HOW TO AVOID SOCIAL MEDIA DRAMA

infobunny (53)in #socialmedia • 7 years ago (edited)

Social Media is full of opinions good ones and bad ones.

These can sometimes lead to conflict and argument. If you are looking to use social media correctly then there is no room for social media drama with other site members you have never met and are never likely to. And there is certainly no place on social media for real life drama, the kind that you see on Facebook-driven by those who can’t break the Facebook habit. The social media rule to deal with strong opinions and drama is to consider all the options as to why what has been said has been said. And then if you still disagree or don’t like what you read JUST WALK AWAY!

Clearing the leaves and avoiding Social Media Drama

So I was driving home after dropping the kids on the school run. There was a lot of traffic so I was going quite slowly. I came across an older gentleman who was sweeping leaves from his driveway and the pavement directly in front of his drive.

Sitting in slow moving traffic watching this guy really got me thinking about what I was watching. I’m very much a person who likes to work smart and not hard. This guy was working very hard for very little result. As fast as he was clearing leaves, the leaves were falling and there was 2 weeks worth of leaves still on the tree. so why? it’s like hanging out your washing in the rain, it’s never gonna get dry, and the drive was never gonna get cleared. So why not wait for all the leaves to drop and then clear them?

My initial response was “idiot, that’s pointless exercise”. But maybe there was more to it than this. You see I was making a judgment on someone while not knowing the full story.

Possible Reasons

Perhaps the guy was the Gardener and being paid, though he didn’t look like he was.
Maybe he was doing it for the exercise and fresh air.
Perhaps his wife had been nagging him to clear the leaves.

Maybe this was how he did his best thinking

I don’t know why he was doing what he was doing. All I know was that I initially made a snap decision without full consideration. And if you consider the possible reasons why he could have been clearing the leaves then who am I to pass comment.

InfoBunny