Look, I'm GenX. Take that what you will.
> Are you upfront with your policy.
That am I. People who know me, know I value my time very well.
If someone doesn't know me, I tell them up front. It's down to them whether or not to continue forward or not. I don't mind.
It helps that I am an objectivist at heart. It makes things very very simple. I don't spend my life walking on egg shells.
Bear in mind, although I am a developer. I have spent many years in sales environments, with upper management teams such as working with VP's and CEO's directly.
In such environments you learn very quickly how to say a lot without saying anything.
If you need more information take a look at channels such as [0] and [1]. There are plenty on youtube.
It's like common courtesy and human decency is eroding while at the same time people are caught up in this overly-virtuous mindset of "not offending anyone". The moral catch-22 of the 21st century.