Our Newest Social Addiction.

People April 5th, 2007

Over the last couple of weeks at work, patients have been getting in the way of our social lives.

Receptionchick and I are the least sociable of the group of us at work. She values her privacy more than I do mine (and I’m pretty serious about anonymity on this blog). Yet the whole group of us are spending more and more time on Facebook–to the point that work is interfering with our socializing.

If you’re on Facebook and worried that your boss might read your stuff there and realize that you’re really not doing work at your desk, this post has some ideas to keep things as private as you need to, although most of the points are overkill.


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  • Dr. Mommy, D.D.S.

    i never understood the hype about facebook, to be honest with you. yes, i post my pics here, but that’s about all so no one could find me unless by pure circumstance or unless i actually tell people about my blog, of which there are VERY few. actually, internet access in both of the practices i work in has been restricted by the head office because the front desk people were goofing around too much during working hours. they really put a lockdown on all network applications – i even had a hard time getting into dentrix to enter some treatment plans.

    i have mixed feelings about facebook, you-tube, and friendster. i have four teenaged sisters and you wouldn’t believe the bullying and gossip that gets tossed around. it was bad enough that you’d get laughed at in the halls, now you can get trash-talked on the internet in the comfort of your own home. i could go on for hours about kids having computers in their own rooms, but that’s another topic for discussion….

    what happened to the days when you’d just pass notes back and forth and sign each others yearbooks? am i that much of an old fart?

  • Ameloblast

    Yup, times continue to change and some things go the way of crimped hair and scrunchies.

    Facebook is inexplicably addictive once you start finding people from your past. Even The Girl signed up and has been networking with high school friends that she hasn’t been in contact with in years.

    I never had a large quantity of friends, and my era was just before the time that there was a computer in every home, so the people I used to know aren’t highly computer savy and aren’t on Facebook. Yet. They probably still send old fashioned lettermail to each other.

    So for me, it’s nice to be able to see what my cousins and current friends are up to with a glance. I still don’t really need to talk to them (as I don’t now), but at least my family can’t say I don’t give a shit because I don’t know who’s in the hospital, who’s had a baby, etc.

    That’s how the Facebook addiction starts…

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