Checking in. Do you do it? I'm sure you must have before. No, I'm not talking about that occasional 8 p.m. phoner to your sister seeing what she's up to. I'm talking Facebook. Foursquare. Instagram. Telling people exactly where you are, you know, like a local coffee shop, bar, or store, and posting about what it is you're doing there.
I do it. I love it, actually. Living in a big city, a check-in helps me keep track of where I've been. Also, apps like Foursquare enable me to locate new places and make lists of where I want to go. Let's be real, though, there are some places you just don't check in. Do you really want your mother-in-law seeing you're at the pawn shop selling off Grandma's gold bracelet? Eeeesh, probably not.
Thus I present you with 10 places you most definitely should NEVER check in:
1. The gynecologist: Why yes, I did get tested for HPV today. How did you know?! ... Oh.
2. Your residence: Not so smart to let strangers know where you sleep, hang, and do your personal business.
3. Six ice cream places ... in one day: Do you really want to come off as a fatty-no-friends? I mean listen, I too LOVE ice cream. Perhaps just check in to the BEST one. Pinkberry, anyone?
4. Psych ward: Have fun explaining this one to your parents.
5. ANY bar after 11 p.m. on a work night: Oh sure, because it's always fun for your boss to KNOW you're hungover sitting five feet away from one another the next morning.
6. Alcoholics Anonymous: Something best kept private, don't you think?
7. Anywhere on a "sick day": Don't rat yourself out!
8. A funeral home: I'm pretty positive there are more important things for you to be doing at a funeral home than playing on a smartphone.
9. The airport: You may as well hand over the keys to your house to every stranger with access to a computer.
10. Jail: Well, this is just awkward.
Do you check in?
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I HATE when people do that. It's like saying, "hey, I'm not home. Now would be the perfect time to rob me!"
I just want to say 1 thing in defense of checking in, along with your "telling strangers "come rob me"
Many people I know, and myself, only have REAL friends on their fb/social media sites. My real friends know when I'm going out of town anyway lol
Plus, privacy settings keep things nice and, well, private
I only check in when I'm traveling for work. I check in at each airport and the hotel - my kids like watching the 'progress'. My house isn't empty - kids are home with dad - and even if we were all traveling, my facebook is set to private and only people I actually know are on there - so no strangers to worry about. I've never understood people who DON'T keep facebook private.
Um no Alcoholics Anonymous doesn't need to be kept private .. why does it have to be shameful that you are seeking help .. I personally have real friends on my FB as well and there is no reason with real friends that this shold be an issue this keeps it out in the open instead of a rumour so that "real" friends can support one another in their efforts .. I am not in AA but have several friends who are and the support they receive from our friends via FB etc has really helped
youcant check in from jail the take your phone
I check in from jail becase I visit clients there. They let me ot. most of the time. ;-)
I'm sorry... You have trouble keeping track of where you've been? Do you have short-term memory issues? Preparing an alibi, perhaps?