Don’t want to be you? Worried about facing rejection? Just want to tell your boss exactly what you
think of him without putting your life in jeopardy? Here’s how.
If you want to play the Romeo without being given the rebuff in public, there are a lot of sites to
choose from. Ecrush.com is one. It has a simple formula that works: "Have
a crush, register and tell us who the crush is. Ecrush will then tell the person you have a crush on
that someone likes them and invite them to register on to the site. Either the person you have a
crush on also lists you as a crush too or they don't list you as a crush and can't ever find out who
ecrushed and life goes on."
An interesting concept, which has its share of success with over 20,000 people matched up since it
was launched in 1998. What’s more, a little ticking barometer of the number of people who have
matched on that particular day keeps your hope alive too. If you have a crush on a celebrity, you can
also register in the celebrity ecrush and let them know.
Another version is Secret Admirer which also works on a similar
concept. Then, CrushParty lets you invite friends to your own crush
party. This starts off pretty much like a regular chat, except for the fact that the participants are
identified not only by their aliases, but also by their gender after which the Match Round begins.
During the Match Round, you can select the alias of a person you'd like to get to know.
In the meantime, that person -- and everyone else at the CrushParty -- starts selecting who they find
attractive. After selections have been made, it's time for the Match Results that show which people
selected each other. If the person you selected decided to select you too, you've got a match! At
that point, you have the option of revealing your email addresses to each other --after which it's all
up to you. Sounds like a perfect way of telling your best friend you’re crazy about him or her, without
the worry of being rejected or losing your friendship.
Thinking of something more direct to get your sweetheart’s attention? An anonymous love letter lets you pour your heart out without hesitating. All you
need is the email address of the person to secretly convey your feelings across.
Kids can play the anonymous game too. Want to play a prank on someone? thunk.com allows you to scramble and unscramble your messages so that
only you and your friends can see them. All you have to do is type the words into the Box on
thunk.com and press scramble or unscramble to see the original message.
For the kind of guys who do give a damn about insensitivity, Gentle
Hints is the answer. It sends them
diplomatic messages while preserving your anonymity. Whether it's your
boss, a friend, or family member, this is a good way of telling them
something without hurting their feelings. The messages cover common
problems like halitosis (bad breath), dandruff, greasy hair, body
odour,
table manners, and too much perfume.
Another version is give-a-hint.com, but
this one has categories for any kind of a situation and the hints take
come in the form of cartoon postcards. From weekly specials that cover
topics like telling off someone who is nosey or a workaholic
or just a home wrecker, there are other sections like personal
hygiene,
bad behaviour and even communication problems. But if you think you
want to offer a solution along with a helpful hint, this site will
send
an anonymous letter via mail for you with a hintful gift (eg a
deodorant for body) as per your request for only $9.99
Want help with venting your frustration against your boss? Toxicboss.com lets you complain all you want. It’s devoted completely to bosses who
might be like toxic wastes, they say, "No one wants to live near one. A toxic boss is much the same
way. A toxic boss poisons the work environment. A toxic boss makes employees cringe. A toxic
boss defines the mood of the workplace." So if you’re not sure whether or not your boss is the bane
of your life, you can take a ‘how toxic is your boss’ quiz, share horror tales and stories of your toxic
boss anonymously, and even win an award for it. The site also offers toxic merchandise that you can
anonymously sneak into your office, like maybe a toxic boss-paper roll or a toxic boss mug and
more.
ImproveNow.com has an unbeatable marketing spiel. Its says, "We
believe that it’s your right -- and your responsibility -- to improve your own work life. Start now with
our anonymous assessments for improving your boss, your company and your job."
What it allows you to do is fill in a questionnaire comprising 60 questions designed to diagnose the
relationship between you and your boss based upon your responses. After you initiate an
assessment session on a particular boss, the session is left ‘open’ for a period of time you specify,
during which you can invite your co-workers to add their anonymous ratings of the same boss. Once
the session closes, all assessments are scored and an average score which is kept anonymous and
confidential is calculated and then emailed to the boss.
B.I.T.C.H, an acronym for Bring In The Complaint
Helpers, complains for you, while keeping your identity anonymous. No matter who you would like to
complain to, whether it is a defective product or your neighbour’s dog barking, it lets you carp about
it all. You can order your own professional complaint helpers, at different price ranges, depending on
how severe your complaint is.
That’s not all. There are more imaginative sites that one can use to crib anonymously. Like the
Complaint site run by an International Baccalaureate
student, which claims to help IB students crib about this program. All anonymously. And proof that
you don’t really have to be James Bond to get undercover...
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