If you don’t need to apologize in your emails, don’t. The amount of “sorry for the delay” email intros I see is HIGH. That email could be forwarded/viewed by someone else. Why do I need to know you’re raggedy before I even meet you? The person knows you’re late, send the work.

If you feel like you need to say something to make your timing make sense, do that.

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When you apologize to someone for nothing (like taking longer than YOU expected to deliver work product), you make them think you did something wrong. Now apologize to the same person once a week for a year. What do they think of you? Raggedy. Treat your apologies like money.

Yes. Say “thank you” instead of “I’m sorry” whenever you can.

Thank you for your patience!

Thank you for talking to me when I was so blue.

Thank you for staying up late to help me.

thank you makes people feel good. Sorry is just pitiful.

If you’re saying sorry in hopes a person will say “no, you didn’t do anything wrong.” Don’t. They won’t. And if they will, they’ll still think you have low self esteem. Do the right thing and act like you did. In any relationship.

Stop treating people like they’re more important than you. They’ll believe it. Everyone you know is your equal. Don’t bow to them. Respect yourself.

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Y’all. I’m on the phone with my bestie while she’s waking up her son. She said, “I’m sorry to bother you but it’s time to wake up.” I said WHOA WHOA WHOA WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT TO YOUR CHILD https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✋🏼" title="Erhobene Hand (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Erhobene Hand (mittelheller Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🏾‍🦱" title="Woman, curly haired (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman, curly haired (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤚🏼" title="Erhobener Handrücken (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Erhobener Handrücken (mittelheller Hautton)">

“Sorry to bother you” repeatedly is training the person to think you are a bother and you are doing something wrong by interacting with them.

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This thread is my opinion. I’m explaining what EYE think when I read down an email chain & see a junior associate saying “sorry for the delay”. EYE imagine they may not have been late for anything (this is not a be late on things kind of job.) They are sending the wrong message.