Actually, I take back what I said. I was wrong. Apologies are useful and not necessarily indicative of cruelty. It acts like a social lubricant and I can under

Actually, I take back what I said. I was wrong. Apologies are useful and not necessarily indicative of cruelty. It acts like a social lubricant and I can understand using it tactically, just to keep the peace. For some reason, I was only thinking of genuine, remorseful apologies, as if OP was just harassing people all day long, but obviously that's not the case here. There's a lot of small gestures one can do to avoid social faux paus.