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IMO most of these are terrible. They're all far too long. Go ahead and explain yourself to friends and family members; random business contacts (especially cold
by stickfigure 7y ago
IMO most of these are terrible. They're all far too long. Go ahead and explain yourself to friends and family members; random business contacts (especially cold calls) don't need three paragraphs of text explaining your policies around human interaction.
"Sorry, not interested at this time" is almost always enough. If they write back asking "when", just ignore.
- commandlinefan 7y agoYeah, the trick isn't saying "no", the trick is saying no without burning any bridges. Much harder.
- stickfigure 7y agoA short 'no' doesn't burn bridges. A long-winded explanation full of half-truths might.
- LikeAnElephant 7y agoYou're fortunate to be able to simply say "No." without it being taken as curt or rude. That's not the case for me personally, and a lot of other people. In a perfect world, that should be all that needs to be said. In reality, people and emotions are complicated.
- stronglikedan 7y agoEven friends and family get the, "Sorry I can't. I already have plans." from me. They don't have to know my "plans" are to gorge myself on the couch by myself while binging television.