Who Says Social Media Doesn’t Reflect Real Life?
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Yesterday at work, I happened into the break room at work to refill my cup with coffee. When I entered, there were two people engaged in a conversation about having too much of a good thing and getting tired of it.
As I filled my cup I said, “Surely, you’re not talking about ice cream.” To which they both replied that, no, ice cream was something you didn’t get tired of.
Someone else came in to get a snack from the vending machine and joined in, followed by another who also wandered in looking for coffee. The exchange went on for a few minutes and went from ice cream, to ice cream flavors, to beer (because I happened to mention Stroh’s Blue Moon ice cream, made by the Stroh Brewing Company in Detroit).
As I walked back to my desk, it hit me that this type of conversation is pretty common in our break room, and probably in similar places around the world.
Isn’t this exchange, also, rather like Twitter or other social network sites? People jump in and jump out, comment, give their opinions or make jokes.
No, this isn’t an example of a “regular” conversation where people sit and talk in depth. It’s not meant to be. It’s just chatting (or chatter). It’s pretty typical.
