Thomas E

Lying with the Internet 

            After much thought, one annoyance came to mind as my pet peeve. This pet peeve is when a certain friend of mine named John will be with friends or at a party, and he will send a snap chat to someone who is not invited.  He will also post a photo on Instagram of being with friends after telling the other kid whose name is Paul, that he could not hang out or that he was busy. It just bothers me because that is just being a jerk, I know that John who does that would not like to be in the other position and feel left out. This boy could be doing this for many reasons, he could not like the other kid, maybe thought it would be fun or funny, someone or that kid did it to him, or he just felt like doing it. This pet peeve to me really bothers me and I hope I can let people know and understand why.

            It bothers me because it is rude, mean, and impolite.  That is just down right being a jerk; it does not even make since to do it. Even if John is mad or thinks it is funny, he should just think before doing it. It does not make him “cooler” or better than the other kid, it just makes him look stupid and mean. Once I was with John and Paul came to him and said “Hey want to hang out tonight?” and John said “No I can’t I have to watch my brother tonight.” But of course he was lying because John and I got invited to a party and then he sent a photo of everyone together that night to Paul. Now I think he should just worry about himself and the people that are with him, not someone else who is not even there. Since John lied to Paul he should just keep it a secret and not post a photo. To make this situation better and over, I should step in and tell him to stop, or I should get a trusted adult who can solve the problem.

            I myself have done this to John who has been doing this to others because he had done it to me before. At the time I thought it was funny and that he should feel sad and see how it feels. But I realize now that it just makes things worse and that he would just keep doing it to people. I decide to go around and ask some of my friends to see if they have ever done that to anyone before and most of them said that they did not do it to somebody else, but some of them have and they said that they regret doing it. Also, a lot of people have done this to someone on accident and just forgot about other kids who were not invited and then one of the kids would ask them why they weren’t invited. Well if you are in that position it is kind of hard to just say “Hey you aren’t invited,” “I don’t like you,” or “I could not invite you.”  I also asked some people what they thought about sending photos to someone who is not invited or posting a photo after telling someone that they could not do anything. Everyone did not like it and one girl said “Why would he do that? It is stupid and immature.” This shows that it is very inconsiderate to do that to people.

            Finally, after talking about my pet peeve and how bad it bothers me, people will kind of know how I feel when it happens. I told you about how much I do not like it, reasons why the kid might do this, and that other people including myself have done this. Clearly, this is my pet peeve and a problem that hurts other kid’s feelings. Hopefully, this will come to an end and my pet peeve will go away.