Actually it’s my own rhetorical question. Two true stories in one week!

Dis One

I was warmly e-introduced to you by a good friend, J, a strong colleague and in appreciation of his past referrals, I replied to you, and cc’d J, immediately. You sat on my invite to meet virtually and when J inquired how the connection went, I replied, “it never started.” He was surprised and injected his personal mutual interest again to retry it.

You let us both down, once, but you got another chance, just for J. Waited again.

So, your MO is to want something and as I repled that same day (actually less than an hour from the e-intro) in which I ended with my call to action: “let’s set up a zoom call, and here are some dates and times we can connect via a phone call.” You went radio silent. Again.

I tried you 2x. Nothing.

Are you suddenly no longer interested? I asked in my head, according to my “two strikes and yer out” rule (it used to be three, but I am not a beggar).

Or you found another provider, perhaps, so that’s OK, though not my ideal ending, but can you be courteous enough to say “no thanks, all set” to put this to rest?

Or you are playing a game and want to test the response system? Two of us gave you another chance. Your loss.

Dis Two

You messaged me on LinkedIn, after no contact for over a decade, but you changed your business and industry, as I can see on your profile, and wanted to speak. OK, I thought, who know where this will lead? I chose a date and time from your calendly, you confirmed. I confirmed the day before, no response, but OK, I’ll jump on the zoom.

But you did not. Two minutes into the zoom, I texted you and you did not reply. After 10 minutes I emailed my disdain that you stood me up for something you requested. C’mon, you asked me! Yer out.

Moral

Don’t play this, these, or any other, game(s). It’s amazing how people know each other and a smear on your reputation is not going to be forgotten easily. My friend who originated e-intro Dis One feels empty. My feeling for revival with Dis Two is even more deeply negative.

Rudeness and unprofessionalism is repeated here in yet another “what-not-to-do” blogpost.

Disses One and Two, please do not come back after all the goodwill my friend, and I, wasted on you.