In the aforementioned party in yesterday’s blog entry, one of the few people I chatted to was an insurance agent. My friend has since named him the CIA–Creepy Insurance Agent–‘cos he was leaning a bit too close to me as he was talking. And I in turn was leaning away towards my friend as he did so. CIA wasn’t very interesting to chat to in any case but he asked for my email address and being polite, I gave it to him. Then I find an email from him in my mailbox. I read both a professional and personal interest in his email, and I present it below as a lesson on how NOT to ask a girl out.
Hi Xxxx,
Nice meeting you at X’s party on Sat night! Please visit www.xxxxxx-xxx.com [that’s his name which he has used for his personal website which, by the way, is really cheesy!]
I would like to get to know you a little better, and vice versa. Perhaps we can meet for a chat over coffee next week? Let me know
While I’m not entirely keen on his website, I shall not fault him for giving the URL to me ‘cos had it been some other more interesting guy, I’d have been quite keen on checking it out. Hehheh.
But I have a big problem with the line “I would like to get to know you a little better, and vice versa.” The problem lies in the part of the sentence that comes after the comma. What is “and vice versa” supposed to mean? It doesn’t make sense ‘cos what he has done is presumed MY interest. That’s too presumptuous if I may say so, especially when there isn’t any.
And oh, he didn’t put a full-stop at the end of his sentence “Let me know”. Unforgivable. To think he has “writer” down as part of his portfolio. But please, none of you are to say he needs an editor ‘cos I ain’t offering my services!!! ;p