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Breakfast Topic: u want 2 b our healr?
Sometimes, the inevitable happens. You're down a man (or woman), halfway through an instance, and one of you has to pick up a replacement. Or perhaps you're on the other side -- you really want to get into a particular instance to do all those quests cluttering up your log.Some players in the latter category may hang around capital cities occasionally asking in LFG and waiting for appropriate LFM broadcasts. However, it's safe to say that not every player in Orgrimmar wants to do RFC, and not every player in Stormwind wants to do the Stockades. Unfortunately, I've seen a huge rise in the number of unsolicited whispers recently from players asking for help in these instances -- and more.I wouldn't mind so much if they were phrased nicely, or gave me some motivation to join. "u want 2 come to dm with us? u heal?" isn't sufficient justification for a high-level character to leave the comfort of a city and run through a low-level instance with strangers. Of course, some players take this opportunity to play tricks on unsuspecting lowbies -- what's your reaction to random instance invitations? Have you ever found one compelling enough to take up? Or did you manage to phrase your LFG nicely enough that you were deluged with help?
Considering iPod etiquette
Newsvine user LT was recently inspired to compose his own version of iPod etiquette, after witnessing two specific events: A man who was listening to his iPod while sitting with friends in a noisy bar, and a younger boy who sat plugged in during dinner with his family in a restaurant (my parents would never have let me get away with this particular stunt). Personally, I once saw a pair of people walking around, one plugged in one not, carrying on a conversation. I know that if I were the "iPod-less" member of that party, I'd be quite annoyed with my partner. It all reminds me of Marco Siebertz's senior thesis exploring the social implications of wearing headphones in public.Here are the rules that LT has come up with. As he says, "...feel free to add yours." If you are with people take the headphones out. If someone is trying to talk to you take the headphones out. You don't need your iPod to eat. If there is loud music in the room the iPod is not necessary.
iPod etiquette at the office
It must be a slow news day because everyone is writing about iPod etiquette. USA Today, America's newspaper with the highest concentration of pie charts, has some tips for using your iPod at the workplace. It seems that those white earbuds might signal to baby boomers (who I suppose are out of touch, judging from this article) that you are not working but rather listening to tunes and IMing your friends ('OMG!11!! iPodz rule. LOL').So, when if you are going to risk listening to your iPod at work keep this handy tips in mind: Always remove both earbuds when a co-worker is talking to you never 'bob' your head or hum along and my favorite: don't bring your iPod into a meeting If you need these tips then perhaps you shouldn't have a job. I'm just saying.[via Micro Persuasion]
iPod etiquette is very...oh man, I love this song!
Ever been in a situation where some jerk in front of you is walking at a pace easily surpassed by that of a Macy's mannequin, and you can't seem to ask him to move aside because he's so engrossed in the latest "Barenaked Ladies" album playing on his iPod that he just can't hear you? What? You're that jerk? Well, then perhaps you should read Vern Seward's column on iPod etiquette. Seward opines on our growing culture of isolationism, and how the ubiquity of the infamous white earbuds is encouraging us to choose secluded serenity over basic social interaction.He's certainly got a point. I admit to being a victim of the "I see his lips moving, but this song is obviously much more interesting than anything he could possibly say" mindset, and often choose the comfortable familiarity of my music library over idle chit-chat about the weather or that crazy rumor about Monica liking Jim, even though Jim has his sights set on Betty. But at what point does it start to damage society? Does the iPod really play a pivotal role in our culture's growing attitude of "you do your thing, I'll do mine"? Or is it just the net result of our increasing dependency on technology as a whole?Time will tell just how much this affects us, and if it will have serious repercussions on our everyday lifestyles -- or if we're just blowing some trivial concept vastly out of proportion. In the meantime, however, read Seward's column and ease up on the ignore-the-world attitude, okay? Jerk.
Request Etiquette
As I was running through Ironforge today with my guild-less alt, without warning a guild charter opened in front of me. I was slightly annoyed by someone interrupting my day without asking, so I declined to sign and kept moving. A few seconds later, the same document popped up again. I declined and kept moving. After the third signature request, I yelled at the offending party to back off, and was finally left alone.I find it extremely annoying when people open guild charter windows, invite me to groups, or trade with me without asking permission. I decline everything on principle, but some particularly forward individuals don't seem to get the message. Does everyone have these problems, or am I just hypersensitive?
