Of Here! Google Docs: I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out

Next time you see a cursor moving erratically across your screen, deleting your life’s work, just channel your inner Gillian McKeith. Fall to the floor. Clutch your chest. And whisper:

You know that sweaty-palmed, heart-racing, “why did I agree to this?” feeling when Ant and Dec look down at a celebrity waist-deep in murky water with crickets crawling up their nose?

Too many cooks spoil the broth. Too many editors spoil the Doc. One person owns the final draft. Everyone else is "View Only" or "Commenter." If you want to change something, you raise your hand (leave a comment) and wait for the nod. i'm a celebrity, get me out of here! google docs

And then you realize: You never hit "Share" to the final stakeholder.

By the time you’ve resolved the 12th comment about the Oxford comma, you are ready to raise the white flag and mutter, “I’m a celebrity, get me out of here!” The best part of I’m a Celeb is the feast. The camp finally gets fried chicken and a cold beer. It is glorious. It is fleeting. Next time you see a cursor moving erratically

In Google Docs, the feast is when you finally get everyone to agree. The comments are resolved. The cursors go green (idle). You take a deep breath. You close the tab.

Ant and Dec voice: “They’ve been in the Doc for three minutes. And they’ve already lost their formatting.” In the jungle, there are leeches. In Google Docs, there are the commenters. One person owns the final draft

Why editing a shared document feels less like a boardroom and more like a Bushtucker Trial. Let’s be honest for a second.