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They can't cover up Sara's behavior; too many people saw, publicized, and downloaded it. I assume it will be a topic of internal discussion and post-mortem at SE. It is reasonable for a company that has made such a profound blunder to focus on next steps; it's not a coverup.
– Monica Cellio
Commented Oct 6, 2019 at 21:47
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What's "suspicious" about it? They took their time to write a proper apology. The time they sadly didn't take at the start of all this. I'd call that an improvement, instead of "suspicious".
– Cerbrus
Commented Oct 6, 2019 at 22:06
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This is two answers in one, and they are like completely different from each other lol. Anyway is it possible that what your spidey senses are detecting is emergency damage control?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Commented Oct 6, 2019 at 23:17
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@connectyourcharger this was the only thing left eating me. It took me a bit to identify it too.
– egerardus
Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 0:55
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@LightnessRacesInOrbit - The whole thing reeks of damage control, literally cribbed from Bumper Big Book of Managing Angry Peons. The Non-Apology-Apology didn't work so now it's the Heartfelt-We-Share-Your-Pain-No-Really apology. Followed by bugger all action.
– Richard
Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 7:52
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@Richard Or it's a genuine mea culpa following a realisation of the gravity of the situation. We'll see. Being vindictive about it won't help though.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 11:10
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@LightnessRacesInOrbit - A couple of days ago the very same people were 'comfortable about their decision'. I see no reason to assume that they've had a conversion on the road to Damascus so the reason for this gubbins must simply be expectation management
– Richard
Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 11:21
I've tried to put my finger on it - please consider whether that hits the spot.
– einpoklum
Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 21:13
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this is a non-apology, to paraphrase it, Mistakes were made, my bad ... ... there is no acknowledgement of what was actually a mistake, other than wish we did not do this on friday ...
– user148287
Commented Oct 8, 2019 at 18:00

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