It's A Small World

Submitted by Taran Rampersad on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:19

Today, I popped over to Lawrence of Arabia in Gulf City - I'd written about the customer service there before. I ordered my two gyros and the woman behind the counter recognized me from that day that I wrote about. Another woman at the register smiled and extended her hand - telling me she was the owner. I said hello, and we got to talking.

She'd read what I had written. That, in and of itself, is pretty cool considering how young KnowTnT.com is. We're less than a month old! But what's even more cool is how she found out.

She told me that she'd visited the bank, and the person she was dealing with at the bank had asked her if she was the owner of Lawrence of Arabia. She said yes, and the person at the bank whipped out a mobile phone and showed her what I'd written.

Just like that. In a developed nation, that wouldn't have seen like such a big deal - but here in Trinidad and Tobago, it blew my mind. It also blew my mind because good news travelled fast.

I don't know how the bank employee found out about the site, and I'm grateful that they did and thought it was worth mentioning to others. But I'm even more happy that websites of people outside of the traditional media are being watched by people and being used for discussion in the real world.

It's always good to feel useful. Thanks to all you readers who make this sort of thing possible - and worthwhile. We'll keep it coming. Keep reading.

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Comments

Submitted by Ian Ramjohn on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:49.

That's pretty cool.  Though I actually think that it would be a bigger deal elsewhere simply because Trinidadian society is small and interconnected.  I'm guessing that a lot less than six degrees of separation would cover all Trinbagonians.  You and I have 12 Facebook friends in common - and probably more in real life - despite the fact that I got to know you through Wikipedia, of all things.

Submitted by Taran Rampersad on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:55.

It should be that interconnected, but up until now it didn't seem that way to me. It seemed... disconnected. Now that could be be because of my own perspective. That said, there's now tangible evidence, at least for me, that it happens here in T&T. :-) 

And yeah. Who would have thought that we'd have known so many people when we met through Wikipedia. Go figure. :-) 

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