Inspired by this article on Buzzfeed '31 Things I've Apologized For' I realized that I ALWAYS apologise for the little things. Women apparently apologise more than men (who'd have guessed?), but more than that it's a 'subtle, self-defeating habit' to quote the author.
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So following suit, I kept a record of all the times I've said sorry (when it wasn't my fault) over the past week:
- When a person walked into me
- When I walked past a person and made no contact with them
- Getting stuck in a dress and hanger in a shop
- To a sales assistant when I asked to pay by card instead of cash
- To my dog
- To my cat
- For feeling sick
- For BEING sick
- For laughing out loud in the cinema
- For not checking SnapChat in almost two weeks
- When I threw my pyjamas in for washing in for washing so I could wear my pretty new ones
- For reading my library books too quickly
- For not wearing a bra
I apologize too much. I really, really do. I don't mind that I apologise to my pets when I have to kick them out of the house, they have feelings too. But did the sales assistant REALLY care that I was using card instead of cash? Do I HAVE to apologise to my family just because I read a little bit too quickly compared to their standards?
The answer is NO. I don't have to, but I've just always been the person who will say sorry for walking into a table because it was a little bit embarrassing. I'm more saying sorry to myself in that situation than to the table (sorry table!).
What I have learned from this exercise though is that saying 'sorry' could really be replaced by other phrases like, 'I'm afraid I'm feeling a bit sick' or 'I hope you didn't mind that I laughed out loud during the movie'. I overuse the word 'sorry'. Sorry about that.
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