On a related note: what have we decided is the appropriate response when someone apologizes, but you're not gonna say "It's OK" because it's not, at least not yet?

What about "I'm sure I'll be fine. Eventually."

On a related note: what have we decided is the appropriate response when someone apologizes, but you're not gonna say "It's OK" because it's not, at least not yet?

"I appreciate your apology" is what I'm teaching myself to say in response.

Waaaay more mature than I was prepared to be right then!

What about "I'm sure I'll be fine. Eventually."

A smidge more passive-aggressive than I was aiming for, perhaps...

I think it depends on why it's not yet ok—is there something more they can/need to do, to make it ok? Or just they've done what they can and it still sucks? Like, someone knocks into you and spills your drink. If they just apologize, you might respond asking them to get you another drink! If they've already offered/done so, and it's that you've now got coffee on your pants and there's nothing they can really fix about that, then yeah, I'd go with thank you.

I've learned to warn them that it's sometimes hard to get a vein on me and suggest they use the person who's best at it. Usually the lab people and donation people are aces at it, but random nurses can be less so.

I've learned to warn them that it's sometimes hard to get a vein on me and suggest they use the person who's best at it. Usually the lab people and donation people are aces at it, but random nurses can be less so.

Yeah, this guy was not new - he remembered a freckle in the crook of my arm and said, "remember, I said to aim for the freckle?" The fact that the freckle is on my left arm and I prefer that they use my right, which I said but he chose not to do, was one of the many things he said/did that got my dander up that day.

Pfft. He may want to reconsider his career.

On a related note: what have we decided is the appropriate response when someone apologizes, but you're not gonna say "It's OK" because it's not, at least not yet?

What Atropa said or "Thank you for your apology."

ltc sang me an elaborate Halloween song at bedtime tonight about zombies etc. I asked her where she heard it, and she said she made it up. I'm going to have to try to record it tomorrow.

On a related note: what have we decided is the appropriate response when someone apologizes, but you're not gonna say "It's OK" because it's not, at least not yet?

"I appreciate your apology" is what I'm teaching myself to say in response.

Yeah, I'm trying to go with "I appreciate your apology" as well, but sometimes I'm so flustered that I forget and just say "...okay" and then there's an awkward silence.

Twitter won't let me post anything.

I can't view tweets. Something's clearly going on, and it's really interfering with my time-wasting.