On The Internet, Everybody Can See You Whine
There are few things in life you can depend on more than an abrupt change in your plans, no matter how best laid they are.
The WiFi at your local coffee shop might be spotty on the day you need to finish a client presentation.
Your flight to Newark might be delayed by an unexpected line of storms.
Your cable might go out.
I mean, shit happens. And from here until Kingdom Come, shit will continue to happen, no matter how much complaining we do about it.
But as we become more and more entrenched in this digital world of ours – a world where all of our thoughts and feelings will be captured on the Web for eternity — our penchant for complaining is beginning to bleed into our everyday tweets and status updates.
Rare is the day that you don’t encounter somebody taking Delta to task for a flight delay, or ripping the local coffee shop by name for their faulty Wi-Fi, swearing off any future visits. (Unless, of course, their social media expert finds you and offers you a free latte, right?)
I mean, I get it that there’s an urge to vent your frustrations when something goes wrong, but we should learn to be a little more patient, and a little less-quick to vilify the local car dealership because they wouldn’t bow to your outrageous price demands.
While I do agree that there is a time and a place to take companies (like BP) to task for their incompetence, I think it’s a waste of perfectly good energy to show your displeasure when we could all benefit from some more positivity.
Unless, of course, you’ve never made a mistake.
If that’s the case, complain away.
