Do I HAVE to sign up?
It's really the only way to keep track of the Tends you receive and send.
Also, there are still people who say mean things and we want to minimize that.
Having an account encourages people who might act badly to think twice.
We don't sell your data or spam you, so you're safe from that here.
How Did We Start?
Yep, With A Lot Of Laughs
TENDORAMA ORIGIN SCENE
(Okay this is based on a real conversation on a real patio on a real sunny day, but it didn't happen quite like this. There was more banter and salty language. The names are changed, except mine and Kshitij, who's fine with you knowing his name.)
FADE IN... EXT. AN OUTDOOR RESTAURANT. SUNNY DAY.
4 people in business casual attire, with beverages. Laughter.
FRASER enters and melodramatically pulls up a chair in mock exasperation.
FRASER
Horrible rotten terrible very bad Calgary drivers!!
ALL
(Laughing)
What? What happened?
FRASER
On 17th Avenue right here, just now. This rusty Civic wobbling along. I'm sure Hirohito built it! Changed lanes right into me almost. I was right there! How could he not see me??
ALL
(Laughing)
That fool! Calgary drivers! What a moron!
FRASER
I'd like to give him a piece of my mind
ALL
Yeah! If only!! What a moron!
ALL
(Quaffing beverages, laughing)
KSHITIJ
What if we could?
ALL
(Stopping)
KSHITIJ
What if you could tell somebody off? Like with an app, through their licence plate or something?
FRASER
Oh man! I'd pay a buck to let him know!
RASHMI
50!
CLAIRE
(laughing)
You know him so well!
FRASER
Yeah. Probably!
CLAIRE
Wait wait wait. But you'd have to be nice about it. Would people be nice? Or just nasty?
RASHMI
Who'd use an app that just yells at you? Anyway it wouldn't be right. People make mistakes and a mistake doesn't make them bad people so why be mean?
FRASER
There could be a rule!
KSHITIJ
You could have canned complaints to choose from.
RASHMI
You could kick people out if they're mean.
CLAIRE
What if we let people say thanks, too? Like for letting me in or waving me through or whatever?
KSHITIJ
But not just driving. What about everywhere? People are nice a lot! Actually all the time.
ALL
(Chattering)
CLAIRE
But who can build it? Fraser, you're so burnt out every day after work. Kshitij is busy with contracts. RASHMI, too much time at the gym!
ALL
(Laughing)
CLAIRE
And there's no way I can do it.
ALL
(Looking at WARRICK)
KSHITIJ
Well you do have a no-stress job.
FRASER
Yeah, Lav Guy, draining airplane toilets is pretty chill.
WARRICK
Well there's some stress. I mean, what if the waste hose breaks?
ALL
(Laughing)
RASHMI
Who knew being the Guru of Gravy was so stressful!
CLAIRE
Professor of Poop!
FRASER
Doctor of Dung!
RASHMI
Maestro of Manure!
CLAIRE
Okay Lav Guy. Looks like it's you. Make it so Fraser can tell that guy off!
RASHMI
Nicely!
CLAIRE
We need Happy Fraser back!
WARRICK
(Breaks 4th wall)
That's how my ever-loving friends got me to make TendOrama. At least it felt democratic. So now TendOrama lives and breathes. We hope you have fun with it.
FADE OUT