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Originally Posted by blueangel
As a sidebar, "ignoring a PNAI until they go away." isn't tactful. In my opinion, it's cowardly and cruel. Better to tell them nicely that they are not a good fit for the organization.
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I've said this once before: "part of being an adult is having the skill to "say no" to someone and do so diplomatically. If someone cannot say "no", then it's their problem, not the prospective alumna initiate's".
But some people are just flat out freaked out by confrontation in any way, shape or form (thinking of my Executive VP at the company where I work)....they cannot do it, and they cannot say "no" to someone.
So they take the approach of "if I ignore them, they'll go away". Sure it's rude. But it is the reality.
also:
I have no perfect answer as to how persistant a PNAI may wish to be. Persistence could yield results. However, in some cases, the more one persists,
the more definite the rebuff may be. And that can be very painful and devastating.