I was exposed (twice) while dining with the infected person. I was disappointed that in neither case did the person offer an apology.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Three years into the pandemic, I have been lucky to have had just two close calls with COVID, both while traveling for work. Otherwise, I am quite good about wearing a mask whenever I am indoors.
In both cases, I was exposed while dining with the infected person, who may have been asymptomatic at the time of the meal. On the first occasion, the exposure required me to reroute my return trip, at some inconvenience. On the second occasion, I contracted COVID and had to isolate in a hotel room for nearly a week before flying home.
But equally of course, they should be sorry that they infected you. Very sorry, and very apologetic. Even if they did not know about having given it to you, they should have been in touch with anyone they might have exposed. People seem to have the notion that saying “I’m sorry” is an admission of guilt that might be used against them . The word “sorry” is now so connected with the idea of purposeful wrongdoing that people who express sympathy to the bereaved are sometimes asked, “Why are you sorry? It’s not your fault.”
It is too bad, because apologies help smooth the rough parts of life. Miss Manners hopes you feel better -- physically, if not about society.
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