Google much?
Ever had one of those moments: you’re chatting to someone on Gchat or MSN (if you use MSN please stop reading my blog right now) and mention something. Anything. Perhaps you mention Larry Page or Penelope Trunk. Perhaps you mention polyamory. The person with whom you are chatting then asks you “Joy-Mari, who’s that?” or “Joy-Mari, what’s that?”. Or perhaps you receive an email from an acquaintance asking for the email of a well-known editor. Such innocent questions and requests, you would think, but it’s not. Or it’s not for me.
How about people who ask you, while they’re sitting in front of their computers, how to spell aficionado? And somehow this always happens when you’re busy working on an Excel spreadsheet, half listen to their request and … oops, miscalculate.
So whichever happens to you more frequently, what do you think of this person? Does it irritate you? I normally think it’s laziness and that he or she is not computer-savvy. Never mind that I’m talking to someone with a PhD. Do people not know the basics of doing a Google search? I mean, it’s not difficult, right?
And I’d like to know this from you: am I being too harsh, or am I justified in thinking they should Just Fucking Google It?
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