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any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
"you're making a mistake . . . [my defense] . . . You're misinformed"
"oh okay, why firm X if I may ask?"
"Thanks." <- sum total of email.
TBF, only #1 was "weird"
"oh okay, why firm X if I may ask?"
"Thanks." <- sum total of email.
TBF, only #1 was "weird"
- Lem37
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
You should out Firm #1. That's "Fatal Attraction"-level creepy.
- ResolutePear
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
You should of directed #1 to visit TLS and dump that essence of that conversation into the orgy we call off-topic.
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
"sorry i just accepted this other offer yesterday"
"can't you tell them you changed their mind?"
"that's not really cool is it"
"yeah...."
"can't you tell them you changed their mind?"
"that's not really cool is it"
"yeah...."
- Lem37
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
At least, it is when it plays out in my head. #2 and #3 are pretty standard, though. #2 may be a little uncomfortable for you, but it's not meant to be malicious - more like a candidate survey.Lem37 wrote:You should out Firm #1. That's "Fatal Attraction"-level creepy.
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- ResolutePear
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"Anonymous User wrote:"sorry i just accepted this other offer yesterday"
"can't you tell them you changed their mind?"
"that's not really cool is it"
"yeah...."
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.ResolutePear wrote:"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"Anonymous User wrote:"sorry i just accepted this other offer yesterday"
"can't you tell them you changed their mind?"
"that's not really cool is it"
"yeah...."
- ResolutePear
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
Sorry, I'm not letting something with a potentially higher IQ than me run my life.Patriot1208 wrote:You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.ResolutePear wrote:"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"Anonymous User wrote:"sorry i just accepted this other offer yesterday"
"can't you tell them you changed their mind?"
"that's not really cool is it"
"yeah...."
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
ResolutePear wrote:Sorry, I'm not letting something with aPatriot1208 wrote:You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.ResolutePear wrote:"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"Anonymous User wrote:"sorry i just accepted this other offer yesterday"
"can't you tell them you changed their mind?"
"that's not really cool is it"
"yeah...."potentiallyhigher IQ than me run my life.
- ResolutePear
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
Fair enough. I walked straight into that one.Patriot1208 wrote:ResolutePear wrote:Sorry, I'm not letting something with aPatriot1208 wrote:You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.ResolutePear wrote: "Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"potentiallyhigher IQ than me run my life.
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
Ya, you were almost too easy, I kind of feel dirty.ResolutePear wrote:Fair enough. I walked straight into that one.Patriot1208 wrote:ResolutePear wrote:Sorry, I'm not letting something with aPatriot1208 wrote: You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.potentiallyhigher IQ than me run my life.
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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?
You say it as if it was a bad thing.Patriot1208 wrote: Ya, you were almost too easy, I kind of feel dirty.
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