Agreed. It gives me a bad impression, which means I'm less likely to want to actually meet up with them, and that puts me in the awkward position of having agre

Agreed. It gives me a bad impression, which means I'm less likely to want to actually meet up with them, and that puts me in the awkward position of having agreed to meet for coffee and then now declining further invitations. I don't want to burn any bridges, but at the same time, I'm not interested in working with someone who'll do the bait-and-switch. It puts me in a very difficult situation. Argh.