EVITING
Is Evite the work of Satan? A corporate, vaguely impersonal form of invitation that people choose to ignore when it appears in their email inbox? I used to dislike Evite, though I was never sure why. It was just a device on the Internet that allowed people to send invitations in an organized, orderly fashion. What, really, is there to scoff about? And honestly, it takes about a second to use -- Yes or No (or Maybe). It's not brain surgery. So why is it that people have an aversion to a simple RSVP? Maybe I have a thin skin about this, but I've taken to using Evite to alert invitees to infrequent events at my abode and quite a few folks can't be bothered to answer, or even open it up. I've noticed people lurking on my invite multiple times without responding. What is up with that? Am I becoming curmudgeonly middle-aged, or should I expect people I assume are my friends be be just a wee bit considerate?
Is Evite the work of Satan? A corporate, vaguely impersonal form of invitation that people choose to ignore when it appears in their email inbox? I used to dislike Evite, though I was never sure why. It was just a device on the Internet that allowed people to send invitations in an organized, orderly fashion. What, really, is there to scoff about? And honestly, it takes about a second to use -- Yes or No (or Maybe). It's not brain surgery. So why is it that people have an aversion to a simple RSVP? Maybe I have a thin skin about this, but I've taken to using Evite to alert invitees to infrequent events at my abode and quite a few folks can't be bothered to answer, or even open it up. I've noticed people lurking on my invite multiple times without responding. What is up with that? Am I becoming curmudgeonly middle-aged, or should I expect people I assume are my friends be be just a wee bit considerate?
posted by Erik Himmelsbach at 3:49 PM
1 Comments:
No, you're not being curmudgeonly. You're expecting a level of courtesy not seen these days. I can hear my mother saying, "Well, are you going or aren't you? Let them know so they can order the cake!" She's also the one who waited the full year Emily Post allows after a wedding to send thank you notes before deleting my cousins from any further gift giving occasions.
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