Man sent woman his credit card 'for 10 seconds' on LinkedIn. Here's what she did next
A woman claimed a man sent her his credit card on LinkedIn for just 10 seconds and asked if she could do some shopping with it. In a now-viral post on LinkedIn, Harnoor Saluja, a communications professional, recalled the bizarre interaction with the man who slid into her DMs with this unusual offer. According to her, he said, "I'm sending you my credit card for just 10 seconds. If you can load, you can do shopping from this". advertisement
Harnoor said, "Yes, this is a real story. No, I wasn't prepared either". She said she wasn't sure what the man was trying to test - her internet speed, her sense of morality, or her Squid Game-style reflexes. But in those ten seconds, her imagination took over. "In those 10 seconds, I: Added a standing desk (to stand up for women in marketing), Wondered if I should buy a mic to narrate this saga as a podcast, And closed the tab like I close emotional availability: swiftly and without warning, Scrolled through skincare (because healing from this trauma needs retinol)," she said. She concluded her post with a mic-drop line: "If sending your credit card is your idea of 'networking,' please know-my internet may be fast, but my morals are faster." advertisementTake a look at the viral post here: The post, for obvious reasons, got social media users talking. One user shared a similar story. "An influencer sent me a DM saying I commented on his post, so he wanted to transfer me money as a gift. I politely refused twice. He insisted until I blocked him." "When networking turns into a Netflix drama! The audacity is unmatched, but hey, at least he didn't ask for your OTP (yet). Stay safe, Harnoor," another user added. See the comments here: Harnoor Saluja's sharp response clearly struck a chord online. While the man's approach raised eyebrows, she used humour, and quick reflexes, to send the message loud and clear.
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