No, I don't usually speak French (that would be cool if I did), but today I wanted to touch on one of my biggest pet peeves: The Facebook Event Invite "maybe" button.
Now as trivial as it may seem to list that as a pet peeve I will start by giving some personal background so you can see from my perspective. As I was growing up I remember getting birthday invitations in the mail. My mom would check our family calendar and then send in the RSVP according to what was already planned. There was no "We'll wait until the day before to decide about going." A commitment, one way or the other, was made in regards to the invitation.
Some of you reading this know that I enjoy planning parties and events. One of the biggest problems I have is figuring out how many people to plan on attending. Because of the widespread popularity of Facebook, I have had to resort to sending out a Facebook event invite. The problem with the Facebook invite all comes down to one thing: the Maybe button. You want to know what clicking that button says to me? "Well I don't want to be rude and hurt your feelings, so I'm going to say maybe. That way, if something better comes along, I won't feel bad about not showing up." You know what I do when I have more maybes than yeses on a Facebook event? I don't count on the maybes coming. You might think I'm taking things too personally, but think about the last event invite you received and clicked the maybe button. Why did you choose that option instead of Yes or No?
Over the holidays I threw a New Years Eve dinner party. What I don't think most people realize is the amount of time and money a host puts in to preparing a dinner for over 20 people. I never mind making food for all of my friends, but I hate not knowing how many to expect.
I blame the iPhone for our issues. I know that's not entirely fair to be blaming a device but think for a moment. The minute people but their latest and greatest iPhone the company announces all the cool features the next one will have. Suddenly a slew of people are unsatisfied with a perfectly good phone (maybe not perfect, it is an iPhone after al,l and my loyalty lies with the Samsung Galaxy). There's no reason to break commitments over and over and blame the maybe button.
I challenge you guys to use the next month as an experiment in manners. For the next four weeks, anytime you get a Facebook event invite do not click Maybe. Choose Yes or No.
Questions? Comments? Email me at sparklyinthecity@gmail.com
Now as trivial as it may seem to list that as a pet peeve I will start by giving some personal background so you can see from my perspective. As I was growing up I remember getting birthday invitations in the mail. My mom would check our family calendar and then send in the RSVP according to what was already planned. There was no "We'll wait until the day before to decide about going." A commitment, one way or the other, was made in regards to the invitation.
Some of you reading this know that I enjoy planning parties and events. One of the biggest problems I have is figuring out how many people to plan on attending. Because of the widespread popularity of Facebook, I have had to resort to sending out a Facebook event invite. The problem with the Facebook invite all comes down to one thing: the Maybe button. You want to know what clicking that button says to me? "Well I don't want to be rude and hurt your feelings, so I'm going to say maybe. That way, if something better comes along, I won't feel bad about not showing up." You know what I do when I have more maybes than yeses on a Facebook event? I don't count on the maybes coming. You might think I'm taking things too personally, but think about the last event invite you received and clicked the maybe button. Why did you choose that option instead of Yes or No?
Over the holidays I threw a New Years Eve dinner party. What I don't think most people realize is the amount of time and money a host puts in to preparing a dinner for over 20 people. I never mind making food for all of my friends, but I hate not knowing how many to expect.
I blame the iPhone for our issues. I know that's not entirely fair to be blaming a device but think for a moment. The minute people but their latest and greatest iPhone the company announces all the cool features the next one will have. Suddenly a slew of people are unsatisfied with a perfectly good phone (maybe not perfect, it is an iPhone after al,l and my loyalty lies with the Samsung Galaxy). There's no reason to break commitments over and over and blame the maybe button.
I challenge you guys to use the next month as an experiment in manners. For the next four weeks, anytime you get a Facebook event invite do not click Maybe. Choose Yes or No.
Questions? Comments? Email me at sparklyinthecity
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