Facebook failed me!
Damn you, Facebook! Ha ha ha.
As I mentioned last week, it wasn’t really clicking how many birthday celebrations I had going on. Despite making a trip to the store to get birthday cards on Monday night*, I failed to get a card for the Friday night party. Never fear! I am a card hoarder and have a plethora of cards to choose from.
But, dammit! All I had was cat and dog themed birthday cards and I couldn’t remember if my friend likes cats or dogs.
“I know!” I thought, “I will consult Facebook!”
I looked through all her Facebook pics and did not see a single animal. Dammit, again.
So I went with the default I thought made the most sense – the dog card. Would you have gone with the dog card or the cat card? There are so many cat haters out there, I didn’t want to give her a cat card on her birthday if she wasn’t a cat fan.
Turns out she has three cats. Dammit.
I suck.
NO! Facebook sucks. Ha ha ha.
All joking aside, it was no big deal. I mean, yes, it made me feel like a loser friend for not remembering, but I bet she didn’t care… um, hopefully.
I think it’s funny/interesting that I use Facebook for informational purposes like this. I also use it to:
- Grab people’s birthdays for my google calendar
- Grab people’s pics for my google contacts
- Look up people’s names when I forget them**
- Follow people’s interests for gift ideas
What actual use do you get out of Facebook? (you know, besides wasting time and stalking people)
I was shopping yesterday and made sure to get some NON-animal birthday cards for my collection, even though it was very hard.
*To my credit, two were for birthdays that didn’t even involve the Wed-Fri birthday party streak! I had a lot of birthdays on my mind.
**This helped SO MUCH when I first joined the running club.
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hahah damn facebook! I would have definitely chosen the dog card too..more people seem to adore them!
FB is just great when you’re bored and in the mood for some stalker action!
Facebook didn’t fail you. You did your due diligence in checking it. It was your friend who failed you because she is not using Facebook for what it was made for-posting photos of pets, boyfriends, babies etx. 🙂 I would have chose the pup card too, although I’m realizing more of my friends have cats than dogs.
Ha ha. You are totally right. What is wrong with HER?!
I try to not count on Facebook for anything! I have, however, stalked acquaintances’ accounts if I can’t remember the name of their kid/s! Sometimes I find it, sometimes I don’t.
I 100% agree with Xaarlin – who doesn’t post tons of pictures of their pets on FB? And even more on their blogs? There will never be any confusion about whether I’m a dog or cat person. I would’ve gone with the dog card, because I love dogs and just assume everyone should.
I think this just goes to show that you need to use every available resource when sleuthing! In this particular case, after doing your Facebook stalking due diligence, you probably could have asked someone who has known the birthday girl for several years 🙂 Or shown up without a card, like I did!
Ugh, I know! I could’ve waited until you came over to ask you which card to use! Wth is wrong with me?!
The good news is she hasn’t mentioned it, so I think she didn’t mind 🙂
That’s too funny…I am a card hoarder too. I love to have LOTS on hand for the random celebration, birthday, etc. (I really like the handmade set of cards from Costco. They are all super cute and cost about.50 each!) As for Facebook, I use it a ton (lots of the same reasons as you), but I also follow some brands/bloggers that I like, and frequently hunt for giveaways, contests or coupons- hey you never know if it’s your lucky day! 🙂
Very hard question! I use Facebook mainly to follow different running companies and follow news websites. Thanks for the advice earlier! 🙂
I am a MAJOR card hoarder. I have boxes of cards and stationary AND I have a leather travel wallet that I travel with that has essentials: personalized note cards (biz and personal), a birthday card, a love card for my husband, a baby card, a condolence card, and stamps, address labels and a nice pen. Anyone that knows me come over when they need an “emergency” card for an occasion.
Seriously! She doesn’t have pictures of her cats all over her Facebook page??? What is this world coming to?
I thought the same thing as a lot of your commenters. I’m surprised she didn’t have pics of her cats on FB.
I also know some people who have cats but are also dog people… they just aren’t able to have dogs for one reason or another (a lot more work and time required!). Plus I tend to think if a person has dogs or cats that they are lovers of most animals even if they have a preference for one over the other.
I love buying cards too and I think most of us are addicted to Facebook.
Wait, what? I missed your birthday? I don’t remember seeing it pop up on my FB reminder. A very belated birthday wish to you.
LOL, no, I just had a lot of friends with bdays. Mine is in July. You didn’t miss it 😉
*wipes forehead* Good to know (and now that you corrected me, is it late July?
Yep! July 31 🙂