I don’t think I need to remind people that what you say online will potentially stick with you forever, but it’s enjoyable to make fun of the occasional person who fails to remember this caveat.

If you can’t stand behind what you’ve been recorded as saying, chances are,  you’ll be called on it. Call this one my submission for the Online Darwin Awards…

Background: I have a fairly strict facebook friends policy – if I don’t know you or I haven’t met you at least once, I’m not going to accept your friend request. I’m online mostly to learn, communicate, and share stories / information with like minded people, not to amass a list of people that I can shamelessly market to. (enter the promoter-douchebag type)…

It was in May that my assistant announced to me one of the friend requests I recently received was from a Robbie Fullhouse who said he knew me from attending events put on by Full House Entertainment.

Quite likely, I mused, and asked my assistant to accept his request only after ensuring that he was aware of my preference for  NOT  receiving event invitations…

SENT: 15 May
FROM: Raj Taneja

Dear Mr. Fullhouse,

Hi, 1 March 2012, my predecessor asked you how you and Mr. Raj were acquainted. As I have not heard back from you, I am cancelling your request.

Thanks,
Mary

SENT: 15 May
FROM: Robbie Fullhouse

Hi Mary,
I appoligize for the late response, I am inedated with messages every day and do sometimes miss important ones. I have had the pleasure of Raj attendin at some of my events I put on in the city. I am the owner of Full House Entertainment, and hve hosted and put on hundreds of events in the city.

SENT: 15 May
FROM: Robbie Fullhouse

As you can see, we have 299 friends in common.

SENT: 16 May
FROM: Raj Taneja

Greetings Mr. Fullhouse,

Thank you for responding. I will inform Mr. Raj about you and your friend request.

Regards,
Mary

SENT: 22 May
FROM: Raj Taneja

Dear Mr. Fullhouse,

Hi there. This is Mary again. Mr. Raj would just like to ask if you’re promoting events through your current account?

Regards,
Mary

SENT: 22 May
FROM: Robbie Fullhouse

No I am not, I am retired from that now, I just remembered meeting him before and thought I would add him, occasionally I will invite a friend or two exclusive events, but that is through a personal message only.

Well, it looks like Mr. Fullhouse Entertainment came out of retirement. Not a message, not a word since we connected, just some random invite to “Canada’s Biggest Birthday Party.”

Oh… and when I questioned him about it — well, I’d say the transcript probably reads exactly as you would imagine, because I’m the bad guy here, of course.

Being a stand up guy and all (NOT!), Fullhouse fired a few rounds of expletives back and then decided to hit the ‘block’ button. A real class act, I’ll say. Let’s not just nominate him for an Online Darwin Award but for a Vancouver Nightlife Award, too!