Um...I’m getting weird emails from one of the Partners. He is asking me about whether I eat breakfast at this place he regularly goes to. I said yes and he proceeds to tell me about what he likes to order. Does he want me to order breakfast for him?

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A few possibilities:

1) he is hitting on you
2) he is a weirdo who is going to demand you get him breakfast
3) someone told him that he needs to make more of an effort to connect with the staff on non-work topics to build team morale, and this is him trying

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Out of curiosity, is he an older guy and you are a younger women?

He’s practicing being human. It’s like going to the zoo for a c-suite. “Maybe this one will interact with me.”

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Sounds like an easy way to get breakfast expensed...

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And a side of sausage

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I’d just write back “great menu choice!” And leave it at that.

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*and is hoping you will join him*

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I wouldn’t spend any brain cells trying to figure out what he wants. Sounds like it was an awkward convo to begin with.

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Whatever the reason for his weird email, you can’t go wrong with responding along the lines of “That sounds delicious. Will have to try it sometime.”

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Noooo, that’s an opening. You need here the old standby of, “great, thanks!” And the fact that it kind of doesn’t fit is the point.

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Do you know said partner? Ask him if he meant to contact someone else as you don't always go and don't have the bandwidth to place food orders...

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OP, you see people in hallways? And eat IN a breakfast place?
Where are you located?
I want to go there.

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It sounds like he's trying to get to know you. Maybe he saw you there once or maybe he just knew it's a popular place in the neighborhood.

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