Thursday, May 21, 2009

Bitter, Table for Two

My friend Eddie and I were recently discussing (via email, because we both spend an inordinate amount of time at sitting at desks) some of our pet peeves regarding Facebook status updates. We came up with a short list.

Facebook Status Updates We Don't Want to See:

1. Stay-at-home moms lamenting: a) their high level of stress; b) how difficult their lives are; or c) how much they need a vacation.

Are you kidding me? Let's trade jobs for a week, and then you'll THINK "need a vacation."

2. Incremental updates about the minute details of someone's life, such as: "Lisa is craving chicken salad for lunch," quickly followed by "Lisa is at the deli buying chicken salad," quickly followed by "Lisa is eating chicken salad like it's her job!"

No one effing cares, people.

3. People who don't work telling us how they're spending this beautiful day (e.g., taking their dogs to the park, tanning in the backyard, or cruising around with the top down).

Thanks for telling me how nice it is outside; I had no idea, from down here in my window-less dungeon office.

But we're not bitter.

8 comments:

MatVawn said...

What about "cry for help" headings. Maynard needs a friend, Dwight is about to pull the trigger, ect.

Anonymous said...

Or the teenage, angsty quotes of defiance...from people in their 30s

overtly trite said...

I'm a working mom but in all fairness find a friend with kids and switch for a week..you'll understand

Anonymous said...

Nah, sorry not buying it ot. I've got a few of those fb friends that fit the bill she's talking about. This debate about stay-at-home moms and their work(or lack of) has been going on for decades. I don't doubt that there are many hard-working frazzled parents that stay at home, but I've seen more than a few that belie that argument by posting 20 times a day. Kids take naps, which is something you don't get at the job

Cate

Tim F. said...

I'm a lawyer too, and I wouldn't last a week with my wife's stay-at-home mom job.

I would have said the same thing as you before I became a dad.

Now I know better.

I'm with you, Overly Trite.

Anonymous said...

Reread your first paragraph. You read like Cal1.

;)

-Pinto

Anonymous said...

I just noticed what she was talking about with my profiles. LB is on to something. The bellyaching is sort of irritating.

The Modern Gal said...

I have this facebook, errrr, we'll call her acquaintance that always posts racist updates about Obama and people in Memphis, where she lives. I'm about to give her the boot out of principle.