Having our lives relentlessly tracked by all of our internet-enabled devices definitely has its benefits and makes scores of day-to-day tasks simpler and easier.
But there's an underbelly to all that data-tracking, as a woman on Twitter learned the hard way after her Apple Watch notified her family about her and her boyfriend's simultaneous "workouts."
Twitter user @lolgeorgee posted screenshots of the notifications showing what she and her boyfriend had been up to, and the tweet has since gone viral as others share in her embarrassment. See her tweet below.
Not my family getting these notifications from me & my boyfriend on their apple watches pic.twitter.com/w88S4BPrQl— Georgia \ud83d\udd2e (@Georgia \ud83d\udd2e) 1648338535
Georgia captioned her Twitter photo:
"Not my family getting these notifications from me & my boyfriend on their apple watches 😭"
And it turns out, she's not alone in this experience.
Several others on Twitter shared similar mishaps with their Apple Watch notifications giving others updates on their, um, private activities.
One even had a story of being notified of their own mother's "workout" activities with her boyfriend. She responded to Georgia with the story:
"I'll never forget that time my mom was at her man's house and her Apple Watch told me...she had just finished a workout at 10pm."
Nobody needs to know their mother's "workout" regimen. Yikes.
Thankfully, Georgia later clarified the whole thing was a joke--after gazillions of people had already commented to offer guidance on how to disable the notifications, of course.
TO BE CLEAR: this is just a little joke. My brother put his watch on later in the day and got all his notifications at once. I cannot stress enough how this is just a little joke. Please stop messaging me I NEED PEACE.— Georgia \ud83d\udd2e (@Georgia \ud83d\udd2e) 1648376941
In a follow-up tweet, she wrote:
"TO BE CLEAR: this is just a little joke. My brother put his watch on later in the day and got all his notifications at once. I cannot stress enough how this is just a little joke. Please stop messaging me. I NEED PEACE."
But of course that didn't stop Twitter from posting a ton of hilarious responses.
Looks like Richard finished his workout first.— JD (@JD) 1648385596
Nothing like letting the fam know you\u2019re getting railed— Calvin (@Calvin) 1648412610
Go on richard ladpic.twitter.com/5ySbmskQvs— T.J. \ud83d\udd30 GlazersOut \ud83d\udd30 \ud83d\udd30 (@T.J. \ud83d\udd30 GlazersOut \ud83d\udd30 \ud83d\udd30) 1648378952
Craaazyyy cause when im done all my rings is closed too— Anna-Anna \u2728 (@Anna-Anna \u2728) 1648392492
That's what he said— Brembo\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec (@Brembo\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec) 1648446106
the apple watch stays on during sexhttps://twitter.com/lolgeorgee/status/1507867224765251595\u00a0\u2026— bonequinha de porcelana (@bonequinha de porcelana) 1648466065
LOL moodhttps://twitter.com/lolgeorgee/status/1507867224765251595\u00a0\u2026— drea (@drea) 1648427515
the apple watch on during boink is madnesshttps://twitter.com/lolgeorgee/status/1507867224765251595\u00a0\u2026— uncle nephew (@uncle nephew) 1648416455
Pleased you both managed to finish— \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc1d\u2764\ufe0fBees fan happy man\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc1d (@\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc1d\u2764\ufe0fBees fan happy man\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc1d) 1648378449
Careful out there with those Apple Watches, kids!