I’m going to let you in on an amazing, and apparently well-kept, secret: America is not all one time zone. I know, that sounds crazy, right?
It must not be common knowledge, because people who live in the Eastern and Central time zones are notorious for posting television spoilers. As soon as someone is voted off the island, off of idol, or the final play of the big game is made, there’s always some eager beaver who can’t wait to jump on Facebook and ruin the experience for people who will not see the results for as much as 6 or 7 hours later.
The response, when called on it, is usually something to the effect of, “well, you should just stay off Facebook if you don’t want to know!” Why? Why should we have to cut ourselves off from our primary source of relational networking because you can’t just understand that the world is bigger than your time zone?
In the big picture of life, it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans, of course, but if you were a reader of novels and every single time you encountered someone they told you the ending, it would start to get to you after a while.
Please… PLEASE, people who live east of me: enjoy Survivor, American Idol, the Amazing Race and major sporting events, and have the courtesy to allow your west coast friends to enjoy them also.