Has anyone noticed how nowadays people think they can do whatever and just apologizing makes it alright? I was recently on a trip visiting a city I used to live and a former co-worker of mine was supposed to meet me for dinner. He canceled at the last minute and then told me he'd be stopping by when the Cowboys played the Redskins. Well I get a text right before that game starts that he was running late and would be there at halftime. Halftime comes and goes and he never shows up, no texts, nothing. So I get back from the trip and email him and he says "Oh I had to do something with my son, sorry".
Second example, my sister is supposed to have dinner with me and my other sister when I get back from my trip. So I text her that we need to meet at such and such restaurant. She says "are you sure you want to pay that much $$ for all the kids?" and I write back that I just want her to come, not her boyfriend and their 5 kids. So she writes me she won't be showing up without her boyfriend. So we exchange a few angry text messages and then nothing, I don't hear from her anymore, she doesn't show up for dinner or anything. So then I go to visit my mom's house and my mom says "Oh your sister told me to tell you she's sorry about dinner".
Do these folks, and folks who do little stunts like this, just think they can apologize and that the rudeness will be forgiven? Not even picking up the phone to apologize but emailing or telling a third party to "pass it along". It's just amazing to me how people can be so rude and just think that it's all fixed by simply saying they're sorry.
I see this alot too in the news with famous athletes and stars, they do things and then say they're sorry and expect that to fix everything. A lot of times you can tell it's not even genuine. Is this what society has become when no one can really be empathetic towards someone else's situation, that they are that narcissistic that they can't take 2 seconds to text someone when they're going to be late or a no-show?
I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed this disturbing trend.
Second example, my sister is supposed to have dinner with me and my other sister when I get back from my trip. So I text her that we need to meet at such and such restaurant. She says "are you sure you want to pay that much $$ for all the kids?" and I write back that I just want her to come, not her boyfriend and their 5 kids. So she writes me she won't be showing up without her boyfriend. So we exchange a few angry text messages and then nothing, I don't hear from her anymore, she doesn't show up for dinner or anything. So then I go to visit my mom's house and my mom says "Oh your sister told me to tell you she's sorry about dinner".
Do these folks, and folks who do little stunts like this, just think they can apologize and that the rudeness will be forgiven? Not even picking up the phone to apologize but emailing or telling a third party to "pass it along". It's just amazing to me how people can be so rude and just think that it's all fixed by simply saying they're sorry.
I see this alot too in the news with famous athletes and stars, they do things and then say they're sorry and expect that to fix everything. A lot of times you can tell it's not even genuine. Is this what society has become when no one can really be empathetic towards someone else's situation, that they are that narcissistic that they can't take 2 seconds to text someone when they're going to be late or a no-show?
I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed this disturbing trend.
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