I have several incidents on the internet. The first is sending a message to the wrong person on MySpace. I wrote a quick "I love you" message to my wife, but I sent it to another person. I made the mistake when I used the search bar to find my wife's name. I clicked the person below her name. It happened to be my wife's best friend, I didnt not know any of this until I arrived home and my wife was sitting on the couch with her best friend. I thought of nothing until my wife was questioning me about what I did today.
My wife drilled me when at home. She started throwing things at me and punching me. She thought I was trying to hook up with her best friend. I asked for a explanation, but she refused to give me one. Later she calmed down and explained what had happened. I explained that is was a mistake on the internet. Since that issue and others, I decided to erase my MySpace because of the drama it can give me. I thought that leaving her a nice message during the day would be nice, but it turned for the worse. I think erasing my MySpace helped ease the situation.
The other situation was shopping online. I live in Corvallis, which is millions of miles away from civilization. At times I need to find my size of clothing and style online. The problem with ordering online is the other person receiving the order. This can be a problem when someone does not pay attention to what size they put in the box. I found it to be very irritating when I have to resend merchandise back and wait for it longer. The only way to correct the problem is to call the place where I ordered to complain. I think that going to a store can help eliminate such issues of shopping online. I am able to find what style and size needed.
Postman talks about logic and intuition in our lives. My experience came down to just simple logical answers. Also having the intuition to just double check who Im sending email to can save alot of time and drama from the wife. It just makes logical sense to just go to the department store and dont shop online because of mis-communication through technology.
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Pila, I feel you on this one! I've also emailed the wrong person, and it can be not only embarrassing, but also way too much drama. Myspace seems to cause a lot of drama, with either messaging the wrong person, or people logging on to other peoples pages and sending messages under false pretenses. Yet despite all this, I can't bring myself to erase my page. So I am just very cautious about who I am messaging, and am very critical if I get a message from a friend that doesn't quite sound right.
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ReplyDeleteWow! I could feel the tension in your story when you came home and your wife was there with her friend. Ouch. That missed click must have been painful. The internet is a powerful tool because it is so instantaneously connected, but that also means a simple mistake like yours can have dire consequences. Great post.