2019.03.20
英文メールの書き方：会議でもめたことについて謝罪する
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会議で議論が白熱し過ぎ、他の参加者と言い合いに。相手との関係修復の第一歩として、もめたことについてメールで謝罪したい。
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フレッドさん、
先ほどの会議では失礼いたしました。言い方が悪かったり、言うべきでないことがたくさんありました。
議論を進めることではなく、議論に勝つことしか考えていない場面もありました。
大人気ない態度を取ってしまい、申し訳ありませんでした。今後重々気をつけます。
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Hello everyone. Welcome to E-mail Picks. I just had lunch and I'm feeling a little
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sleepy. But there was a little drama
during a project meeting I had in the
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morning. Several people from different
departments joined the meeting and one
0:00:20.130,0:00:24.630
of them and I went into a fierce
argument. I had been a little frustrated
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with his management style lately, so I
indirectly commented on his shortcomings
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at work, so he said something back at me. So we were saying this and we were
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saying that to see which person was more right. Thanks to the argument, we
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identified several points that were
overlooked in the project. So the meeting
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itself was productive but I still feel
there are some hard feelings between me
0:00:47.280,0:00:50.670
and my colleague. When you work in a
workplace with people with diverse
0:00:50.670,0:00:56.010
backgrounds, arguments occur very
frequently. Some people like me enjoy
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arguments like... like a sport. It's a
chance to test our wits. So to me, it's
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not that I hate the other person just
because we had a quarrel over
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work, but the other person may not be
thinking that way. So I thought I should
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say sorry for getting too excited during
the meeting, and doing so by e-mail is a
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very nice first step. So here's what I'm
gonna write. Hi Fred, I'm sorry I got too
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excited in the meeting. there were quite
many things that I said which should
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have been phrased differently or not
said all together.
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I think I was trying to win an argument
at one point and was not thinking about
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helping the discussion to progress.
Please forgive me for being immature.
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I'll be careful next time.
Kyota. OK, so in this e-mail I'm
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apologizing a couple of times and
admitting all the things that I did
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wrong. Notice how many times I put myself down. I wrote
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"I'm sorry I got too excited." I was not
thinking about helping the discussion
0:01:52.320,0:01:57.300
progress. Please forgive me for being
immature. Now these are all things that
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both Fred and I did. Fred also should
have said things differently and he was
0:02:01.530,0:02:05.430
also not helping the discussion to
progress. By being the first person to
0:02:05.430,0:02:09.810
admit the mistakes, I become the person
with a bigger heart. Fred is still
0:02:09.810,0:02:14.610
immature because he hasn't admitted his
mistakes. I was first. So there you go.
0:02:14.610,0:02:18.990
A passive-aggressive way to win an
argument at the end by saying sorry
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first. I'm just kidding, but I do enjoy
discussions and arguments like a sport
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and winning is always fun. Anyway, that's
it for today. Thanks for watching and
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I'll see you next week.
Hello everyone. Welcome to E-mail Picks. I just had lunch and I'm feeling a little
0:00:09.540,0:00:14.580
sleepy. But there was a little drama
during a project meeting I had in the
0:00:14.580,0:00:20.130
morning. Several people from different
departments joined the meeting and one
0:00:20.130,0:00:24.630
of them and I went into a fierce
argument. I had been a little frustrated
0:00:24.630,0:00:29.550
with his management style lately, so I
indirectly commented on his shortcomings
0:00:29.550,0:00:33.540
at work, so he said something back at me. So we were saying this and we were
0:00:33.540,0:00:38.640
saying that to see which person was more right. Thanks to the argument, we
0:00:38.640,0:00:43.350
identified several points that were
overlooked in the project. So the meeting
0:00:43.350,0:00:47.280
itself was productive but I still feel
there are some hard feelings between me
0:00:47.280,0:00:50.670
and my colleague. When you work in a
workplace with people with diverse
0:00:50.670,0:00:56.010
backgrounds, arguments occur very
frequently. Some people like me enjoy
0:00:56.010,0:01:02.340
arguments like... like a sport. It's a
chance to test our wits. So to me, it's
0:01:02.340,0:01:05.880
not that I hate the other person just
because we had a quarrel over
0:01:05.880,0:01:09.900
work, but the other person may not be
thinking that way. So I thought I should
0:01:09.900,0:01:15.270
say sorry for getting too excited during
the meeting, and doing so by e-mail is a
0:01:15.270,0:01:21.540
very nice first step. So here's what I'm
gonna write. Hi Fred, I'm sorry I got too
0:01:21.540,0:01:24.960
excited in the meeting. there were quite
many things that I said which should
0:01:24.960,0:01:27.869
have been phrased differently or not
said all together.
0:01:27.869,0:01:31.890
I think I was trying to win an argument
at one point and was not thinking about
0:01:31.890,0:01:35.430
helping the discussion to progress.
Please forgive me for being immature.
0:01:35.430,0:01:40.409
I'll be careful next time.
Kyota. OK, so in this e-mail I'm
0:01:40.409,0:01:44.009
apologizing a couple of times and
admitting all the things that I did
0:01:44.009,0:01:48.030
wrong. Notice how many times I put myself down. I wrote
0:01:48.030,0:01:52.320
"I'm sorry I got too excited." I was not
thinking about helping the discussion
0:01:52.320,0:01:57.300
progress. Please forgive me for being
immature. Now these are all things that
0:01:57.300,0:02:01.530
both Fred and I did. Fred also should
have said things differently and he was
0:02:01.530,0:02:05.430
also not helping the discussion to
progress. By being the first person to
0:02:05.430,0:02:09.810
admit the mistakes, I become the person
with a bigger heart. Fred is still
0:02:09.810,0:02:14.610
immature because he hasn't admitted his
mistakes. I was first. So there you go.
0:02:14.610,0:02:18.990
A passive-aggressive way to win an
argument at the end by saying sorry
0:02:18.990,0:02:24.510
first. I'm just kidding, but I do enjoy
discussions and arguments like a sport
0:02:24.510,0:02:28.620
and winning is always fun. Anyway, that's
it for today. Thanks for watching and
0:02:28.620,0:02:31.340
I'll see you next week.
