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y'know what’s great? my cat. y'know what else is great? your cat. your neighbor’s cat. that cat that hangs out near the library. literally every cat in the universe is great. what a world.
here’s a bit of advice I’ve learned so far in my few years as an adult (especially while working retail): never apologize unless someone asks you to.
In customer service, a customer’s attitude can completely shift if you so much as insinuate that something could be wrong. Never ever ever let them think that something might be wrong. It will save you from getting yelled at.
This can also go for a lot of other things as well. You have to do a speech for class? Do NOT ever apologize while giving your speech, no matter how awkward you feel. Apologizing for being awkward will draw far more attention to your awkwardness than anything else. You’re a couple minutes late for something rather than on-time? Odds are, it might have just gone under the radar. You liked a ton of posts on someones blog (something I get DMs apologizing for a lot)? Maybe it’s just me, but I literally never check my activity. And if I do happen to notice, I wouldn’t find it anything except flattering.
I get people struggle with anxiety and overanalyze every little action they do. But to those people and anyone else who might need to hear this, I promise you, no one cares about little slip-ups nearly as much as you think they do.
The point is, apologizing for something that might be inconsequential might just make people think they should be upset, when otherwise they never would’ve even noticed that there could be something to be upset about. It’s fine. You’re fine.
I remember in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles there’s this one quote that goes something like, “People will be happier when you thank them than when you apologize” and like, it just makes sense?
“Sorry I’m late” vs “Thanks for waiting”
“I’m sorry I’m such a burden” vs “Thank you for taking care of me”
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