I haven't gone through interviews prior to talking numbers before, so I can't draw on personal experience, but I expect you would feel pretty foolish for puttin

I haven't gone through interviews prior to talking numbers before, so I can't draw on personal experience, but I expect you would feel pretty foolish for putting the cart before the horse and wish that you put a little more thought into what you were doing before acting. Offended, though? Perhaps what you are suggesting is that in messing up by not finding out if the arrangement was broadly compatible before wasting your time on the minor details, but being afraid to blame oneself for the glaring mistake the mind might go to inventing that it was offended by their actions as a mechanism to sooth itself? I guess... Seems like stretch. I don't really understand the need to blame others, though. Regardless, I'm not sure that transcends to the computer case. In that case the price was asked for upfront. Apple gave their offer and that was the end of it. No unwarranted time was wasted. Just a simple: "Looks like we won't be able to reach an agreement. Have a nice day."