i know and work with 2 sisters for about 5 years now and we know each other very well. anyway 1 sister quit to have twins about a year ago. i asked the remaining sister at work the other day if she could send me some baby pics of her sisters twins when she got some new ones to me via email when she got some new ones from her sister. she then told me that she would have to check with her sister before she could do this. my question is why would she have to do this since her sister all ready knows me. thank you.
2007-11-14 02:40:42 · 4 answers · asked by lorainman1958 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Your co-worker had the right idea: not everyone is comfortable sharing pictures of their children. Yes she may know you, but her sister felt she should ask before she did, meaning she wants to respect her sister and her privacy. To me pics are no big deal, but to others it may be. Don't take offense: it's nothing against you. She simply wants to make sure it's okay.
2007-11-14 02:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by Melissa 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I always do this. Someone calls asking for Kevin's phone number. I always tell them I'll have to look it up when I finish eating/get back home/whatever. Then I call Kevin and ask him what he thinks.
I do that anytime someone asks me for a photo site, an email address, a street address. In fact, the only time I don't is if someone asks me for a spelling correction. Like I have her email--did I misspell it? Or I'm looking for her on myspace but I can't remember if her last name Candler or Chandler.
As the other posters said, you never know if your friend WANTED this individual to have that info. After all, you know both sisters and yet you have no contact info for the one that quit. At work we have this problem with our personal cell phones. In case of emergency, Larry has all our contact info but I don't want people at work calling me every single time something goes wrong. I'm not at work for a reason, nor do I want to spend all my family time answering work questions. I feel if the person doesn't have the info that they are asking for, I should DEFINITELY make sure that both parties would like to communicate first.
2007-11-14 04:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by phantom_of_valkyrie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you already know the sister, ask her directly for the pictures. I have 2 daughters. One is now away at college, the one local has been asked for an address from a former female co-worker of her sister and her current co-worker. When she asked her sister for her address, we use email, the sister asked who wanted it, comes to find out that the female has followed my daughter to 3 different jobs and is now looking for her again, has sent mail to her boyfriends family trying to find her. I told her to get a restraining order.
Do you now see why she might want to ask first. Nothing against you, just a lot of weirdo's out there.
2007-11-14 03:23:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some people are really weird about giving out pictures of their children.
Once she e-mails them to you, you could post them on a webpage or send them to anyone you choose. A lot of parents don't want pictures of their children posted on the internet. This could be why she's asking her sister first. I'm not saying you would post the picutres, but a lot of parents do worry about things like that.
2007-11-14 02:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by startwinkle05 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋