> The world is a much less friendly place than most kindergartens. Saying sorry both acknowledges culpability and results in losing face. An adult issuing a tru

> The world is a much less friendly place than most kindergartens. Saying sorry both acknowledges culpability and results in losing face. An adult issuing a true apology to another adult is very rare. If that's your experience I feel bad for the toxic environments in which you must be immersed. Just this week I witnessed one of my co-workers apologize to another, publicly, in front of a number of their fellow colleagues, for behaviour they regretted. And yes, it was a genuine apology. And no there was nothing to be gained for this individual, personally, by delivering that apology. I myself have both given and received many apologies in my professional career. If that's rare, it's only because most people, most of the time, don't behave in a way that warrants apologizing later. It's precisely the kind of fatalism you express, here, that leads to bad behaviour going unaddressed.