People are Tacky

There are several things that I've experienced in the last several days that I think are extremely tacky.

• Breaking up with someone over the phone is tacky:
• This actually happened to me this week. I'll admit it's a step up from email or texting, but still... if you can't break up with the person to their face, there's an issue.
• Offering an employee a new job over instant messaging is tacky:
• Someone close to me had this happen. She accepted this new job. Her boss later called and took back the offer. This is bad on many levels.

We're so attached to our rapidly increasing technology that we can't have an important conversation, like those listed above, face to face. Unfortunately, this is a growing problem. I am all in favor of adapting our lives to what we've got surrounding us, but I also think that we need to still know how to appropriately deal with important situations. If people could handle these scenarios before all this new stuff came about, then surely we can do the same now.

• Over the top tattoos are tacky:
• Don't get me wrong, I am not opposed to tattoos in general. That would be dumb because I have one myself. However, it's located on my ankle and very discrete. I can still be a professional. I agree with self expression, but I also think it's taken too far when it covers your entire limb, back, face, or any other location of your body.