“Scrambled to respond” is rather generous, I’d say.
It took Otter.ai three months to confirm the email was genuine - having initially said that it wasn’t.
It took Otter.ai three months to confirm the email was genuine - having initially said that it wasn’t.
It feels like, after the first candid response, somebody higher up went "oops, this looks bad, deny everything!", and eventually retracted it because the guy wouldn't give up.
Looks like the sort of misunderstanding that Pied Piper might find themselves into, to be charitable.