The 'Bla Bla Bla' E-Mail Heard Around the World
Angry Would-Be Employer Sends Lawyer's Message Far and Wide
(Feb. 19) - Two weeks ago, newly minted young Boston attorney Dianna Abdala e-mailed a prospective employer, William Korman.
"The pay you are offering would neither fulfill me nor support the lifestyle I am living," she wrote, turning down his job offer.
Korman was not happy.
"You had two interviews, were offered and accepted the job (indeed, you had a definite start date)."
He'd already ordered her stationery and business cards, and set up her office computer and was amazed she conveyed her second thoughts by e-mail.
"It smacks of immaturity and is quite unprofessional," he wrote.
Abdala's response? "A real lawyer would have put the contract into writing and not exercised any such reliance until he did so," she wrote.
"This is a very small legal community," Korman responded. "Do you really want to start pissing off more experienced lawyers at this early stage of your career?"
Abdala finally answered, "Bla bla bla."
Link to original emails: http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/arti...19092609990001
