# Too soon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon/781212>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 2, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon/781212 "2017-03-02T17:03:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon/781212/1 "2017-03-02T17:03:57Z")

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Just received a LinkedIn email advertising an IT position at Garmin in Kansas City. My immediate thought was “I think I know what caused that vacancy . . .”

Then I felt bad.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon/781212/2 "2017-03-02T17:08:45Z")

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I once put my notice in at a job, then received a call from a recruiter only to discover that he was interviewing me for the job I was leaving!

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**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon/781212/3 "2017-03-02T18:48:26Z")

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I worked with a guy who saw his own job posted online, awk-ward!

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon/781212/4 "2017-03-02T19:07:14Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> Just received a LinkedIn email advertising an IT position at Garmin in Kansas City. My immediate thought was “I think I know what caused that vacancy . . .”
> 
> Then I felt bad.

I got it, but it might be worth a spoiler box for the less well-informed among us.

Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed in a hate crime a few days ago, and worked for Garmin