Know When To Leave
My neighboor is a good friend and I think he just started up a new sales job for some sort of financial planner company. He asked me to come to a presention. At first I though he just wanted to do it at my house. But he shows up 1/2 an hour early asking if I was ready to go? WTF, why not. Now I haven’t showered yet and am wearing grubby clothes that I put on this morning to help the concrete pourers coming to do my patio. My hair is a mess and I smell bad. Meh.. sure I’ll go.
We drive down to his business partner/boss–I am not sure of the whole relationship. I sit in the comfy couch. His partner says, oh no you have to sit in this chair in front of my desk– *sigh* so I move. His office is plastered with plaques and trophies. I mean plastered. My BS meter is rising… After dealing with small talk I cut to the chase and say, “What exactly is it that you do. [Removed] is my friend so I came down here because he asked me too.” His business partner says with a smirk, “So do you do everything [Removed] asks you to d….” he trailed off when he realized how stupid he was. But by then it was too late. My BS meter was off the scale. [to be fair, the comment would have been fine if I actually had a good relationship with the guy, but I don't--he didn't answer any questions directly -- also a bad thing.] I still don’t know what they do and I am ready do leave.
So I do. I get up and ask my friend to take me home. As I get up to leave he makes another comment about me getting upset, and blah blah. I told him, it wasn’t really the comment. I just don’t trust him. Not just his rudeness. There was something fishy. I have learned to trust my BS meter. I’d say it is right 80-90% of the time. I like those odds. I don’t want to waste an hour with a guy like that.
Moral is. If you don’t trust the guy or it seems fishy, it probably is.
Thinking like an SOB. Good for ya! Meeting you in person, didn’t I think you are the type of person that would walk out…but what do I know.
@ThinkLikeAnSOB Well you didn’t set off my BS alarm
haha, reminds me of the time my old high school friend took me to a “great business opportunity” that ended up being a network marketing presentation… 3hrs gone bye bye
Great to see you’re practising the virtue of forgiveness.
If I were me, I might be writing this as “My neighbor who was formerly my friend…”