Informally say "I'm sorry" vs. formally apologize

1. When you accidentally bump into a colleague of the opposite sex in the hallway, resulting in incidental body contact, you say "I'm sorry"; if the person you carelessly bump into, on the other hand, is your boss of the opposite sex, you apologize.

2. When your once-in-a-while slip of the bad-hair-day variety results in slight personal embarrassment when your boss inquires about it, you say "I'm sorry"; if the slip is so glaring, on the other hand, as to embarrass your boss in front of his/her boss, you apologize.

3. For whatever reason, whenever you sense that you owe something to your serious partner of crime at work (e.g., a team/project-mate who has gone through thick and thin with you over the years), you apologize; if, on the other hand, the person who thinks that he/she is owed something is a hapless bum who cannot put two and two together but blames everybody else but him/herself for anything that goes wrong, you say "I'm sorry, pal, but that is something you yourself would have to deal with."

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• Sorry for what happened unfortunately, -jill08- ♀ (26 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 18:54:29

• 谢谢兄弟，nice article，收了，读的我这个费劲啊，不过很好很好！！ -撅着挺好- ♂ (92 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:13:25

• Who? -jill08- ♀ (16 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:20:12

• wild guess， 俺大外甥，只有他能写出这种规模和气势的文章来 -撅着挺好- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:22:08

• 回复：wild guess， 俺大外甥，只有他能写出这种规模和气势的文章来 -灰衣人- ♂ (29 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:27:29

• Yeah? Do I know him? LOL -jill08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:28:30

• 应该是个常客，但 -灰衣人- ♂ (28 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:43:58

• leaving now, bye~~ -撅着挺好- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:29:31

• 晚安。 -灰衣人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:41:43

• Young man? -jill08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2009 postreply 19:26:00