It Doesn't Take A SECOND.

This blog post is a little different. Just thought I'd touch on something so little, but SO ridiculous, I needed to write about it. It's silly, but it happens and I'm sure it annoys people as well as it annoys me!

Birthdays, Anniversaries, Graduation parties, Ceremonies, whatever...when it comes to organising these events, we need some kind of structure to help us plan them out. You need to know WHEN, WHAT, WHERE, WHO AND HOW. When you know these, you need to find a way to get it across to the people you want to invite right? Now there's the old fashioned post invites to people's addresses, but there's always the fear of the invite getting lost in the post or not knowing whether the person has received it and having to chase them up. There's also using the phone to call people up and tell them by mouth, but then there's the fear that the person listening on the other side of the phone has the details going through one ear and out the other and they're not keeping record of the 4W's and 1H! They could end up forgetting either the date or the venue, either way there's a chance they won't turn up. There's also text, but some phones are pretty dodgy and some texts end up not going through. Bit silly, but if you like travelling, you could always hop on a bus or train or if you're driving and want to spend money on petrol(a lot of money), visit people's houses and drop them the invite, ha...that's if you have that much time on your hands.

There IS an easier option that I know some of us young people like to go for. You don't have to travel, you don't have to send dodgy texts, you don't have to lick stamps and you don't have to waste minutes when the other person isn't taking note. FACEBOOK is the answer. So this social network is the answer to your event problems. Since almost everyone is on FACEBOOK, and if you're not, the message could be easily passed around, this is the easier way to get everyone on board with the event you're planning. For people to co-operate, communicate and have time to contemplate their attendance. It doesn't seem hard does it? I mean you log on and create the event; including all the necessary details you need and you begin to select all the people that you want to attend! Simples. There's an I'M ATTENDING, MAYBE ATTENDING and NOT ATTENDING button that people can select with a click of the mouse and so you'll know the numbers right? NO!

As simple as you think this option may be...it's actually DIFFICULT for people to click the friggin' mouse and RSVP. Some people don't like to co-operate and communicate with you over Facebook to make your life that much easier by letting you know whether they're coming or not...they like to keep you in the dark. What makes it more annoying is that 'MAYBE ATTENDING' option that some like to click at the last minute; I personally think they should scrap that option, because it doesn't help anyone! Yes, you may not know at that point, but try and make an effort to find out whether you ACTUALLY can or not, especially if it's an event where the person who invited you needs to know the exact number coming so they can BOOK the table on time! They told you well in advance and gave you a deadline...it's like you're given coursework and you need to submit it on a particular date in order for it to be marked so you can pass. You're not exactly going to ignore this deadline and submit it in your own time, unless you're looking to fail are you? So help a sister or brother out by RSVPing on time!

It gets to me, when they see this invite on Facebook and then holla at your BBM or through text and say 'yeah I'm coming' or 'nah I can't make it'...if you had TIME to log on to your Facebook and READ the details of the invite, I'm pretty SURE you also have time to CLICK THAT YOU'RE ATTENDING OR NOT ATTENDING...I mean, is it just me, or doesn't that make sense to you? ¬_¬ It doesn't take a SECOND. And then you reply on BBM or text saying 'OK, yeah, but can you make that clear on Facebook, so that I have a record of who is and who isn't coming...' and it's like you're talking jibberish!

It ALSO gets to me, when YOU KNOW this person has seen the invite, because they've logged in about 20 times that day and changed their status like 7 times! SURELY if you have time to change your status to something of unimportance or change your relationship status to something that's not true like 'it's complicated' when really THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING THERE...Then you have time to RSVP, which takes less than a second. It's little things, but trust me, when you are trying to organise an event, it can be stressful trying to chase people up, it shouldn't have to be hard, it should be an easy process, but people find it hard to click that mouse!

Sooo, my friend's birthday event is coming up and she was stressing about having to chase people up and that. I just told her, look you've put a deadline as to when people need to respond, if certain people don't respond within this time frame...BOOK the table for the people who have responded and THAT'S IT! If the people who didn't respond turn up to the restaurant and find that they don't have a seat, let them stand there and think to themselves 'if only I had clicked that ATTENDING button when I was changing my status about my lifestyle!' Simples. Help us help you basically.

Some of you may be thinking 'it's not a big deal' but it can be, when people don't follow a simple instruction. It's not like we're asking you to pay for the table, we're just asking you to use one of your fingers to click the mouse and RSVP. OK so fair enough, some people are not on Facebook everyday and do not see the invite BUT we know there are other means of contacting you, and probably have...yet you STILL choose to ignore the invite.

I'm just saying it doesn't take a second...lol.