To be clear, I am a person that used to apologize a lot. Did I need to squeeze past you in the store? Sorry. Oh, I started talking when you were trying to? My condolences. I didn't hold the door for you? Terribly sorry again. But one day I was thinking, and why was it on me every time something I did inconvenienced someone else? I realized that there were plenty of times where people had done the same thing to me and had never once muttered the S-word. Those people, I told myself, were b*tches.
But I thought about it more and more, and I realized that this shouldn't make them rude people. They weren't doing these things on purpose, it was just something they needed so that they could get through their day. Why should they apologize when it wasn't their intent to be rude? They shouldn't! No one should. So I decided to take my advice.
It seems like females are always more likely to apologize for their actions. We do it every day! When we need to scoot past someone on the bus, when we mess up our order at the coffee shop, hell, we even apologize when we walk up to the water fountain at the same time as someone else. The other person says, "Go ahead," and we sheepishly reply, "Oh thank you! Sorry..."
I don't mean to sound like a rude person, but the things that we're apologizing for happen all the time. If someone is bothered by the fact that you actually need to interact with them, they should probably stay home. We are social beings, and accidental interactions are a normal thing. Don't be sorry for them because you never know who you might meet by bumping into someone on the bus.
People need to stop asking for forgiveness for simple things. Unless you've run someone over with your bike, or spilled your hot coffee on the person in front of you, I honestly don't think an apology is needed.
