When someone can't swallow their
pride and actually say "I'm sorry", but give out fruit cups instead, that'
s called a fruit cup apology.
Sometimes they'
ll give a sample of mascara, or a shirt from their closet that they
don't want anymore, but it'
s always something they
don't care about, and it'
s always given with the expectation that the recipient
will forgive whatever fucked up thing the fruit cup apologizer did wrong. The fruit cup is more of a metaphor than anything.
If the "gift" is accompanied by an "I'm sorry", it cannot be a fruit cup apology. The phrase is only to be used when someone is avoiding having to apologize.
It'
s made even more pathetic when the person feels the need to constantly tell others that they're a good person. Only bad people fruit cup apologize.
Janice used a fruit cup apology with these old pants last week, but
today she didn't like how I
shut the cabinet
door, so she called me ungrateful and wanted the pants back. Just wait, tomorrow she'll fruit cup apologize with a peanut butter cup.