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Typical Millennial response. You hurt my feelings so I'm going to shame you on social media! Good luck to anyone willing to step in the legal & PR minefield of employing this girl.
I'm not sure you understand how shame or social mediaworks. You can't shame someone unless they've actually done something shameful. Things don't go viral unless there is something there.
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Um, yeah... LinkedIn is an amazingly useful tool in many ways. Yes, being on there can result in the occasional incoming spam message, but a lot of us find the value far outweighs that minor detriment.
Occasional spam message? I have yet to get a linked-in notification that's not spam. "Hi, I noticed you ask to connect to people who you've worked with before, but I'm a recruiter so I don't give a shit."
Much ado about nothing. The individual who was on the receiving end of the LinkedIn request is right , even if her response to the 20-something went overboard. If she had stopped at "Your invite to connect is inappropriate, beneficial only to you, and tacky" we wouldn't have even known about it. While that would have been a brusque response, it was still correct. I hate cold calls, because every single one (for me) i…
I don't see what the big deal is. Maybe it's a generation gap? I'm in my 20s as well and it's never a big deal to send a request to someone on a social networking site. I understand how it would be inappropriate if I tried to connect with Larry Page or something, but he isn't running a job database intended to help me. I'm really put off by the attitude that some people have toward professional networking. I hope tha…
Same here. I'm a big believer in the idea that pretty much everybody has "something to offer" and that we can all learn from everybody else. I accept almost all the LI connections I receive, with only a few exceptions (blatant SPAM, obvious fake profiles, etc.)
Being in my 40's and having worked in my field for sometime, I actually enjoy opportunities to "give back" a bit and help younger people. I wish everybody took that kind of approach, but what can ya do?
As much as Blazek acted completely out of line, I applaud her for making a real apology: "I sincerely apologize for the harsh words and unprofessional, unwarranted actions in my response to you... I should have lent a hand, as well as hope, and I failed at that. You and many others, both strangers and colleagues, have reminded me that my personal journey in humility and gentleness is far from complete. I wish you all…
Almost. I hate any variant of the phrasing "I apologize." It still serves to distance yourself from the apology. An apology is a thing. You can say that another person apologizes . But "I apologize" is not, in itself, an apology. An apology is saying "I am sorry." The reason I care is that I think it takes more humility to say the simple words "I am sorry" than "I apologize." Saying "I am sorry" is an admission of fe…
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Almost. I hate any variant of the phrasing "I apologize." It still serves to distance yourself from the apology. An apology is a thing. You can say that another person apologizes . But "I apologize" is not, in itself, an apology. An apology is saying "I am sorry." The reason I care is that I think it takes more humility to say the simple words "I am sorry" than "I apologize." Saying "I am sorry" is an admission of fe…
I think you're taking the words too literally. Colloquially they mean pretty much the same thing, though "I apologize" has a more formal tone.
Typical Millennial response. You hurt my feelings so I'm going to shame you on social media! Good luck to anyone willing to step in the legal & PR minefield of employing this girl.
> Typical Millennial response. You hurt my feelings so I'm going to shame you on social media! I'm not sure you understand how shame or social mediaworks. You can't shame someone unless they've actually done something shameful. Things don't go viral unless there is something there.
I expected the comments about her reply to be exaggerated, but they aren't. At all. That was absolutely disgusting to read.
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> Typical Millennial response. You hurt my feelings so I'm going to shame you on social media! I'm not sure you understand how shame or social mediaworks. You can't shame someone unless they've actually done something shameful. Things don't go viral unless there is something there.
Not sure how a rude LinkedIn message qualifies as "shameful," but a deluge of nasty anonymous messages is surely a proportionate response!
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I think you're taking the words too literally. Colloquially they mean pretty much the same thing, though "I apologize" has a more formal tone.
They mean the same thing colloquially because people are uncomfortable saying the words "I'm sorry." They want the formality to separate themselves from the awkwardness and frankness of admitting an emotional state.
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They mean the same thing colloquially because people are uncomfortable saying the words "I'm sorry." They want the formality to separate themselves from the awkwardness and frankness of admitting an emotional state.
#nitpick