Call Me? No, Tweet Me, Or Facebook Me, Or...

A few nights ago, a group of friends and I gathered to have dinner together. We "see" each other almost everyday on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram; however, we still need the actual physical interaction occasionally. 

On that night, I let them know that I would be a little late because of work. When I came to my friend’s house, I rang the bell once, twice, three, four, five times, and finally I received two alerts on my phone. One from Twitter and one from Instagram:  "We are waiting for you..." 

On a different night, during a baseball game, a friend sent me an email to let me know that she and her family were sitting a few rows behind me. When they came closer to me, she mentioned: "I thought it would be better to tweet you but since I don't have a Twitter account I decided to email you."

Yesterday, my sister, and I were chatting through Facebook messaging and at some point, I couldn't answer her messages because I got very busy. She freaked out and called me from MEXICO because I was not answering anymore. 

I have been laughing about these incidents but after thinking carefully about them, they scare me. There's no way that I can hide now. I receive several emails and phone calls everyday from different organizations, friends, from work and family members, I only hope that many can understand that I give a priority to my family's messages. If I don't answer your message immediately is not because I don't want to, but most likely because I am trying to dig myself out of a pile of work related messages. That said, I'd like to share some of the messages that made me laugh.

This is my friend's tweet from two nights ago: "We are waiting for you." (Because her account is private I erased her username).

My answer to her tweet was: "I am ringing the bell!" :-) 

I also received the message through Instagram.  

My friend's email during a Mariner's game. :-)