Every lunch break, when I’m alone, I want to know who they really are.
When I sit alone at lunch, I keep thinking about the name and photo of someone I met online.
Scenes
- Searching their name still doesn’t put me at ease. — When I eat alone at lunch, I find myself looking up the name and photo of someone I met online again.
- A name and photo aren’t enough to know. — The name and photo on a profile are details the person chose to share. They aren’t enough to confirm who that person really is.
- See if they match across sources. — Check separately whether what they’ve told you lines up with public information. Seeing the same photo or wording repeated doesn’t mean you’ve confirmed it.
- Leave what you can’t confirm unanswered. — Before searching more today, write down what’s confirmed and what they’ve said, one line at a time. It’s okay to leave what you don’t know as it is.
- Writing “I don’t know” is part of checking, too. — Checking who someone is doesn’t mean forcing every blank to be filled in. You can stop at writing down what you don’t know.
Stories by Suho
- Suho
- A gift comes every payday
- Someone I’d seen online was standing outside my home.
- I keep thinking about that call after the work dinner.
- After work, I’m standing at the door, and I need to change who can see my account.
- After my appointment, an offer to work together came in.
- I check the hate comments again, even after putting my child to bed.
- When I wake up, today’s plans are already decided.
- On the first night, should I open the door when someone says we have a mutual friend?