I was leaving the company for another position that suited me more. On my last day, you asked me to add you on Facebook so we could stay in touch. I said I would, but didn’t really mean it, I was just saying it out of politeness. You seemed like a nice girl, but I’m the type of person who doesn’t just let anyone on my friends list, especially not co-workers I didn’t know very well. So I left the job and didn’t send you any friend request. A few weeks later YOU sent ME one, but I denied it. And didn’t think anything of it and proceeded to go on with my life… until I ran into to you at the grocery store, and you gave me the worst death glare anyone could endure. I tried to pretend I didn’t see you, but you walked right up to me and snarkily said, “I guess I know where we stand!” then you shook your head and stormed off. I felt like I was in junior high. Big deal—I didn’t want to be your friend on Facebook. It didn’t mean I had anything against you, I just didn’t know you well enough to grant you cyber access to my personal life! Who would have thought rejecting someone on Facebook would make their nose so out of joint? —Get a Life
This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2012.
That’s what you get for being a liar; the truth shall set you free.
And THIS is one of the very reasons that I am not on Crackbook today.
I can’t believe how much time I wasted on that site. (Now I only waste it on LTWWB! lol)And then, like the OB, people that would take everything that was posted on it to heart, or worse yet, the ones who feel it necessary to post a status update every. friggin’. 5 minutes!!
I deleted my account and don’t regret doing it for one second.
O what a tangled web we weave…
It’s better to tell the truth in the beginning. A simple ‘sorry, I only have family on facebook’ or ‘sorry, i don’t have co-workers on facebook’ . You don’t have to say ‘I don’t want YOU on my facebook’.
I don’t believe the person was upset about not being allowed on your facebook, she was upset about the lie. If you had said ‘sorry, no’ in the first place there would have been no misunderstanding.
this is not the other person’s fault, you know. This situation is yours.
I’m inclined to agree with the Good Dog
far as I can see, problem solved… you’re dead to them now and never really intended to be friends anyways… so where’s the beef?
I’m always leery of having colleagues on facebook.
http://gigaom.com/2012/08/15/friends-can-s…
make sure you plan to STAY friends with them…
get yourself two facebook accounts. one for the real you, and the other is just a decoy.
it’s always so funny when people complain about FB, it’s what you make it. control the people you invite, then control what they see or can add to your page. it’s not rocket science. i have 30 people on mine, 20 of whom are related to me in some way. and some animal rescue/help groups. everyone behaves. no drama, no bickering, it’s just a great vehicle for keeping in touch in a very simple and immediate way. i post a pic or small video of my dogs’ hike each morning to give a weather report. we are all scattered across the continent. we post pics we have dragged up from old boxes, pics of what we made for dinner. and yeh, my grand daughter has two FB’s. one we get to to see, and one we don’t. works for me.
“I just didn’t know you well enough to grant you cyber access to my personal life!”
But darling, you didn’t think TWICE about sharing it ALL your personal information with the folks at Crackbook (who will use it, financially benefit from it and not share a penny of the return with you)…!
Dumb cunts!
FB is great if you keep it in context. It is mainly for family and to keep abreast of happenings. If you get pissed off at people then shut er down. You can’t handle it.
She may have thought of you as friend not a pretend friend but now she knows and as Zed pointed out, you don’t have to worry about her now.
tis okay bud, facebook is slowly sinking, and turdburger douchebag with it. seems that they got too fucking anxious about money and are getting sued, fucking near every day. then you have the users that are pissed about changes made with no way to okay them.
and if it does go belly up, i will laugh. because awhile back i made a prediction to someone on there, about what could/is happen/ing now.