The look of horror on my goddaughter's face said it all:
"But why not?" she whispered, confused and saddened at the same time.
All I'd said was, I don't do 'Bake Off'. Or 'Strictly' or 'X Factor'. Or 'Masterchef'.
So now it's out there. It's not that I don't do TV. I love TV. I love 'Nurse Jackie', 'Veep', 'Who Do You Think You Are', Graham Norton ...... Michael Portillo on a train to anywhere. 'Mad Men' could be my specialised subject. However, should I look blank when a friend says:
"Did you see Mary last night?"
I am bombarded with a million reasons why Sue Perkins is saving the human race, one soggy-bottom at a time. It's honestly not a judgement call. I'd fight for the right for you to watch it. I just don't love food shows. Or competitions. But don't get me wrong, I love cake. It's just that watching it makes me hungry.
It's the same with Facebook. I don't do that either and it makes people very mad. And I don't tweet. Or get Linkedin. Until recently that is, when in order to validate myself and prove I existed, so I could join something I subsequently didn't join, I had to link up. Overnight I became connected to hundreds of people, many of which I have never heard of and have nothing in common with.
Last week I went out to a performance at a local gallery. I saw someone I'd met where I'd worked last year. She knew the gallery Director and introduced me. She knew someone she thought I should meet who works in the same area as me. They also know a writer/artist I met a few years ago and really admire who is having a show next month and invited me to the private view.
Top tip: get linked in by going out.
"But why not?" she whispered, confused and saddened at the same time.
All I'd said was, I don't do 'Bake Off'. Or 'Strictly' or 'X Factor'. Or 'Masterchef'.
So now it's out there. It's not that I don't do TV. I love TV. I love 'Nurse Jackie', 'Veep', 'Who Do You Think You Are', Graham Norton ...... Michael Portillo on a train to anywhere. 'Mad Men' could be my specialised subject. However, should I look blank when a friend says:
"Did you see Mary last night?"
I am bombarded with a million reasons why Sue Perkins is saving the human race, one soggy-bottom at a time. It's honestly not a judgement call. I'd fight for the right for you to watch it. I just don't love food shows. Or competitions. But don't get me wrong, I love cake. It's just that watching it makes me hungry.
Last week I went out to a performance at a local gallery. I saw someone I'd met where I'd worked last year. She knew the gallery Director and introduced me. She knew someone she thought I should meet who works in the same area as me. They also know a writer/artist I met a few years ago and really admire who is having a show next month and invited me to the private view.
Top tip: get linked in by going out.
It can be so time consuming. But if that is the way that absolutely everyone keeps in touch, I guess that is what you have to do - perhaps only if you are a teenager though.
ReplyDeleteIt can be so time consuming. But if that is the way that absolutely everyone keeps in touch, I guess that is what you have to do - perhaps only if you are a teenager though.
ReplyDeleteOh yes. I got roped in to that silly linked in business. They tried to link me up with one of my most horrible demented former co-workers. Hell no! She is the reason I quit working there. I actually like the Bake Off. I like it because it's British. American cooking shows do nothing for me. Barbecue and burgers. I've had enough. Give me a scone and a cream cake any day.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I didn't join Linked In but my email is bombarded by requests. I don't get Twitter or Instagram and watching a programme about making cakes is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Vive la difference!
ReplyDeleteI don't do Facebook either .... it reminds me of the dreaded round robin Christmas letter, but all year !!!!! I can't bear X Factor .... just a way to make Simon Cowell lodsamoney and a way to exploit people !! I think that all of these programmes should finish after a couple of series ...... they seem so old-fashioned now.
ReplyDeleteBUT ..... are you watching Dr. Foster ? My favourite TV programme of the moment.
A friend put me on Linkedin by mistake and I'm still on it and I haven't worked for years !! XXXX
Me again! We're at York Hall, 5-15 Old Ford Road E2 9PJ 10.30am - 4.30pm xxxx
ReplyDeleteI am now a big fan of Facebook - it has reconnected me to long lost overseas cousins and some lovely old school friends. I also have a far better knowledge of what;s happening in my local area by "liking" things and places that I want to be kept informed of - so much so that I am never in!! I don't do Bake off or X factor et (but I do LOVE the Sewing Bee) and I am currently loving "Cradle to Grave" . Mad Men Box set saw me through last winter very nicely. xxxx
ReplyDeleteTweeting seems to me to be a route to complete mental breakdown. I am able to ignore my Facebook and LinkedIn pages.
ReplyDeleteI like linked in because it causes recruiters to email me, which validates my fantasy that I can get a job elsewhere. :) However, their constant updates and endorsements are seriously irritating. Facebook is like crack. Stay strong and stay away!
ReplyDeleteI forgot my Linked-in password three or four years ago and never tried to remedy that. (Your cake looks ever so tasty.)
ReplyDeleteMichael Portillo on a train.....so wonderful ....who knew? I love it. Not on facebook twitter or linkedin and don't watch strictly etc., Loved Veep but missed mad men......that might be a long winter night catch up treat methinks.
ReplyDeletei feel your pain over social media - and your joy over going to a gallery opening and meeting people in the real live flesh and blood.
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