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Is there an opening for an "Apology Consultant"

  • 01-04-2019 9:18pm
    #1
    AlekSmart
    Registered Users Posts: 14,005 ✭✭✭✭


    Could be the next big Career move,when the IT Bubble finally deflates ?

    https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/channel-4-apologises-following-jon-snows-comments-after-brexit-day-protests-37966474.html
    Speaking at the end of the programme on College Green, where congregations of anti-Brexit campaigners have spent months shouting during outside broadcasts, Mr Snow said: "It's been the most extraordinary day. A day which has seen ... I have never seen so many white people in one place, it's an extraordinary story.

    "There are people everywhere, there are crowds everywhere."

    Shocking stuff altogether,which galvanized the legions of the offended,into action.
    The remarks drew criticism online from some viewers who described Mr Snow's comments about "white people" as unnecessary.

    Quite....

    Presumably,the regulator/censor,will have had to draft in additional letter-steamers to deal with the vast torrent of complaints...Yes ??

    Well,maybe not,as in a rare moment of Irishness,Ofcom sez "ah shure'n it can wait till Mundah"
    A spokesman for the regulator Ofcom said they would have to wait until Monday to say how many complaints - if any - had been registered regarding the incident.

    A spokesman said: "We will assess any complaints we do receive before deciding whether or not to investigate."

    With a bit of luck "Outraged,of Tunbridge Wells" will have the same luck as "Offended,of Tubbercurry" had with Stephen Fry......:eek:

    https://www.thesun.ie/news/969956/gardai-drop-blasphemy-probe-against-stephen-fry-as-they-cant-find-enough-outraged-people/

    :rolleyes:


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



Comments

  • #2
    Horsebox9000
    Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭Horsebox9000


    What?


  • #3
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Shirley, that's just a complaints department?


  • #4
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,190 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    *Sigh*


    I'm tired. Someone put up a random gif for me please.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    I've just apologized to myself for reading the OP.


  • #6
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Candie wrote: »
    I've just apologized to myself for reading the OP.

    Did you accept the apology?


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  • #7
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Candie wrote: »
    I've just apologized to myself for reading the OP.

    Thats racist


  • #8
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    The OP is one of those people that launches straight in to conversation about whatever has been on their mind without considering the other person has no clue what they're talking about.

    Total lack of awareness.


  • #9
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    I think the OP cut and paste random comments off Boards and put them into a new thread.


  • #10
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Snow unwittingly linked a congregation of white people with police dogs, angry atmosphere, and no confirmed arrests. I think that is what the kippers reacted to as much as anything.


  • #11
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    I never, ever, apologise.

    I'm sorry, that's just the way I am.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    AllForIt wrote: »
    Did you accept the apology?

    I did, it was very eloquently done. If I do say so myself. :P
    DrumSteve wrote: »
    Thats racist

    And nobody can stop me!


  • #13
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Snow unwittingly linked a congregation of white people with police dogs, angry atmosphere, and no confirmed arrests. I think that is what the kippers reacted to as much as anything.

    This.


  • #14
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »
    *Sigh*


    I'm tired. Someone put up a random gif for me please.

    Et4b.gif


  • #15
    Pythagorean
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭Pythagorean


    In this apology ridden world of today, there is probably a need for such a consultant. If a person said something that offended somebody, or an ethnic minority, and failed to apologise, then they would need the consultant to do damage limitation. He would probably advise them to apologise for not apologising in the first place. Or maybe issue a blanket apology in advance of any statement. So sorry if this offends anybody, I do apologise.


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