MysticFireTopaz
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Joined: 4/23/2005 From: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: MysticFireTopaz - Would you please recommend a <fill in the blank, could be hotel, nightclub, or restaurant> near <some place in the DFW area>? I'll be in DFW for <one of the same reasons as #4> and am not familiar with the area. This seems to be the newest one and I have gotten it several times lately. When I respond with some suggestions, the next message is always an invitation to join the person at one of the places I recommended. It's kind of a slick variation on #4 and I'm not interested for the same reasons.
Lady Topaz Now I am feeling all trollish. I do some travel for work and I have asked for suggestions of tasty local restaurants in an area, if I knew someone lived there or near there. Of course, I do not ask people that I have never had an exchange with before. That would just seem . . . strange. I wouldn't consider it trollish at all if I knew the person. I'd be happy to recommend some places. That's actually a smart thing to do, and something I do myself. The ones who message me are invariably people I've never had an exchange with before. The request for recommendations just comes out of the blue....and in virtually every case was followed by an invitation to get together at one of the places I mentioned. It has me wondering if this was mentioned in a book about tips for picking up women or something. Lady Topaz Ahh. . . I see. So, it is not the question so much, but the circumstances surrounding the question. . .yes/no? Yes, you are absolutely correct. I have no problem with people I know, or with whom I've established some type of online rapport, asking for restaurant, hotel, or nightclub recommendations. I do the same thing myself, but I always know the person or have communicated with them online previously. What I am not thrilled with are strangers who message out of the blue requesting these recommendations, then immediately follow up with an invitation for some type of in-person get-together when they are in town. It's like they are using this as a pick-up device. Lady Topaz
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