So I'm auditing this company (external auditor) and one of the low level grunts in their accounting dept. recognized me because we went to the same high school. I didn't recognize her at the time because she dropped her maiden name when she married. Weeks later I get a FB request from her, (I'm still auditing this company) and only then did it click in my head who this person was.
I didn't accept the request because of potential independence issues and quite frankly she was a real jerk to me when we were younger, though she has since apologized for it.
My question is what's the proper etiquette here? Should I just ignore her (the easy, cowardly route)? Approach her and acknowledge the request but say I can't accept due to independence issues? Does FB even count as affilating outside of a work environment? Is there some other consideration I'm not thinking of?
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