to want to boil my computer in acid?

[EyeOfNewtToeOfFrog]

...there is a reason, hear me out!

I've just got a friend request on LinkedIn from the most unprofessional, jobsworthy, manager's-arse-licking Humarn Resources manager from a previous job a few years ago. (In addition to condoning bullying by her friend - my equally incompetent boss - this HR joke told my manager something confidential I had explicitly asked her not to tell my boss. Within fifteen minutes my manager referred to this confidential issue she was supposed not to know about! ) That was one bad employment from start to finish.

Now, I don't feel like just pressing the 'ignore' button. I feel like deleting my LinkedIn account, disconnecting my computer, boiling it in acid before sending it to the Gobi desert, just to be sure I never see this idiot's name again.

Am I overreacting here? Or should I actually accept the request - would it be good for my career?

I wouldn't accept it. I also wouldn't boil your computer in acid. It may be useful at some point.

Reasonable response IMHO. The only problem would be where to get enough acid and a large enough receptacle to boil it in, especially if it's a desktop. Is there a local factory nearby you could pop down to - perhaps google places that strip old paint from wooden furniture?

I'll just vent my spleen at it. That should do it.

That seems like a perfectly balanced approach

Perhaps I should accept the request after all. I could gift her with a piece of my mind (instead of MN), what do you think??

Oh, wait, I may actually need a career yet!

be like quentin crisp - say yes to all invitations