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This is very typical in India in almost every interaction. People ghost all the time, including but not limited to business deals, interviews, any kind of appoi
by BIackSwan 8y ago
This is very typical in India in almost every interaction. People ghost all the time, including but not limited to business deals, interviews, any kind of appointments etc.
There is an entire system developed which handles these kind of situations. Its a cultural thing here where saying a “no” outright is considered bad behaviour and offensive. One simply stops responding and that is how the other party knows that they are no longer interested.
Interestingly, it also “leaves the door open” if/when the party saying no by being silent changes their mind. They simply make up a BS but a reasonable explanation to pick up the process where it was left off.
- twiss 8y agoI think leaving the door open, or at least hoping to leave the door open, is a big reason why people ghost in this case as well. From the article: > The engineer who ghosted ultimately did get back to her — six weeks after her call — to say she had accepted another job at her current employer. In other words, only after she was sure of another job did she turn down the original one.
- CM30 8y agoDon't think it's just in India to be honest. I think society in general seems to prefer 'ghosting' people more than saying no now. Personally I suspect the internet and the general increase in invitations/transactions/communications probably had an effect overall. If you're flooded with requests and invitations and applications, then it can easier to just 'ignore' everything than to actually come back with an answer. Well, and email I guess. Seems like people are treating everyday communications like emails in their inbox, something to just pretend doesn't exist if they find it awkward or annoying to deal with.