This past week marks my first attempt at using Care.com. I don't know if it's the site, or me, but we just don't work well together.
See, I need to hire a babysitter for a couple hours, and I don't know anyone personally. I guess back in Ye Olden Days I would ask around if anyone knew someone, or hunt down some neighborhood kid off the street who seemed responsible. But it's 2017, and they have this website where you can just say, "I'd like a babysitter next week," and...
...and 25 people will respond within days (some within minutes). This isn't a good thing. It would be nice to pick between 2-5 different options, but 25 is just too many choices. If I wasn't determined to go to this event, I'd delete the "job" and just say, "forget it." I've now spent about 3 hours - the same amount of time I'd like to hire someone for - making my request, trying to figure out how to view the messages from respondents (no surprise: I had to pay), and then reviewing the respondents... and I still haven't even contacted a single one of them.
This has got me thinking about one of the drawbacks of the internet - sometimes it is Just Too Much. Too many choices. Too many voices. So much noise.
When you're looking for a needle in a haystack, it's good that Almost Everything Ever is on the internet. For example, last week, I ordered Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitten greeting cards. I also procured a bobbing piece of bacon for the car dashboard. When you're looking for something obscure, the internet is your friend.
When you want to do something simple, like find a babysitter, it is Just Too Much.
Sorry this is short, I have to get back to these potential babysitters.
-A Real Housewife of the North Shore
