I rated low in the "ability to accept criticism" category too

Facebook is a funny little tool. (Little, she says, with 69 million active users. Just your basic everyday behemoth.) It's fantastic for giving you the ability to connect with people you haven't seen in a long time, for sharing pictures and news and a few fun applications. LOLcats. Green patches. Maybe a fun game of scrabulous or two.

Then there are the 4,592 other applications that are a pain in the ass. Funwall. Superwall. Sending virtual drinks that you receive at the office and just make you want to head to the nearest bar and get hammered. One such annoying application is the "compare people" application, which apparently allows you to rate your friends at who is best at this and worst at that. Charming, no? And did you know that when they compare you, the application helpfully sends you an email so that it can both compliment and insult you in the same set of pixels? How efficient.

Apparently I have several "friends" who have installed this application, and who have ranked me as follows:

... your strengths:

best dinner companion
best public speaker
most athletic

... your weaknesses:

most reliable
best to hang out with for a day

So I read this, and I think, I am half complimented and half insulted. But I am getting old now, and I need to be more thoughtful, more considerate of others and their dumbass opinions. So, trying to better myself as a person, I have decided to take this feedback into consideration. Let's look at my strengths.

Best Dinner Companion. Aw, that's a nice thing to say. Obviously this was said by someone who has not actually eaten with me, but had to say something they thought would be nice. Had they actually eaten with me they would have realized that my habit of demanding tequila and throwing dinner rolls across the room would probably put me out of the running in this category.
Best Public Speaker. This must have been a high school friend that said this, because that was One Of The Things I Did in high school. As much as humanly possible. Any time I had an opportunity to get on a stage and pontificate about something when I was 18, you wanna bet I took it. I couldn't be shut up. And between that and my hair that took on an entire life of its own somewhere around grade 12, I was definitely memorable.
Most Athletic. OK, I caught you there, "friends". This application has totally outed itself to be completely randomized. Ha, most athletic. That's funny. As a rule, I don't participate in sports, since I am not good at things that involve 1. physical exertion and 2. cooperation with anyone else in the vicinity. Not to mention the klutziness. You're talking to the person that has seriously considered wearing a helmet in public to prevent the pavement from rudely jumping up and attacking my forehead at random points.

Now, for my weaknesses.

Most Reliable. I don't understand. Is my weakness that I am, in fact, the most reliable person, or that I am not at all the most reliable? Argh. How confusing. How can one be too reliable? "I am EXACTLY where I said I will be at all times!" I guess that's a bit dull. "Oh, that Shannon. She's so reliable. How 1992."
Best to hang out with for the day. OK, so taking this the other way and assuming that I have been voted the worst at being best at hanging out with for the day, I will state for the record that I totally understand. Most people don't particularly look forward to a day consisting of getting up in the morning, laying around the house not speaking for three hours, then eating prior to going for a nap. My husband sure doesn't. That's why I got him a dog.

I don't know about these apps. I mean, I don't think it lets you enter in manual categories like "most annoying" or "beyond redemption in the halitosis department". Still, I suppose if it helps people avoid doing whatever it is they're probably getting paid to do, it's worth it.