasn't myintent""Mistakesweremade""I havea ___friend"Avoidsuse of firstpersonOver-explainsPassivevoice"Thisisn'tme""What Iwas tryingto say"acknowledgy,not anapologyWrittenin NotesappDoublingdownExtremelydelayedapologyVague"People aresosensitivethese days""I'm notracist"BlamessomeoneelseMakesexcuses"I'm sorryyou wereoffended"PerformativetearsUses "but"almostimmediately"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupset"Peoplemakemistakes""listeningandlearning""Thatwasn't myintent"

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