You may ask, "why is she blogging right now? Shouldn't she be at work?" And then I may answer, "I'd rather be at work than blogging right now, thanks for asking!" (Who knows how long THAT thought may cross my mind.. so maybe I should just appreciate this day off)
HOWEVER, when you sit in a fairly empty apartment, for a fairly substantial amount of time, while you are (fairly) alone... you pretty much just want to start work. I unfortunately got a phone call at 9pm last night telling me not to worry about coming in. Thank you snow, ice, and freezing rain-- I did NOT have my first day of work today. womp.womp.
It's not as magical, and enchanting as a snow day in 3rd grade - there will be no play dates, no snow men, no igloos. Just coffee, and crappy TV.
Anyway, as I sit here, blogging, sipping my coffee (that I haven't figured out the proper proportion of coffee grinds to water for because my coffee pot is weird).. I'm watching Anderson Cooper. Which is weird, because I never watch him, but I can't find Ellen on my new line-up. He, of course, is chatting it up about hot topics and all that jazz.. namely, lying over the internet.
How do YOU know that I AM who I say that I AM? (aside from, my family knows that I'm writing this and.. I am in fact, who I say that I am) But really, how would you know?
I could be a 50 year old woman who is having some kind of life-crisis, thinking that she hasn't accomplished anything and needs a voice to be heard, even if it isn't hers. Or heck, even weirder- a MAN.
The idea of this "Catfish" concept truly BLOWS my mind. And this kind of goes back to my phone interview thing- my boss really doesn't know me.. at all. And yet, she hired me because she believed in the "me" that she met over the phone (lucky for her, I am, in fact as fabulous as I say I am in interviews). I could have been purple, with orange tattoos on my face.
It's pretty unfortunate that we have to second guess who we will talk to, buy our couches from, adopt puppies from, etc etc. I can't even buy a couch on Craiglist without thinking twice about who this person may ACTUALLY be.
**random thought--Did the creators of the intwerwebz foresee identity fraud? I doubt anyone sat around a table thinking "Yeah, in 92354907245 years this will be used to break the hearts of people AROUND THE WORLD MWAHAHAHA"
HOWEVER, there is (clearly) some reason to have faith in humanity when phone interviews are still a viable way to secure employment. Not that this is the only way to have some kind of faith in humanity and identity, because there are obviously many other things.
Nonetheless, it does cross my mind when I walk into a furniture store (I've been in a few this week) that I could come up with some crazy alter ego and just see how it goes. But that's in person.. and not really traumatizing anyone (unless I actually chose a CRAZY alter ego).
Alright. My rant is over. This was probably really long, drawn out, and more than likely boring. My apologies. I'll come back with something better.
xx. Mayonnaise
p.s. try not to make a fake profile on some website today! I know this was inspiring & thought provoking - but try to withstand the temptations.
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