Les Regles de Facebook
Vintage Facebook Manners And You
Script:
- Meet Alice.
- She has just arrived home, from a hard day at work.
- She switched on her computing machine,
- and looks to see what her friends have been up to on Facebook,
- The electric friendship generator.
- First, she checks in to see what Timmy’s been up to.
- Alice and Timmy have been going steady for 6 months.
- And she thinks he’s a real swell guy.
- Alice hasn’t spoken to Timmy since last evening,
- and can’t wait to see what his day was like.
- That’s funny. At 2:05, this morning,
- Timmy changed his relationship status from ‘in a relationship’ to ’single.’
- Even more curious, he became friends with Donna Whitehouse at 2:07am.
- Timmy just bungled rule #1 of Facebook relationship etiquette:
- Don’t change your relationship status without consulting the other person.
- What a dope.
- Alice decides there must be some sort of mistake.
- The Timmy she knows would never disregard her feelings this way.
- She sends him a note to see if it was a mistake.
- Alice waits, and waits, and waits.
- Alice is tired of waiting, so she decides to stick it to Timmy.
- She uploads and tags, a few embarrassing photographs of Timmy.
- Timmy may have a hard time making new friends when they see,
- that he likes to dress up in Alice’s undergarments.
- Those photographs sure are funny.
- But Alice just broke Facebook relationship etiquette rule #2:
- Don’t post embarrassing photographs of other people.
- Shame on you Alice.
- It’s OK, Alice. We all make mistakes.
- It looks like Timmy has posted some messages on Alice’s wall.
- I can’t believe you posted those photos of me!
- Sorry for being such a square.
- Baby, are you there?
- By the way, it was just a regular rash.
- TMI Timmy, you’ve just broken Facebook relationship etiquette rule #3:
- Be discreet when posting messages on another person’s wall.
- Alice doesn’t take the bait.
- She removes Timmy’s post, and tries to move on with her life.
- That’s interesting. Timmy has been very busy on Facebook,
- making friends with all of Alice’s friends.
- Who would want to be pals with a groaty jody like Timmy?
- He has violated Facebook relationship rule #4:
- Don’t steal other people’s friends.
- Cool it Alice.
- No one’s going to date you, if you get frown lines.
- Alice is fed up.
- So she creates a group called ‘Timmy Gordan’s a real wet blanket.’
- According to the group’s description, Timmy cries over spilled milk.
- Timmy buys things not made in the USA.
- Timmy wets the bed.
- And Timmy is a COMMUNIST!
- Be careful Alice.
- This is clearly in violation of Facebook relationship rule #5:
- Don’t start hate groups.
- Nothing good can come of this.
- What did I tell you Alice?
- Timmy is in the slammer. And Alice is ashamed.
- All of this could have been avoided by following
- the simple rules of Facebook Etiquette.
- Don’t be bungle heads like Alice and Timmy.
- Have good Facebook manners, and the electric friendship generator,
- will be more fun for everyone.


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