Twitter To The Rescue!
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
A perfect follow-up to yesterday’s post about “Oversharers”, social network users who divulge too much information to the dismay of their friends and followers, a Japanese man in a jam found a new use for Twitter. User @naika_tei found himself in a predicament when he used a public restroom stall in an electronics store with no toilet paper. With no newspaper in sight and instead of resorting to using his sock, he pulled out his smartphone and desperately started tweeting for help. His post read: “Urgent request, toilet paper in Akihabara Yodobashi Camera 3rd floor men’s restroom.” His followers retweeted and after 20 minutes someone came and literally saved his ass. This particular instance proves the great value of having many followers.
