Something happened yesterday that was totally weird. This guy wanted to add me on LinkedIn, I looked at his profile, saw that he was in marketing as well, and I thought that he looked like my friend's friend. Not thinking twice (this is LinkedIn mind you) I added him.
Well minutes later I received a message from him. It was innocent enough, "Hi Hailey! Do you like working for NorthStar?" I immediately thought, "Oh yay! He's interested in our open position." I responded with a sentence about how much I loved NorthStar and sent him an application." I got home from work where I had an email from this guy. It said, "I'm actually not interested in the position, I just thought you looked cool and thought I would say hi to you. :)"
BIG GIANT FREAKING RED FLAG. Say what?! I went no further and right as I was "unlinking" with the guy on LinkedIn (yeah you can do that) I get another message from him, "I know this might be weird, but I would love to take you out sometime and talk more about what you do at NorthStar."
OK I know from working in my position that if you are trying to network with someone professionally that is NOT the way you do it.
Goodbye new LinkedIn connection. *click*
The whole point of this weird story is this:
- There are people who will use any form of social media to get a date. Even LinkedIn, a professional network.
- Loyalty in allllll forms to your spouse must be a priority. I didn't even entertain the thought of chatting with this joker. But what if I had? Isn't that considering "cheating?" In my mind it is. You can establish your own "boundaries" that are personal to you, but I made the choice a long time ago, that "virtual" cheating is the same as in person.
If there's a bottom line to this it would be that you made a commitment to your spouse. In our ever increasingly technological world it is so easy to blur the lines.
I want to hear if something like this has ever happened to you. Please tell me your story.
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