Friday, May 16, 2008

Stalker?

Am I the only one who looks at people's facebook photo albums, even if I might not know all of the people in the albums? Two of my coworker friends are like, bffs in real life, and therefore my facebook homepage is often scattered with announcements that the two of them have been tagged in a photo album by a third close friend of theirs. I mean, I guess the photos don't have the same meaning to me as photos of my own friends going around town and visiting fun places... but they are often nice photos. Like, composition wise and all. Especially because they are filled with photos of the great outdoors in full bloom - - spring! It's not just these two girls - I sometimes peruse albums of my friends' to catch up on what they are doing with their lives. But this is leading to a story I found quite funny, and could not really share with people for fear of being thought a stalker!

Yesterday while I was at work, I was talking to one of these girls, "A." A customer came up who "A" needed to help, so I started to help bag the customer's purchases, when another customer got in line. I looked up and started to say, "I can help you over on my line," but as I said it, I recognized the girl as "A's" friend. Recognized her from facebook, and here she was in person! The girl smiled and thanked me for offering, but said she was there to see "A." Before she even started talking, though, I nodded, because I knew she was there to see her friend, but it's not like I'd ever met her or seen her in the store before. To be fair, though, "A" and the other coworker friend talk about this other girl a lot, so recognizing her was just putting the face to a name. Except I'd already done that online. I just thought it was really bizarre, or backwards, to know who a person was, and to feel like I knew a little bit about her, all because I'd seen her online. Creepy.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hahahahaha! did she think there was anything...odd in your nod?

Anonymous said...

You are certainly not the only one who does this!

I like knowing what is going on in my friends' lives, even if it doesn't include me. Although, maybe I am a bit stalkerish... :]

-j

Blogger said...

Hahaha, good to know.

I don't think she noticed my nod, because it was sort of at the same time as she gestured towards "A." I mean, she didn't look too creeped out by my nod, and I played it cool after that, so I think I'm safe.