"...BUT..." Making excuses "I'm sorry you feel that way" "...BUT..." "What I meant was" Passing the blame Defending your actions "I hope you can forgive me" "I regret that it happened" "Mistakes were made" "I didn't mean to be offensive Asking the victim to explain their offense A quick subject change "I never claimed to be perfect" "I don't remember saying this" "It was just a joke" "I hope you can forgive me" "Mistakes were made" A quick subject change Calling it a minor issue "My choice of words was poor" "It was just a joke" Waiting several days to apologize "SORRY!" Apologizing too much "I meant it as a compliment" "I deeply regret it" Calling it a minor issue *Deep sigh* "I am sorry, but you___" "Let's move on" Missing the reason you messed up "I never claimed to be perfect" "I'm sorry you feel that way" "I already apologized" Missing the reason you messed up Defending your actions "I don't remember saying this" "I've never done this before" "I didn't know how sensitive people are" "I am sorry, but you___" "I meant it as a compliment" "It wasn't my intent" "I didn't mean to be offensive" Asking the victim to explain their offense reads from a script "I deeply regret it" "Sorry if you were offended" "Sorry if you were offended" "I regret that it happened" Apologizing too much Passing the blame "I didn't know how sensitive people are" "I've never done this before" "My choice of words was poor" Waiting several days to apologize "...BUT..." Making excuses "I'm sorry you feel that way" "...BUT..." "What I meant was" Passing the blame Defending your actions "I hope you can forgive me" "I regret that it happened" "Mistakes were made" "I didn't mean to be offensive Asking the victim to explain their offense A quick subject change "I never claimed to be perfect" "I don't remember saying this" "It was just a joke" "I hope you can forgive me" "Mistakes were made" A quick subject change Calling it a minor issue "My choice of words was poor" "It was just a joke" Waiting several days to apologize "SORRY!" Apologizing too much "I meant it as a compliment" "I deeply regret it" Calling it a minor issue *Deep sigh* "I am sorry, but you___" "Let's move on" Missing the reason you messed up "I never claimed to be perfect" "I'm sorry you feel that way" "I already apologized" Missing the reason you messed up Defending your actions "I don't remember saying this" "I've never done this before" "I didn't know how sensitive people are" "I am sorry, but you___" "I meant it as a compliment" "It wasn't my intent" "I didn't mean to be offensive" Asking the victim to explain their offense reads from a script "I deeply regret it" "Sorry if you were offended" "Sorry if you were offended" "I regret that it happened" Apologizing too much Passing the blame "I didn't know how sensitive people are" "I've never done this before" "My choice of words was poor" Waiting several days to apologize
(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.
"...BUT..."
Making excuses
"I'm sorry you feel that way"
"...BUT..."
"What I meant was"
Passing the blame
Defending your actions
"I hope you can forgive me"
"I regret that it happened"
"Mistakes were made"
"I didn't mean to be offensive
Asking the victim to explain their offense
A quick subject change
"I never claimed to be perfect"
"I don't remember saying this"
"It was just a joke"
"I hope you can forgive me"
"Mistakes were made"
A quick subject change
Calling it a minor issue
"My choice of words was poor"
"It was just a joke"
Waiting several days to apologize
"SORRY!"
Apologizing too much
"I meant it as a compliment"
"I deeply regret it"
Calling it a minor issue
*Deep sigh*
"I am sorry, but you___"
"Let's move on"
Missing the reason you messed up
"I never claimed to be perfect"
"I'm sorry you feel that way"
"I already apologized"
Missing the reason you messed up
Defending your actions
"I don't remember saying this"
"I've never done this before"
"I didn't know how sensitive people are"
"I am sorry, but you___"
"I meant it
as a compliment"
"It wasn't my intent"
"I didn't mean to be offensive"
Asking the victim to explain their offense
reads from a script
"I deeply regret it"
"Sorry if you were offended"
"Sorry if you were offended"
"I regret that it happened"
Apologizing too much
Passing the blame
"I didn't know how sensitive people are"
"I've never done this before"
"My choice of words was poor"
Waiting several days to apologize