How to Apologize When People Screw Up?

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Trying to contact vase book or twitter is like trying to cryontact the i r s forget it going to get somebody on the phone, probablyt e i r s would be easier. We've seen some apologies just in recent weeks that were, we've ont stumbled a bit. I think there's a way to tit right. It was something that was done, i you'd have, not, certainly no intent to offend a but perhaps an alapse of conscientiousness.

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