Over the past few months, I have watched as facebook has constantly been in the news for this or for that. I have noticed though, that a majority of the occurrences relate to the privacy of their users. It started with beacon a while ago and people made enough noise that they scaled down their plans for complete information domination. They have been gradually eroding their privacy policy and their is nothing that the end user can do to stop it; they already have the keys to the car and house and in some cases, are tapped into your bank (although that information is still private, to a degree).

We, the user, are helpless to stop them. Although people are chattering and are not happy, the face behind facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, was quoting as saying some to the effect of “I don’t care about the users privacy.” Why should he? People have already uploaded their entire college experience, the early years of their children and other memories that some might not want as memories. You may believe that you still hold the power over them; you’ll just delete them. They still reside on facebook servers. They still have a profile with all of your information. Another number in the vast sea of numbers.

People then use the argument that they will switch to another platform that has a more conducive privacy policy. Facebook has a gazillion users and you are kept as one of them with the lure of missing out on the reconnection with your dear old chum from elementary school or hearing from your long lost best friend who moved away during the summer of freshman year. This is a great feature. People also use it to talk to old friends and family that I wouldn’t normally talk to. Facebook is well aware of this and has/is getting away with murdering your privacy. They serve ads to you based on your profile. When will they serve you ads based on your conversations in facebook chat or your wall feed convo’s? I must give them credit though, the custom engraved beer boot is a neat product.

Privacy is an ever growing mirage on the internet. Facebook diluting their privacy policy only heightens this fact. A lot of companies are unchecked by the majority of the general user base and they use that to their advantage. They only care about us as long as it allows them to make money.

Thursday was a normal day at work. I showed up twenty minutes early and started on my usual morning tasks. After I began to settle into my main desk and churn through the non busy work, a man and women show up from a website advertising cars for car dealerships (i’ll leave their web name out).

To start off the situation, they physically insist on coming into the office by trying the door handle several times. It didn’t turn the first go around, it probably isn’t going to turn the next time; unless you have herculean strength and bend the handle itself. After trying to barge into the office, they both stair in my direction (the joy’s of having the desk next to the door) because I didn’t click the door unlock. This was infraction number one and this started off the whole respect thy customer scenario. Needless to say, they were off to a great start.

Infraction two is when you get close to the windowed area that customers pass paper through and loudly announce your presence. I see you, there is no reason for you to cause a ruckus. After this audio violation, I turn around and look at my boss boss and get the OK to click them into the office. I decide to get up and open the door for them to let them know I mean business, lol.

The third infraction is when you enter an office and expect everyone to stop what they are doing and serve you. Just because you remember going one way to get to the head honcho’s office, doesn’t mean you are going to go that way again. Asking loudly and rudely if door number one is the right path and then attempting to go through it without waiting for an answer always seems like a poor course of action. My boss boss gave them directions and even she received attitude.

Their physical demeanor was harsh and rude while their communicative demeanor was brash and snobby. For a company that has no physical stores and that is based solely on the internet, I would expect a more grounded attitude. This is probably the only time your company will have to solidify their ‘perceived physical persona’. I guess it all boils down to the respect you give to your customers and the demeanor you convey. I know that for a semi cold call, I would not have received their pitch as well as I could have if their entrance had been better.