ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Culture
OVERACTIVE
Brenden Harvey often appears as though he has nothing better to do in his life than post messages into the Facebook group chat he has with his friends.
The 28 year-old from Auckland is quite clearly the most active member in the group called “Auckland’s Finest”, which includes around 16 friends, who usually use the chat to organise social events and outings.
“Honestly, does he even do any work during the day?” asked mate Josh Harper, who opened his phone after a meeting to find “like 17 notifications, all from Brendon on an array of topics.
“I mean, you can tell when he really pisses people off,” he explained. “Like, you’ll just see it: ‘Sarah Tilley has left the group.’ Happens every few weeks now. It’s basically our internal alarm system for when Brendon’s gone on another rant and people in the group are sick of it. Hopefully everyone else has the chat on mute”
Brendon, however, remains completely unbothered by the criticism of other group members.
“If they don’t reply, that’s fine,” he said. “I assume they’re reading it and laughing at their desks. Or busy. Or both. But someone’s gotta keep the vibe going.”
At press time, Brendon had just posted another seven-message streak, ending with:
“Anyway, anyone keen for a BBQ on Saturday?
Helloooo???”
More to come.
