The subject line of the email read: “We met at …” and the name of a conference where I’d recently spoken. Thinking it was from someone who attended my session, I opened it sooner versus later. “I never heard back from you,” she wrote, “I wanted to take you to lunch or drop by your office to explain my product more.”
Since I live and work 2,000 miles from her, I knew she’d confused me with someone, or that we’d never met. I answered that I didn’t receive her first email letting her know, “I don’t remember us meeting. But, just to let you know this is not anything of interest to me or my company. Plus, I’m located in Montana.”
She emailed back with information about a Texas only service, informing me, “We met at the booth. No worries at all though.”
That trade show vendor did what many people do — they tell convenient mistruths. I know I didn’t meet her at that conference trade show because (continue reading →)
