Comments on: Now I’m Your New Best Friend? http://barbaragiamanco.com/2009/12/13/now-im-your-new-best-friend/ Barbara Giamanco Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara Giamanco http://barbaragiamanco.com/2009/12/13/now-im-your-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Barbara Giamanco Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:45:43 +0000 http://barbaragiamanco.com/?p=2452#comment-492 Sometimes the truth hurts, Ron. Yes, people get busy and lose contact. It happens. And isn't it interesting how people can all of a sudden find time to connect when they "want something"? By the way, it wasn't that this individual hadn't talked to me in 5 years. It was the tone of the EMAIL message. In this type of situation, perhaps a phone call might have been better. But her email didn't say..."Hey, Barb how are you? I've not done a good job staying in touch, and I feel badly about that, because now I need a favor." Or, maybe - just maybe - she could have offered to do something for me in return for assisting her. Nope, her message was all about what she wanted. Through the years, I have helped plenty of people connect to business opportunities, other people and jobs. In this case, harsh though it may be...sorry...it's just not my problem. Sometimes the truth hurts, Ron. Yes, people get busy and lose contact. It happens. And isn’t it interesting how people can all of a sudden find time to connect when they “want something”?

By the way, it wasn’t that this individual hadn’t talked to me in 5 years. It was the tone of the EMAIL message. In this type of situation, perhaps a phone call might have been better. But her email didn’t say…”Hey, Barb how are you? I’ve not done a good job staying in touch, and I feel badly about that, because now I need a favor.” Or, maybe – just maybe – she could have offered to do something for me in return for assisting her. Nope, her message was all about what she wanted.

Through the years, I have helped plenty of people connect to business opportunities, other people and jobs. In this case, harsh though it may be…sorry…it’s just not my problem.

]]> By: Ron Huxtable http://barbaragiamanco.com/2009/12/13/now-im-your-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Ron Huxtable Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:22:50 +0000 http://barbaragiamanco.com/?p=2452#comment-491 I think you're all being a little harsh. People get busy, lose contact, and some just aren't good at 'keeping in touch'. I'd look at a plea for help from someone in your past as an opportunity - not an annoyance. But that's just me. I think you’re all being a little harsh. People get busy, lose contact, and some just aren’t good at ‘keeping in touch’. I’d look at a plea for help from someone in your past as an opportunity – not an annoyance. But that’s just me.

]]> By: Lya Sorano http://barbaragiamanco.com/2009/12/13/now-im-your-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Lya Sorano Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:52:29 +0000 http://barbaragiamanco.com/?p=2452#comment-452 Oh, yes -- I get calls all the time from women, who, practically out of breath, tell me: "I've just been laid off and now I've got to start networking!" "Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty", by Harvey Mackay, ought to be required reading before anyone gets a high school diploma - with a refresher at college graduation time! Oh, yes — I get calls all the time from women, who, practically out of breath, tell me: “I’ve just been laid off and now I’ve got to start networking!” “Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty”, by Harvey Mackay, ought to be required reading before anyone gets a high school diploma – with a refresher at college graduation time!

]]> By: Barbara Giamanco http://barbaragiamanco.com/2009/12/13/now-im-your-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Barbara Giamanco Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:44:14 +0000 http://barbaragiamanco.com/?p=2452#comment-451 Thanks Peggy and Gary! It seems some have forgotten some of the very basics in social etiquette. At least have the courtesy to offer something in return. Thanks Peggy and Gary! It seems some have forgotten some of the very basics in social etiquette. At least have the courtesy to offer something in return.

]]> By: Gary Lutrick http://barbaragiamanco.com/2009/12/13/now-im-your-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Gary Lutrick Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:52:35 +0000 http://barbaragiamanco.com/?p=2452#comment-450 Barb, glad to know I am not the only one who is annoyed by this. Its akin to when (probably the same person) tells me how busy they are as an excuse for not responding. Who isnt busy? One more, the person who answers the phone to tell me they can't talk right now. Voice mail tells me the same thing. Gary Barb, glad to know I am not the only one who is annoyed by this. Its akin to when (probably the same person) tells me how busy they are as an excuse for not responding. Who isnt busy? One more, the person who answers the phone to tell me they can’t talk right now. Voice mail tells me the same thing.

Gary

]]> By: Peggy Duncan http://barbaragiamanco.com/2009/12/13/now-im-your-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Peggy Duncan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:27:17 +0000 http://barbaragiamanco.com/?p=2452#comment-449 Barb, I'm so with you on this. I had someone I'd been trying to do business with. She wouldn't give me the time of day. No return email. No return phone call. Months later, she lost her job and had the audacity to contact me for help. She was on my "list" so I gave her a link to monster.com! Barb, I’m so with you on this. I had someone I’d been trying to do business with. She wouldn’t give me the time of day. No return email. No return phone call. Months later, she lost her job and had the audacity to contact me for help. She was on my “list” so I gave her a link to monster.com!

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