Tweets of Welcome: #TweetCreep Returns
By Liz Breen | Sep 9th, 2011
I wish creeping was 3 syllables so I could fit it into that Rick Ross song “Hustlin’”. Errday I’m creep-a-lin, creep-a-lin, creep-a-lin. See? Doesn’t work.
Anywho, hello. I’m not Meghan Ross, as you can tell by the fact that my byline does not say “Meghan Ross”. Sadly, she has disappeared into the black hole known as postgraduate life. And I will be creepin’ on BU tweeps every day to bring you this lovely column.
I just wanted to give that introduction as a way to say, “Please don’t hate me.” Because if there is one thing I know about being a BU student, it is to keep an open mind to all political beliefs, religious views, etc. but to reject any possible changes in my own lifestyle. Don’t believe me? Let’s check the Twitter polls.
WHY I OUGHTTA!
It’s damage-control central as students voice #firstworldproblems to the generally light-hearted Dining Services account. I can only imagine their poor little tweepster with smoke forming around his/her keyboard trying to respond to the recent flurry of complaints. Then again, what did they expect? Sandwiches are serious business.
Perhaps they should have taken FitRec’s approach to damage control:
Don’t even wait for the complaints, just beg the BU community to forgive them for their atrocious acts. Like changing the turnstile! Personally, this tweet isn’t enough. I’m outraged. I now swipe my card, and the gate opens. A complete hands-free experience. I don’t need to touch that assuredly germ-ridden little bar. I liked that bar, FitRec. And I’m sure I’m not alone. That’s why I’ve formed a petition, which I have posted here… Kidding. I didn’t do that.
But when it comes to BU students adjusting to policy changes in the new school year, let’s all take a little advice from Liquid Fun, shall we?
Now how about a shout-out to the Class of 2015?! Seriously, students groups were shouting out to them via Twitter all weekend in an attempt to snag some new recruits at SPLASH!
A CASE STUDY IN EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING
The good:
The Filipino Student Association took a more subtle approach to marketing that I think really worked in their favor. Notice the double exclamation point rounded out by the extraneous e’s at the end of “table”. That’s how you market to today’s youth, people. Take note.
The bad:
I don’t think their limited addition skills were the issue. I would blame their limited grammar skills.
The peppy:
Yeah, but how long do I have to talk to you to get a free shirt? #butreally #sosoft
ICE BREAKERS!
Okay, so I know you all have probably played a least one ice breaker since returning to BU. But here is another one I’d like to play with you, just so you get to know a little more about me and (if you comment), I can learn a little more about you, too.
Personally, I would get so excited I would jump up and down and scream LizzMcGuirestyle with computer in hand. However, my hands would immediately become slippery due to the adrenaline that would suddenly race through my body at such news. The computer would slip out of my hand and crash to the floor, shattering into a million little pieces (Oprah book club reference anyone?) So I would cry and panic, but then I would remember that BU has public access computers. So I would run down to CAS, but there would be a long line (there’s always a long line). And I’d be standing behind some jerk checking his/her Facebook and I’d finally get so fed up, I would shove them out of the way. Due to my previously-stated high adrenaline levels, my shove would pack more power than normal, and it would send the poor student flying backwards and tumbling to the ground. The student would become so outraged that he/she would charge me with assault, and I would get kicked out of BU and then I couldn’t take the Groupon anyways.
But that’s just me. What about you guys?
I see what you were talking about now. Interesting how this blog thing works with WEEKLY updates. Who knew? And to answer your question I would probably get really annoyed and try to get BU to issue a groupon for my post college debt, which I would then decline to buy for lack of income.