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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was approached for a position in Asia [b]that I am a good fit and potentially interested[/b].  The person asked me to Skype him either early in the morning or late at night due to time difference.  I couldn't do it because I have to take care of 3 kids and by the time the kids are in bed I am too tired to talk business.  Morning crunch time is even worst for me.  So I suggested Skype at 10am when I am in my office.  That would be 10pm their time, which I think is not too bad.  I frequently Skype with people in Asia at 10am our time.

Today I received an email from this potential colleague.  This email forwarded my email to another person but the sender used "reply" and I received the email instead.  In the email, this potential colleague described me as "low in EQ" because I suggested the 10am Skype and didn't think there is anything wrong with that.  I felt terrible after reading the email.  Should I respond to this email or just pretend I didn't receive it?[/quote]

No, I don't agree that you are a good fit.  If you were a good fit, then you would find ways to work with the people with whom you are communicating.  They gave you a large window of time and did not specify the day, so you had ample time to pick and day and time that fit with the suggested options.  Possible suggestions include putting the kids to bed, take an hour nap, get up to do the Skype session so that you are not "too tired to talk business" and then afterwards, turn in for the night.  Another person suggested getting up a half hour or hour earlier than usual and just bite the bullet for this Skype session.  It's only one day and if you can't find a compromise to get up 30-60 minutes earlier than your norm, you are just being uncooperative.  If you are potentially interested, you would make more of an effort to compromise than to make them stay up and have to deal with you and work at 10pm (something which you are unwilling to do).

If you can't make the compromise then be polite about saying that your schedule does not really allow you flexibility to pursue this opportunity.  You may not have wanted to burn bridges, but your response was a small step in that direction.
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