HappyArtichoke7729 t1_j6ivilp wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:29 PM

The systems that generated the email could have easily taken more than 3 minutes to complete.

If it's not a synchronous task on the web server, it's often put in the low priority pipeline to either be done periodically in batches or just whenever traffic is lower.

Emails also need to go through complicated spam-rejection algorithms, and part of making those effective can be a time delay. (Example: hold the mail for a couple minutes to make sure you didn't send the same thing to 10,000 other people)

DietMediocre8993 OP t1_j6ivoak wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:30 PM

But i have to assume it's unethical, because she has solely been saying no because of sub-lease thing since Friday and still ran a credit check today (Monday)?

HappyArtichoke7729 t1_j6iw2n2 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:33 PM

Assumptions are often incorrect.

Also correct me if I'm wrong, but you also said you broke the lease terms. I'm not sure why you're surprised. You were likely technically trespassing, as you didn't have permission to live there from the property owner. That itself is unethical.

DietMediocre8993 OP t1_j6iwl8u wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Yes you are right on that part, but I was not told that the original tenants are not allowed to sublease the apartment. I should've asked now that I have learned that something like this could happen. But genuinely I did not know about this situation.