RE: Reality check time

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Not confidential...simply "me to you"...especialy when the premise
was "We worked together, now I'm out of a job again...do you know of
anyone I can call?" 

I'd expect an "Oh, BTW...I have a few friends to whom I would like to
pass this on...do you mind?"

> John,
> 
> It sounds as if you assumed the information would be treated as
> confidential. Just one question: Did you actually ask your
> colleague to hold
> the information in confidence? If not, I don't see his behavior as
> particularly surprising.

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on anyone else and never fry bacon in the nude."
 -- Anon
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