Would You Drop 10 Friends From Your Facebook For A Burger King Whopper?

Singapore
January 17, 2009 9:00am CST
Yes, the promotion had actually took place in the US, only to be stopped by you know who eventually. So, will you whet your appetite by sacrificing your friends on your Facebook? Is a whopper so much more worth it for these 233,906 Facebook users? Sure, speaks a lot on how they perceive and take their friends here. I just wonder here. Ref: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0116-talk-whopperjan16,0,3233453.story http://www.stuff.co.nz/4818310a28.html
3 responses
eVoLi89
@eVoLi89 (161)
• Belgium
17 Jan 09
I don't know about the promotion, how it actually works, so I'm more talking in general: there are lots of people on my facebook I'm not really 'friends' with. Kids from preschool I never saw, the girl from high school who was always talking behind your back, people who were once in my volleyball club (not even same team), whom I maybe once talked to, or even never...You know, there's a group on FB 'I love how we are friends but never talk in real life'. These are the ones I'm talking about, was on the bus with one of those, she clearly saw me, but quickly turned away to avoid conversation. Not that I mind, it would've been awkward after the casual 'how are you doing', how's school blabla. I do accept them when they request me, because it would be rude to not do it, but it's not as if I'm letting my friends down, dropping or betraying them when I remove them. I mean, Ive got around 300 friends, maybe half of them are real 'friends', others are more like acquaintances or how do I have to put it. Still, I wouldn't delete them for a Whopper, that's ridiculous and a bit pathetic.
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skysuccess
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
17 Jan 09
eVoLi89, *Hugz* and *Pat Pat* For a moment, I thought you were actually going for the Whopper here, till that last sentence of yours. But I guess, the saying that goes: " It does not matter what others think and do, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you and do." Great to have another who knows how to be a friend indeed here.
eVoLi89
@eVoLi89 (161)
• Belgium
17 Jan 09
Haha, no I wouldn't go for the Whopper, I do value my friends! I just wanted to point out that 'friend' is (become?) quite a broad concept, with those networking sites and stuff. It sounds pathetic when people drop friends for a Whopper, but not all FB-contacts are real friends for me. Great quote you have there, it's very true, yet very hard to life after,well, at least for me. I'm always very aware of what people think of me. Quite a burden actually, but I'm getting over it. In the past, in high school, I really worried about what everyone thought, now I only care what the people I like/esteem think.
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mummyofthree
@mummyofthree (2715)
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17 Jan 09
I wouldn't be willing to do this. It seems rather an odd thing to me. I'd rather just buy a whopper if I wanted one that much! But such promotions really don't surprise me!
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skysuccess
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
17 Jan 09
mummyofthree, My exact sentiments here. It is simply unthinkable $4 = 10 friends? Speaks a lot about those who went for it and I sure hate to be in their network. The promo did not surprise me but the participants did. Thanks for your response.
mummyofthree
@mummyofthree (2715)
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17 Jan 09
Some people will do anything for a freebie!
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W3YL1N
@W3YL1N (117)
• Canada
20 Jan 09
Why would burger king do such a thing? I would never drop 10 friends for a burger. That is disgraceful to your friends. You are saying that they are worth less than a burger. If i were one of those 233,906 users, i would never talk to the friends that dropped me.
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skysuccess
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
21 Jan 09
W3YL1N, Well, as you can see from the news article, there are such people and what can we say? 10 friends for a Whopper is really desperate here. Way too desperate if I may add. Have a nice day.