Interesting read. While the general consensus on the comments here so far are "why be so rude" -- I don't think this was rude at all. I'd be similarly upset if

Interesting read. While the general consensus on the comments here so far are "why be so rude" -- I don't think this was rude at all. I'd be similarly upset if I was treated this way by someone from marketing. Edit: From a second read, I really don't see any of this as rude. You know how it's poor etiquette to start a chat message with "Hey, do you have a moment?", And it's much better to just write the question and wait for a response? This is the email equivalent. "Request too vague, I don't want to meet. Please specify further, unless this is a sales pitch, in which case, preemptively not interested." It's not passive aggressive, it's just business. If I had received, "You're right, this is a low effort sales pitch, and it works", I don't think I'd bother replying. That is an extremely passive aggressive response.