Poke fun behind people's backs
The Internet (the Web for those of you who don’t really know better) has given us the ability to do a lot of cool things. And a lot of not-so-cool things. Like spam. But one of the worst things to come out of the Internet is that it promotes impersonalness and it’s ever so easy to do. We can be “tough guys” and send harsh emails at the touch of a button. In the old days if something made you angry, you had to sit down and write a letter and mail it to the editor. Now, you simply write your misguided thoughts on a web page (or a blog if you prefer that term) for the world to see (of course in most case no one is really looking anyway). And for people with little, if any, real communication skills, you can even simulate a “cool” life (though I’m not saying that everyone who plays this game has no communication skills).
When I first finished university, I worked at a small company of perhaps ten people. It was a great job with great people and a cool environment (we used to play networked Need For Speed after work). But then we got bought by another company and then that company got bought by an even bigger company. At that point, things weren’t so cool, they did a lot of things that I felt were wrong and the company was no longer for me, so I left.
Since that time, I’ve told people a few things about my experiences there and such, but I don’t for one second think that I know things are still the same as they were before; that was ten years ago. I’m no longer there and no longer know anyone who’s there. So who am I to criticize them? Seriously. Especially when all I would be doing is poking fun at them behind their backs, something I learned in grade one or two was the wrong thing to do.
Mon, 03 Jan 2005 02:57 Posted in General
