Was it true what I read online?

Just finished watching 'Attack of the Trip Advisors' on channel 4+1, my thoughts are wild with speculations on the people who were been filmed while they stayed in chosen B&B's. These people were opinionated in their own ways.

One stayer (with horrible glasses) could not wait to put a comment on Trip Advisor http://www.tripadvisor.com/ just because a waiter brought him a vodka and gin instead of vodka and lemonade at the B&B Bar! His own mother told him off on National Television on the fact, why does he need to be petty about it and comment on Trip Advisor website!

One stayer insisted that his bed sheets should have been changed because he had a skin condition. The B&B owners are not mind readers and the stayer should have told them about his condition in order to be catered for accordingly. 

Are the general public fame-hunters online? Are we all looking for little fame just to appear powerful, in charge and play God? Social media such as Facebook and Twitter have created the platform for general public to speak out more freely. Most Marketers put the 'customer' on the high stool and say 'customer is always right.' There is a website dedicated for the general public to put reviews on all products and services http://www.reviewcentre.com/ So are some customers misusing this fact and posting comments just for fun or a giggle amongst their own peers? Such people are not keeping in mind that these comments are read by genuine people who are seeking information online and read such absurd comments, believe them and do not visit a certain B&B or a Hotel or buy a certain product which could have been the best deal.

Most Brands have a Facebook page where general public 'like' the page in order to follow it and freely comment on the Facebook wall, for example, Facebook Page for Nestle, http://www.facebook.com/Nestle Such pages give a 'green ticket' to the general public who immortalize, criticize, crush or make the brand likable. Personal experiences which are indirectly related to a brand for example a chocolate that is expired and still sold in a shop would be classified as a bad product in some people's eyes, thus some people would go straight on a social media site to critic the brand and tarnish it, rather than seeing the justified reason that the shopkeeper should not be selling expired product in the shop in the first place!

Are people acting upon instinct or are social media sites providing the extra battery power to people to expose their views and thoughts? Most us are so addicted to the such sites that we access them at work, on our laptops and even o our mobile phones. Some people mention really private conversation on the Facebook wall rather than messaging that specific person privately for example! If such message does not receive any bad reviews, this person would feel more powerful and would freely comment on the wall repeatedly to please one self instead of keeping everyone else in mind regardless of them using swear words or any other unreasonable phrases.

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/ has been the best medium for public to attain fame and many of us resort to it in order to portray talent, skill or just about anything. A link put up by a father who is riding his son back home in his car just after a visit from the dentist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs&feature=player_embedded became a big hit and attracted about 101,553,532 hits! This link made the little boy, David very famous and he did not have to do much, only answer his father's questions.

Is everything we read online true? Are the charity websites portraying the truth all over the world, including the 3rd world countries? Are the media writing the truth about celebrities in the top magazines and newspapers? What do we need to read? What do we need to believe? How can one make his/her judgement on what was read? We all have questions, but they all unanswerable. Answers are unseen and unknown. Seek who? Seek where?

 

Health and Fitness

Have you ever wondered why you have been told to drink water everyday (at least 2-3 litres in a day)? Why we need to eat a balanced diet? Too much sugar erodes the teeth away and rots them? 

Mothers have always educated their children as they have learnt from their peers and children need to follow these simple rules for their own benefits. In olden days or even 30-40 years ago, habitual behaviour was much different compared to today's new generation. Born in the late 70's, we were told what to do, where to go, what to eat while we were growing up, today the children are telling their parents on 'what' they want to eat or drink! This behavioural change in children is moulding them to behave in such a manner that they control their parents' decisions, thus making the parents buy certain items rather than the parent buying the 'obvious' healthy foods for example. This is modifying the child's mindset and thus when they grown up and go through teenage years (moody time) then into adulthood (stage of responsibility), their behaviour will be reflected upon their own children and thus the vicious cycle carried on into doom.

Eating a balanced diet improves one's functions of the entire body. Some children, who choose their diet would naturally opt for sweets, chocolates and doughnuts! These cravings do not suffice a balance diet and thus they suffer from deficiency illness or malnutrition.

Some children these days are much involved in video games and stay indoors stuck to the TV or Monitor Screen hence not receiving much physical exercises done. In our days all cartoons were televised in the late afternoon and you get to watch them after accomplishing your mountain of homework! News were televised bang on 8pm with no more than one channel, compared to multi-news channels available these days.

Is digital age partly to be blamed?

Many allergies, illnesses, diseases are occurring these days which were never heard of in our 'House on the prairie' days! Some people are allergic to vegetables which does amaze me and some people are scared of food, phobia known as 'Cibophobia.' http://www.allaboutcounseling.com/library/cibophobia/ 

Parents or carers definitely need to take up responsibility in obtaining a practical rule in the house of eating healthy breakfast, lunch at a reasonable time and dinner at a good time (by 7-8pm). Teachers and role models in children's lives need to portray a positive image and behave in a likable manner for the children to emulate on and improve their own lives. Sports personalities such as Kelly Holmes http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/teens/life/features/celebrity_health/kelly_holmes.html and Freddie Flintoff  http://www.affoundation.co.uk/ portray brilliant examples of role models for children and such figures should be used for such positive campaigns. 

To conclude, how important is health and fitness for you? Do you fit it in your busy life or it fits you in your busy life?