I work as an architect and there was the one time when I was at the company office working on a design. I was working on it by drawing sketches by hand and not using a computer. So when I was drawing the sketches I needed help from my colleague. She came to help me but she brought coffee with her for both her and me and we put the coffee, she put the coffee on the same table we were drawing on. The next thing I know the coffee was spilled all over the drafts and that made the whole drafts damaged. We weren’t able to use them anymore and we had to start from scratch. This is why she apologized to me because she was the one responsible for bringing the coffee and putting it where we were working. I think for me I accepted that apology right away because it was an honest mistake and I’m partially responsible as well for letting her put these drinks on that table and we had to start the drafts all over again and she actually did most of them because she thought or she felt guilty and she thought she is the main person who’s responsible for what happened but for me of course I helped her doing it all over again and we were able to just deliver them on time.
Band 7+: Describe a time when someone apologized to you. You should say: - When this happened - What you were doing - Who apologized to you And explain why he/she apologized to you.
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I work as an architect, and there was one time when I was at the company office working on a design. I was drawing sketches by hand and not using a computer. While I was drawing the sketches, I needed help from my colleague. She came to help me, but she brought coffee for both of us and put it on the same table we were drawing on. The next thing I knew, the coffee spilled all over the drafts, damaging them completely. We weren't able to use them anymore, and we had to start from scratch. This is why she apologized to me; she was responsible for bringing the coffee and placing it where we were working. I accepted that apology right away because it was an honest mistake, and I was partially responsible as well for letting her put the drinks on that table. We had to redo the drafts, and she actually did most of them because she felt guilty and thought she was the main person responsible for what happened. However, I helped her redo everything, and we were able to deliver them on time.
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