Re:So you've made a mistake and it's public
by fastball on Friday November 13, 2020 @05:49PM
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I think people in this thread are talking at cross-purposes.
On the one hand, you have the people who are talking about when you genuinely make a mistake, and recognize it as such before public outcry.
On the other end of the spectrum, you have people that maybe feel that they were acting / talking / behaving in a way that is normal but are being told that they made a mistake. In these circumstances, there is usually the issue that the nature of the mistake is quite subjective.
In the former case, your strategy is probably a good one. In the latter, I think the "don't apologize" is probably the better way to go, for the reasons outlined by GC.
On the one hand, you have the people who are talking about when you genuinely make a mistake, and recognize it as such before public outcry.
On the other end of the spectrum, you have people that maybe feel that they were acting / talking / behaving in a way that is normal but are being told that they made a mistake. In these circumstances, there is usually the issue that the nature of the mistake is quite subjective.
In the former case, your strategy is probably a good one. In the latter, I think the "don't apologize" is probably the better way to go, for the reasons outlined by GC.