��� 2005-10-02, 10:39 p.m.
Not What I Needed
Sometimes things happen and you just have to ask yourself WTF??
Last week at Toastmasters I was talking to one of the guys there about looking for a new job. He told me he knows lots of people and that I should email him my resume. That's cool, great. He always seemed a little too happy to be talking to me at meetings, but hey maybe he's just a nice guy. Then he suggests we talk on the phone one night or get together for lunch to talk about my job search.
My brain comes to a SCREEEETCHING halt. I don't even remember what I said but it sure wasn't yes. Anyway I didn't email him my resume, I was little freaked out. I got an email from his blackberry this morning asking me to call him. I thought about my boss, the bloviating bastard, and replied to the email with my resume and said I was available at 8pm tomorrow night, and was that too late for a phone call?
He responds almost instantly, "If it is not too much of a hassle for you I would love to meet you for Coffee or, drinks..." WTF?? Have drinks with him. Is he fucking kidding me? I paused for a moment before replying that I will be coming from my martial arts class tomorrow night and will be in no state to be in public (which is true.) While I was typing that message he had sent another message saying "What happened to my suggestion of meeting up for lunch/coffee/drinks? If you don't have time for me, I can understand."
If I don't have time for him? Maybe it's my past experiences with self depreciating losers, maybe it's just me reading too much into it, but that sounds like a whining suitor being rejected. He knows I'm married and I am pretty sure he is married.
I am so not comfortable with this and now I don't even want to talk to him ever, much less on the phone tomorrow night. Maybe I should lie and tell him I got a job offer. Your thoughts? I am accepting all suggestions on how to deal with this appropriately, considering that I will still have to see this guy at Toastmasters meetings. Help!!
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