Evites

Hollywood Assistants like Evites. Don’t lie. Whenever you get an e-mail in your inbox saying “So and So Has Sent You an Evite Invitation…” you get extremely excited. It is basic human nature to be happy when you are invited somewhere. It doesn’t even matter what the party is. Anything from a friend’s Birthday party at Red Rock to a Little People, Big World viewing party to one of those creepy club events where you have to get there before 9:30pm and say you know some guy named “Afshan” at the door. It really doesn’t matter what the invite is, you still feel cool to just be included. But really let’s face it. Receiving an Evite is not the best part of the Evite phenomenon. Not even a little bit. The best part of an Evite is the comment you leave with your RSVP. This comment isn’t just your regular comment. It’s one that will make you or break you. Distinguish an average Joe from a Diablo Cody.

In jobs where we mostly answer phones, schedule meetings and do whatever our boss asks of us, we hardly ever have the opportunity to be innovative. Thank God for Evites. These are a time for our creative juices to really come out and be seen. In that little box we could say anything really: “Can’t wait!” or “Going to see Feist at the Greek but will try to come after!” or “Wish I could but the moms in town. Have a drink on me!” Of course, those are valid responses and all, but they’re pretty damn yawn. Come on, people, let’s get original. I want humor, I want depth. This is your time to shine! Are you going to go with the norm or are you going with the inventive and quirky response that will make you the hit of a party that hasn’t even started yet?!

This Hollywood Assistant doesn’t just like Evites. She LOVES Evites. She loves them so much that if Evites were a boy she so would have slept with him on the first date. In fact, she treats Evites like boys she crushes: she stalks them. This entails lots of refreshing the website to see who is the newest RSVPer. And honestly, she judges responses. Sometimes she even finds someone’s response so witty and cute that she wonders who exactly this mysterious and amusing fellow guest might be. Maybe her future husband will be at her cubicle mate’s goodbye drinks! A girl can dream, can’t she? Well, in the meantime you’ll find this Hollywood Assistant refreshing and hoping, thinking and praying for a clever reply to keep her day entertaining.

And don’t even get me started on those who only reply with their name. I hate you. A lot.


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