OT: *($*^$%@#&* Facebook - Page 3

> wrote:
>
>> Lucille wrote:
>>> Could your spam filter, or anti-virus program be blocking mail from Face
>>> Book?
>>>
>>
>> I checked my spam and there is nothing there. The odd thing is that
>> I DID get one e-mail from FB in response to my filling out the problem
>> form. That's the one I had to reply to so that they would know I was
>> the person who sent the problem report. Since then, absolutely nothing.
>> I did meander around through the Help Page and found a spot where I
>> could actually write and tell them what the problem was. I'm waiting to
>> see if I get a response to that.
>> I looked everywhere and found absolutely NOTHING that would be a
>> generic "Contact" e-mail. If I don't hear back from this latest problem
>> report, I'm not sure what I will do! There have to be at least a dozen
>> people who have asked me to be a "friend" and I can't accept because I
>> can't sign on! VBS -- what a PITA!!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>>
>> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
>> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
>> their whiskers!
>> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
>
>
> IMO (which I know you won't want) the whole thing of FB is totally
> ridiculous. Add twitter as well.

>> wrote:
>>> Lucille wrote:
>>>> Could your spam filter, or anti-virus program be blocking mail from
>>>> Face
>>>> Book?
>>> I checked my spam and there is nothing there. The odd thing is that
>>> I DID get one e-mail from FB in response to my filling out the problem
>>> form. That's the one I had to reply to so that they would know I was
>>> the person who sent the problem report. Since then, absolutely nothing.
>>> I did meander around through the Help Page and found a spot where I
>>> could actually write and tell them what the problem was. I'm waiting to
>>> see if I get a response to that.
>>> I looked everywhere and found absolutely NOTHING that would be a
>>> generic "Contact" e-mail. If I don't hear back from this latest problem
>>> report, I'm not sure what I will do! There have to be at least a dozen
>>> people who have asked me to be a "friend" and I can't accept because I
>>> can't sign on! VBS -- what a PITA!!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>>> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
>>> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
>>> their whiskers!
>>> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
>> IMO (which I know you won't want) the whole thing of FB is totally
>> ridiculous. Add twitter as well.
> Yikes - we kind of agree - though I don't think it's totally ridiculous,
> just completely blown out of perspective in usage.
> Yesterday as we were driving home (carpool, as Nessie in the shop) NPR had
> a
> report on about social networking and Gen Yers WRT productivitiy and the
> "lack of etiquette" in business meetings. Someone had put together a
> report
> after studying a good amount of various corporate/businesses and the
> discussion was centering on the incredible amount of time the Gen Y (20
> somethings) feel is just fine to be spent doing social networking during
> the
> work-day - twitter, facebook, My Space, personal e-mail, texting, etc.
> It's
> about 20-25% and more, of the day. While supposedly working - separate
> from
> breaks. And that people do not understand when they are requested not to
> do
> this during billable work time, or to respect limits of how much personal
> socializing is going on during the work-day. Then some woman from
> Deloitte
> Touche spoke that they feel IIRC up to about 15% of time at work could be
> spent on social networking - strictly personal - not business networking -
> as that ensured happy employess who are in touch with families, etc.
> Pretty
> amazing. Then this went on to discuss the clash at business meetings
> now -
> where the Baby Boomers - now the seniors in a meeting - are rolling their
> eyes, as the most junior people there are still texting, looking at their
> Crackberries, and opening lap-tops - even doing e-mail, FB, etc - while at
> a
> meeting.
> I can understand a certain amount of social/personal e-mail happening
> during
> the day, and keeping people content, feeling valued is fine. But the
> non-stop if you unplug me I'll fall apart sense is just absurd. So many
> of
> these people cannot structure a coherent sentence, let alone a thought. I
> think if I were at a business meeting and saw the lack of attention to
> matters at hand, I'd speak up. If it's not worth the attention of those
> there, than either it's not worth my time, or they needn't be paid to be
> there. Even at my "stupid" Caribou job, the manager told me it's a big
> issue with the younger staff - texting/cell phones. The "ADHD" but very
> nice 21 year old - cannot put down his cell. Constantly playing with it.
> The guy can't stay focused long enough to remember an order from the drive
> -thru for 20 sec to get it entered in the system - let alone complete a
> task. I am amazed - as the crew are merely texting to people they've just
> seen or will see wtihin minutes it seems. Oh, well.
> The whole carry-over of all this shared personal information and lack of
> respect for business/professional versus personal space and behavior kind
> of
> astonishes me. Oh, well, I guess I'm showing my age.
> Rant off.
> Ellice

>>> IMO (which I know you won't want) the whole thing of FB is totally
>>> ridiculous. Add twitter as well.
>> Yikes - we kind of agree - though I don't think it's totally ridiculous,
>> just completely blown out of perspective in usage.
>> Yesterday as we were driving home (carpool, as Nessie in the shop) NPR had
>> a
>> report on about social networking and Gen Yers WRT productivitiy and the
>> "lack of etiquette" in business meetings. Someone had put together a
>> report
>> after studying a good amount of various corporate/businesses and the
>> discussion was centering on the incredible amount of time the Gen Y (20
>> somethings) feel is just fine to be spent doing social networking during
>> the
>> work-day - twitter, facebook, My Space, personal e-mail, texting, etc.
>> It's
>> about 20-25% and more, of the day. While supposedly working - separate
>> from
>> breaks. And that people do not understand when they are requested not to
>> do
>> this during billable work time, or to respect limits of how much personal
>> socializing is going on during the work-day. Then some woman from
>> Deloitte
>> Touche spoke that they feel IIRC up to about 15% of time at work could be
>> spent on social networking - strictly personal - not business networking -
>> as that ensured happy employess who are in touch with families, etc.
>> Pretty
>> amazing. Then this went on to discuss the clash at business meetings
>> now -
>> where the Baby Boomers - now the seniors in a meeting - are rolling their
>> eyes, as the most junior people there are still texting, looking at their
>> Crackberries, and opening lap-tops - even doing e-mail, FB, etc - while at
>> a
>> meeting.
>> I can understand a certain amount of social/personal e-mail happening
>> during
>> the day, and keeping people content, feeling valued is fine. But the
>> non-stop if you unplug me I'll fall apart sense is just absurd. So many
>> of
>> these people cannot structure a coherent sentence, let alone a thought. I
>> think if I were at a business meeting and saw the lack of attention to
>> matters at hand, I'd speak up. If it's not worth the attention of those
>> there, than either it's not worth my time, or they needn't be paid to be
>> there. Even at my "stupid" Caribou job, the manager told me it's a big
>> issue with the younger staff - texting/cell phones. The "ADHD" but very
>> nice 21 year old - cannot put down his cell. Constantly playing with it.
>> The guy can't stay focused long enough to remember an order from the drive
>> -thru for 20 sec to get it entered in the system - let alone complete a
>> task. I am amazed - as the crew are merely texting to people they've just
>> seen or will see wtihin minutes it seems. Oh, well.
>> The whole carry-over of all this shared personal information and lack of
>> respect for business/professional versus personal space and behavior kind
>> of
>> astonishes me. Oh, well, I guess I'm showing my age.
>> Rant off.
>> Ellice
>I also wonder if anyone has a clue how to be alone and depend on themselves
>for entertainment. What will happen to some of these kids when they're
>stuck in with a cranky baby and there's no one to annoy, or the electricity
>goes off because there's a storm, or (gasp) they actually have to decide all
>by themselves whether to buy french bread or kaiser rolls.

>I often hear those moronic conversations in the supermarket about whether to
>get Skippy or Peter Pan and then have some young woman tell me she was
>talking to her 8 year old to find out which he liked better. For heaven's
>sake, you're the mother, you decide for him.

>My last comment is a question. Does everyone really want to know every
>time someone goes off to the grocery, or up to bed, or all those ordinary
>things that one does during the day?
>Lucille

> wrote:
>
>>>> IMO (which I know you won't want) the whole thing of FB is totally
>>>> ridiculous. Add twitter as well.
>>> Yikes - we kind of agree - though I don't think it's totally ridiculous,
>>> just completely blown out of perspective in usage.
>>> Yesterday as we were driving home (carpool, as Nessie in the shop) NPR had
>>> a
>>> report on about social networking and Gen Yers WRT productivitiy and the
>>> "lack of etiquette" in business meetings. Someone had put together a
>>> report
>>> after studying a good amount of various corporate/businesses and the
>>> discussion was centering on the incredible amount of time the Gen Y (20
>>> somethings) feel is just fine to be spent doing social networking during
>>> the
>>> work-day - twitter, facebook, My Space, personal e-mail, texting, etc.
>>> It's
>>> about 20-25% and more, of the day. While supposedly working - separate
>>> from
>>> breaks. And that people do not understand when they are requested not to
>>> do
>>> this during billable work time, or to respect limits of how much personal
>>> socializing is going on during the work-day. Then some woman from
>>> Deloitte
>>> Touche spoke that they feel IIRC up to about 15% of time at work could be
>>> spent on social networking - strictly personal - not business networking -
>>> as that ensured happy employess who are in touch with families, etc.
>>> Pretty
>>> amazing. Then this went on to discuss the clash at business meetings
>>> now -
>>> where the Baby Boomers - now the seniors in a meeting - are rolling their
>>> eyes, as the most junior people there are still texting, looking at their
>>> Crackberries, and opening lap-tops - even doing e-mail, FB, etc - while at
>>> a
>>> meeting.
>>> I can understand a certain amount of social/personal e-mail happening
>>> during
>>> the day, and keeping people content, feeling valued is fine. But the
>>> non-stop if you unplug me I'll fall apart sense is just absurd. So many
>>> of
>>> these people cannot structure a coherent sentence, let alone a thought. I
>>> think if I were at a business meeting and saw the lack of attention to
>>> matters at hand, I'd speak up. If it's not worth the attention of those
>>> there, than either it's not worth my time, or they needn't be paid to be
>>> there. Even at my "stupid" Caribou job, the manager told me it's a big
>>> issue with the younger staff - texting/cell phones. The "ADHD" but very
>>> nice 21 year old - cannot put down his cell. Constantly playing with it.
>>> The guy can't stay focused long enough to remember an order from the drive
>>> -thru for 20 sec to get it entered in the system - let alone complete a
>>> task. I am amazed - as the crew are merely texting to people they've just
>>> seen or will see wtihin minutes it seems. Oh, well.
>>> The whole carry-over of all this shared personal information and lack of
>>> respect for business/professional versus personal space and behavior kind
>>> of
>>> astonishes me. Oh, well, I guess I'm showing my age.
>>> Rant off.
>>> Ellice
>> I also wonder if anyone has a clue how to be alone and depend on themselves
>> for entertainment. What will happen to some of these kids when they're
>> stuck in with a cranky baby and there's no one to annoy, or the electricity
>> goes off because there's a storm, or (gasp) they actually have to decide all
>> by themselves whether to buy french bread or kaiser rolls.
>
> They'll probably just bash the baby, or go out and leave it alone.
>> I often hear those moronic conversations in the supermarket about whether to
>> get Skippy or Peter Pan and then have some young woman tell me she was
>> talking to her 8 year old to find out which he liked better. For heaven's
>> sake, you're the mother, you decide for him.
>
> They don't take charge of their kids. I had an argument with a mother
> in a stupidmarket about just that. The kid (maybe about 6) was taking
> off a shelf and dropping, plastic containers of Maple Syrup. One of
> the other two was busy pushing the cart into my ankles.
>
> She was unimpressed so I yelled at her, "Take charge of your kids!"
> Whereupon there was a silence, that had the power to embarrass the
> idiot.
>> My last comment is a question. Does everyone really want to know every
>> time someone goes off to the grocery, or up to bed, or all those ordinary
>> things that one does during the day?
>> Lucille
> They seem to think you do, if you don't, they'll 'poke' you! Back
> when I was on FB (which was sometime ago and briefly) I saw someone
> say "Just going to take a leak" - sigh. The only one I liked was I
> joined as a 'friend' of the then Premier of NS. Everytime he made
> moves I didn't think were correct, I wrote that on his wall. Idiot. I
> think that was the only real fun I had with the thing :) (rare
> smiley, rather more like a sneer)

> I love to hear from people, but don't need to hear of each fart, burp,
> lost sleep etc. Get a life.
> Have I pi**ed anyone off yet??
> BTW, I keep getting notices from Natalie for me to join her on f-b. Is
> that the Natalie I am thinking of from the Reading/ Maidenhead area of UK,
> many many years ago??
> Life is strange!
> Gill