For all kinds of personal and professional missteps, the website ApologyLetters.net has 341 sample apology letters to download, customize and print for free.
"It's hard to find the right words to say you're sorry," said Kevin Savetz, the site's creator. "These letters have example language for a wide variety of situations. Just find one that's close to your conundrum and type over the example text to edit as needed."
The new letters at ApologyLetters.net address workplace mistakes such as: not being a team player, not preparing for a meeting, confusion over assignments, sending a package late, not completing a work task or for going home early. Other letters express regret for not supporting a fundraiser or donating to a charitable cause.
Also covered among the 24 new letters are personal faux pas such as: bad wedding behavior, invading someone's privacy, insulting a spouse, embarrassing someone, not coming to a party, sending a lot of texts or being "clueless" about something.
ApologyLetters.net also has several articles with tips on how to write a letter of apology.
The letters download instantly in DOC form for editing in Microsoft Word or another compatible program. Or, users can simply cut and paste the text directly.
"No matter what wrong you've done, or been accused of doing, it's likely that there's a letter template at ApologyLetters.net that will work for you," Savetz said.
There are more than 100 sites in the FreePrintable.net family of free printables sites created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.