Earlier today, Brenda buzzed me to ask me for blogging information and ideas. A few hours later, Snead buzzed me with “What’s a doppio?” I wouldn’t be surprised if someone buzzes me before the end of the day to ask me how many calories are in some food or another. This is what my friends and coworkers do. This is how they see me.
Blogger. Coffee Freak. Diet Guru.
None of their questions are all that difficult. I’m not generally so darn busy that I can’t answer a simple question. I can’t say I’ve been tempted (very often) to respond with “I’m not your darn search engine”. I just find it amusing when folks do this. It makes me wonder how often I might do that to people.
It takes all of thirty seconds to type “doppio” into google and find the definition. It takes just a moment to pull up some nice calorie counting website and find out how many calories are in green bean casserole. So what leads people to buzz me to ask those questions rather than run a search? What leads me to ask people questions rather than pop open a search?
I’m not complaining, ladies, I’m just pondering the idea out loud. Wondering when and why I choose to ask someone and when and why I simply open a search and find the info myself.
I wonder if there’s some sort of study about this…