How to deal with someone’s Facebook wall when they are deceased

If you are on Facebook then I am sure you have seen Facebook walls that are still active of friends or even family members who have passed away. 

Facebook has an option to turn the page into a memorial for the deceased.

Go to this link and fill out the required information and supporting page showing an obituary so they can close out the page in a respectful way.

Social media gives you a voice in the marketplace

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Who says you can’t get the attention of corporations when you have a less than stellar customer service experience?

Above is a response to my displeasure with Rite-Aid on Twitter. In January I switched to them to get prescriptions because Walgreens and my insurance company didn’t see eye to eye on charges.

I hated the experience. The Rite-Aid in the Churchland section of Portsmouth was horrible. The pharmacy staff appeared to be a disorganized mess. The store hours were not accommodating for my schedule.

The final straw was two weeks ago. I was told on a Monday they were out of one of my prescriptions. They gave me enough to last a few days and promised they would have my prescription ready the next day.

They didn’t. They were very unprofessional and I had to drive two miles down the road to another store to get my medicine. What should have taken 10 minutes took an hour.

So I was very happy to learn Walgreens was accepting my insurance again. It will be nice to have a 24 hour store to pick up meds. The Rite-Aid closed at 8. You’d think they would close at 9.  With their service I guess I know why.

So when you have issues with big companies do what I did. I went on Twitter and I blasted them. Since I included their Twitter name, they saw my message. As did my 2000+ followers.

I have come to realize that most Facebook users are stupid!

Privacy notice

This useless privacy notice is starting to appear all over my Facebook wall today. 

Which is another reason I’m starting to not visit Facebook so much anymore.  I think if someone posted a notice that if you place a plastic bag over your head you will no longer suffer migraine headaches that people will do it.

I’m starting to like Google Plus more and more!

Taking Social Media too far?

I have a friend in the social media world that tweets so much she even does this while flying down the interstate.

I’ve taken pics on the road and have tweeted or updated Facebook but not often. Especially if I’m going 65 to 70 on the interstate.

Is it worth your life and the lives of others on the highway to tweet worthless bullshit? Like I could really care that you just shot snot all over your windshield. No, that’s not what she tweeted but do you get the idea?

Even with the iPhone, to snap a photograph and then to send it to Twitter & Facebook while driving is no small task. It’s enough to cause a serious distraction on the highway.

Social media people, like everything in life, need to learn to use common sense. Something I wish this person would show more of.

To be fair, I have recorded videos while driving but most times I had something holding the camera for me and the video is uploaded to the world later.