1st mistake

Over the last 10 days I found myself, rather unexpectedly, travelling the length and breadth of Japan. It's a long and personal story, so I won't bore you with it. The problem is, just before leaving I received a response to an enquiry about helping me with my job hunt.
Upon returning from my travels I received the most negative and angry email from the said person for not emailing my thanks to them. I will never quote names on my blog, but it was from a pr professional who was highly recommended to me.
Just before my travels they had written a page long reply to my enquiry. Quite strongly worded, not in the style I have been receiving of late. As their response was so unusual, I thought I would apply their advice, most of which seemed to be helpful, and contact a few more firms/companies.
So, as anyone who has been in my situation knows, you rarely received a reply within a few days. I realise a request like mine is never a person’s priority and that’s no problem.
So my idea was to respond to the pr professional after I got a positive response. A little different from my usual swift 'thank you' letters. They seemed a little different and open so I thought I would try a different response. My bad. I never intended to wait almost 2 weeks but sometimes things just don’t pan out as we like.
So, I learned a very valuable lesson. Respond quickly (like I have done up until now) and then try new ideas.
Events conspired against me with me being away from a computer quite suddenly for about 10 days, but that’s just making excuses. No matter how many leads I try to follow I must not neglect even one. I have responded to the pr professionals’ letter in a very apologetic way, I accepted I was wrong and tried to explain that I was not ignoring them. I'll count that as a bridge burned though. I also realise we pay for our mistakes, so I could never ask for their help again.
We live and we learn. I have not, in the slightest, been put off by this experience, I'm learning every day.
More to follow.