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any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:26 pm

"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"

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by Lem37 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:09 pm

You should out Firm #1. That's "Fatal Attraction"-level creepy.

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by ResolutePear » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:18 pm

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?

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:22 pm

"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?

Post by Lem37 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:25 pm

Lem37 wrote:You should out Firm #1. That's "Fatal Attraction"-level creepy.
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.

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by ResolutePear » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:25 pm

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...."
"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by Patriot1208 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:34 pm

ResolutePear wrote:
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...."
"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"
You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by ResolutePear » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:36 pm

Patriot1208 wrote:
ResolutePear wrote:
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...."
"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"
You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.
Sorry, I'm not letting something with a potentially higher IQ than me run my life.

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by Patriot1208 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:38 pm

ResolutePear wrote:
Patriot1208 wrote:
ResolutePear wrote:
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...."
"Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"
You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.
Sorry, I'm not letting something with a potentiallyhigher IQ than me run my life.

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by ResolutePear » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:42 pm

Patriot1208 wrote:
ResolutePear wrote:
Patriot1208 wrote:
ResolutePear wrote: "Well, too bad. My decision was based on a coin flip... and in law, the coin flip is supreme!"
You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.
Sorry, I'm not letting something with a potentiallyhigher IQ than me run my life.
Fair enough. I walked straight into that one.

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by Patriot1208 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:48 pm

ResolutePear wrote:
Patriot1208 wrote:
ResolutePear wrote:
Patriot1208 wrote: You did it all wrong, the Magic Eight-Ball runs supreme.
Sorry, I'm not letting something with a potentiallyhigher IQ than me run my life.
Fair enough. I walked straight into that one.
Ya, you were almost too easy, I kind of feel dirty.

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Re: any weird conversations @ turning down offer?

Post by ResolutePear » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:50 pm

Patriot1208 wrote: Ya, you were almost too easy, I kind of feel dirty.
You say it as if it was a bad thing.

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