They email me, often recommended by an acquaintance or friend. They need something work related, something related to services I usually render in exchange of money. They express a need and ask if I would be willing to look into it. I answer yes, I would be willing, shall we discuss further and perhaps meet (when they happen to be local to me).
Then I never hear from them again.
At this point, usually after three or four days have passed, I resend my original reply wondering if maybe it got caught in spam filters?
I never hear from them again.
What is it with the ability of total strangers to make me waste time? And worse, not even have the decency to answer that they no longer are interested (it can happen) or they changed their minds. But no, they just leave you there hanging…
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