The following is a Tonge-in-Cheek Review about My Experience with BONZI BUDDY
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When it all began it was such an innocent affair. You and your big, yellow surf board came into my life during a low period. Yes, I’ll admit....I was lonely. You made me laugh. You knew my name. You told me jokes and simple trivia. Your cute, purple face would cheer me up everytime I started my computer. I guess I was naive....yes, I was deficient in internet wisdom.
After a while you were still cute and funny, but a little more demanding. You kept pushing for our relationship to go deeper....I just wasn’t ready for a commitment. Then things changed, you changed. Your cute trivia and innocent jokes became less and less. It was replaced with pressure for a commitment.... a Gold Membership. Even you admitted that it would cost me......$9.99 per month.
Things were just going too fast for me. The more I tried to avoid a commitment, the more you tried to pressure me. I decided I needed space. So when I would get on the computer, I would immediately click on your ’’Goodbye’’ mode. That worked a few times, but then....things started getting weird. I’d click on ’’goodbye’’ and my computer would freeze. If you couldn’t cyber-connect with me then NO ONE COULD???? Was I just being paranoid .....or were you up to something?
You started to appear on my screen and talk even though I had ’’clicked’’ you ’’goodbye’’. I would be IM-ing someone and you’d appear out of nowhere jabbering away. I began to think more of you as a PURPLE STALKER than an innocent ’’BUDDY’’. I knew I needed to cut things off COMPLETELY...sever ALL ties.
I tried to uninstall you on my own, but you were not going to willingly leave my life. I needed a cyber-restraining order!
I contacted a close friend with more computer knowledge than I possessed. They came over right away and assisted in removing you from my hard drive... and my life. I will admit things have been quieter since you left...maybe even boring, but I am just beginning to feel ’’SAFE’’... hopefully I’ve learned a lesson and I’ll be more careful in the future.