I’m a Cynic

I catch public transport most days of the week. I catch mostly trains and buses. There are several things which people do/don’t do which annoys me. This post is about seat etiquette or lack thereof. The key offenders are selfish people.

The problem I have with this is when a seat is empty and a person sits on the outside end of the seat. This causes many problems when the train or bus fills up and is incredibly selfish.

If you are getting off soon and do not want to commit to a seat then do not sit down!

I have only heard of one karma driven incident involving these criminals. A lady on a train was doing the outside sit and got up to let people through and she lost her seat. Justice. She deserved to lose her seat for committing this foul act.

Please have some courtesy and think about others when you are on public transport. It is bad enough without selfish people doing annoying and selfish things!

What things that people do annoy you on public transport?

I am writing a blog so clearly I am not a technophobe, however, FaceBook event organisation is horrible. Whenever I receive an invite to an event, or respond to one, I honestly feel dirty. It sickens me to think that everybody I know can see me as an ‘eventee’.

I have no qualms about using Skype and communicating online, but FaceBook invitations are so insincere, how often do you see all your FaceBook friends? Social networking sites, or ’social software’ can be appreciated as a great concept, I get to stalk people, companies get to data mine and criminals get to steal my identity. FaceBook should not be considered a substitute for specific types of communication with friends, including party invitations or organising to go out.

What if I don’t check my account for a few days? Do I miss out on the event?

If someone is not in your mobile phone, then don’t invite them. If you lose your numbers, use FaceBook to get them back but do not by any means invite all your ‘friends’ to your party via FaceBook. Sure you look like a really popular kid, but deep down you are viewed as an insecure needy soul.

What are your thoughts on this? Are you a FaceBook or a MySpace aficionado? I am curious to see what other people think about these kinds of things, are certain events acceptable or should all event organisation be banned?