Comments on: It’s a Required Question

By: Rickie Jones

Rickie Jones — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:07:52 +0000

Sometimes people need to know why you declined maybe they can improve on the reason you gave.

I always tried to find out why I wasn’t hired for a job, so I don’t do the same thing for other interviews.

By: Kathleen DuBois

Kathleen DuBois — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:41:28 +0000

I am the one who pays for my telephone services and my internet hookups. So just as when someone comes to my front door, I expect the initiators of such contacts to understand they are on my “turf” and my time. No business has any business putting unnecessary demands upon their customers in the way described on this website invitation. I would not have responded to this demand, even if it meant powering down my computer. The company would not get the response they hoped for, and they would have succeeded in creating a response they definitely DIDN”T want. If there were another avenue for emailing them my opinion about their demand, I might have considered letting them know how it affected me. They may just have a bad web designer or myopic decision maker in the company.

By: Robert Harris

Robert Harris — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:29:04 +0000

I get many invitations to attend online meetings as well as training related coventions. If I don’t know the vendor I treat the email as SPAM and simply delete it.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:12:44 +0000

I think this situation also links into your question about whether you take the time to follow through on declines, etc. After an experience like that you might think twice about investing your time in a similar situation. The vendor clearly took advantage of your courteous behavior. The “funny” thing is that they shot themselves in the foot as I doubt that you will invest any more time in future contact with this vendor, even if they contact you again. They either didn’t care or didn’t think about keeping open future lines of communication.