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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2014-12-29

"It's a bizarre social convention, uttered in one breath: Hello nice to see you I'm sorry my home is a mess please come in.

"Well, I've had enough. For 2015, I'm going to try my hardest to stop saying this unproductive phrase. No more apologizing because my stuff isn't perfect."

-- Erin Doland, 2014-12-12, "Stop apologizing to guests for the mess" (thanks to @charolem for linking to it earlier.)

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posted by [personal profile] firecat at 07:46pm on 2014-12-29
That doesn't seem bizarre to me, but perhaps it's because I know that something people say in Japanese when they are invited to enter someone's home is "excuse me for disturbing you."

Still, I suppose the world might be a better place if people didn't greet each other with apologies, especially if they feel actual guilt over the thing they're apologizing for.
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