Makesexcuses"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone""What Iwas tryingto say"Writtenin Notesappacknowledgy,not anapologyPerformativetearsDoublingdown"Mistakesweremade"Over-explainsVague"People aresosensitivethese days""I'm notracist"Passivevoice"Thisisn'tme""I'm sorryyou wereoffended"Avoidsuse of firstpersonUses "but"almostimmediatelyExtremelydelayedapology"Thatwasn't myintent"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupset"I havea ___friend""Peoplemakemistakes""listeningandlearning"BlamessomeoneelseMakesexcuses"I'm sorryif I hurtanyone""What Iwas tryingto say"Writtenin Notesappacknowledgy,not anapologyPerformativetearsDoublingdown"Mistakesweremade"Over-explainsVague"People aresosensitivethese days""I'm notracist"Passivevoice"Thisisn'tme""I'm sorryyou wereoffended"Avoidsuse of firstpersonUses "but"almostimmediatelyExtremelydelayedapology"Thatwasn't myintent"Purposelymisunderstandswhy people areupset"I havea ___friend""Peoplemakemistakes""listeningandlearning"Blamessomeoneelse

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