Real Vs Fake...Lessons In Profile Pix

I get LinkedIn requests daily.

I know almost none of them.  They're just people wanting to piggyback a connection into my connections.  Which, I guess, is the entire premise of LinkedIn.

I got this request the other day.  I have edited out the name, company, and background to protect the innocent.

But seriously...would you EVER put a profile picture like this on YOUR profile?

Much less accept a request to be a connection?

Shoot me. 

This picture is very scary.  I would have felt better if he'd faked it.  Or put a picture of his dog or something.

Red Pill.

LinkedIn Request of Stupidity

I have quite a few connections on LinkedIn.  So many, that I've started culling the ones I really don't know, or the ones who are trying to connect to me to play the game "6 Degrees from Kevin Bacon."  And if you're a recruiter?  You. Are. Out.

Okay, I'm being facetious, but really...how many people have contacted you on Linkedin, to get you to write a letter of introduction for them to another person you do know that is a Linkedin connection?

I bet I get 20 a month.

If I did that all the time, I wouldn't have time to do MY oilfield job!

We all need help to make connections, no doubt.  But do it in person, people!  The way I did!  Before the LinkedIn app!  (Okay, enough exclamation points.)

In most all of the "connect me to Kevin Bacon" requests, all it would take is for that requestor to (1) email the person he wants to meet or (2) stop by the office, repeatedly if necessary, until the door opens.  People really really really do like the personal touch.

And then, there are the people, who in real life, have either transgressed a boundary (doesn't happen often!), or flat-out done something so stupid you never ever wanna be seen around them, much less have a connection. 

This is what happened with this recent wanna-be oilfield request for connection.  And I screen shot it, and sent it to my brother, who happened to be around for this particular transgression of which I speak.  Or, of which I'm not speaking.   Dear Brother Scott advises me to report it to LinkedIn as spam.  Well, heck, I don't have to tell you that.  Look for yourself.

Needless to say...my brother always makes me laugh.

Sunday Citar

Today, I'm joining in Fresh Mommy's Sunday Citar for my first time.  To quote Tabitha, 

"It's Sunday again that means it's time for one of my favorite things... Sunday Citar!!  Here's where we all share a quote or two... a favorite, a new find, a laugh inducing or tear inducing quote you love this week. (Citar = to quote in Spanish)"

There is a place in you where there is perfect peace. There is a place in you where nothing is impossible. There is a place in you where the strength of God abides. ~A Course In Miracles

Peace,