ARGH. Evite strikes again - my sister has invited all FOUR of her roommates to D's birthday party. Now I have to call her and get them uninvited - 4 extra people at a one year-old's party is WAY TOO MANY.
Oh! You just reminded me -- I was going to ask if anyone had any experience with socializr.com, because my evite hatred level finally hit the "but I don't wanna" point (for a whole lot of CHEESY little SPAMMY annoying CAN'T EXPORT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK reasons, not this). And I was noticing after Vortex's ordeal that one of the nice details over there is that you can allow people to add on, but cap the number each one can add, and all suchlike things.
And I'm extra-pissed she didn't ask me first. She should know better.
She should. Regardless of electronic invite technology.
Perhaps the first rule of technology should be, just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD.
So was there some kind of massive anti-sleep zone over the US last night?
Apparently I stole this. Because I got a new alarm clock, and woke up slightly before it went off, to go "hrm, what time did I set it for, anyway?"
And then I woke up a little after it was suppose to go off, to go "Er, clearly something went wrong there..."
And then I woke up a LOT after it was supposed to go off, to go "Aww, crud"
(Luckily, although I have a lot of stuff to do today, none of it was "must do at X o'clock", which was part of why I did not have a backup alarm set, but still! I did not expect to oversleep the alarm by TWO HOURS)
Seriously. I have an evite to an 80's movie party next weekend. I know of about 4 other people not on the evite who would love to go. I also know that the hosts are "the more the merrier" types. You know what I did? Hung out with said host last night and asked if it would be ok if those other people came.
Hung out with said host last night and asked if it would be ok if those other people came.
The thing with this is? If the host isn't okay with extras, they're glad you asked. And if they are okay with extras, they're STILL glad you asked. There's really a whole lot of win there, but somehow people don't get this!
And even if they are ok with extras, what if they're not ok with that particular extra?
Said host last night invited her ex-boyfriend's recent ex-girlfriend based on my rec, but I wouldn't have just assumed that it was ok to invite her.
And even if they are ok with extras, what if they're not ok with that particular extra?
This. Like, one of my neighbors who is coming asked if her father-in-law could attend, since he'll be visiting that weekend. Which I said would be fine since otherwise I'm asking her to either abandon her houseguest (to attend a party in the backyard of the same building) or skip the whole thing.
My sister's roommates, while wonderful people, have no connection to Dylan, and will have no trouble finding other things to occupy their Saturday.
Anyhoo - I gave her a call and it's fine. I just kind of hate Evite right now.
"GOD! Does this mean I have to get all active and start caring about other people?"
AHAHAHAHA. Yeah.
(eta that I didn't mean "yeah, he has to start caring," rather, "yeah, I can identify with that sentiment.")
Yeah--I'm definitely one of the more the merrier types, and often SAY that on invitations. But if I don't say that, or if there's something odd about your guest (age? an ex? a straight man amongst lesbians?) it's definitely appreciated if you run it by first...
And even if they are ok with extras, what if they're not ok with that particular extra?
The extra function on evite being a default is a menace. Clearly.
