WhatsApp Went Down For A Few Minutes But People In The UAE Collectively Lost Their Minds
It was a normal Friday afternoon in the UAE, people were busy brunching, and Instagramming and just making the most of the weekend when suddenly, Facebook’s WhatsApp STOPPED working.
It went down for many users in different countries, including ours, but the full extent of the outage wasn’t known.
It didn’t matter because those few minutes were enough to send people in a tizzy.
They were first confused
Apakah whatsapp down ??
— Tomy Ismail (@tomysmile) November 3, 2017
And then they became all SHOUT-Y
WhatsApp what’s up????? ????????????
— @meegna (@meegnah) November 3, 2017
They didn’t know how to communicate because who calls each other anyway these days
When WhatsApp breaks down and you actually have to call people to communicate pic.twitter.com/dbf99Fosa5
— Reem Abdellatif – ريم عبداللطيف (@Reem_Abdellatif) November 3, 2017
Whatsapp is down. Entire world starts frantic search for lost Skype passwords. pic.twitter.com/SGQmv3Vpa5
— Dave (@TaineMcLean) November 3, 2017
People became so desperate, they started using unique communicating tools, like emails
Or, ummm, Twitter
So #WhatsApp is down… Hi Twitter ????????
Ok never mind it’s back up. Bye Twitter. No wait I’ll stay for a scroll.
— Samer S. Hamadeh (@IAmMrBrightside) November 3, 2017
Some people became genuinely paranoid
What if Whatsapp never comes online again…? pic.twitter.com/2FiT8FgT3Y
— Dave (@TaineMcLean) November 3, 2017
WhatsApp is down. #WhatsApp is down. This is not a drill. pic.twitter.com/97FQXcKCXx
— Freya Jones (@freya_jones) November 3, 2017
The rest couldn’t understand the hullabaloo
Whatsapp went down for 5 minutes. People lost their minds. pic.twitter.com/vnLe52GgCi
— Emma Brain (@EmmaPinkyB) November 3, 2017
ppl are reacting on whatsapp down as if its a major problem like global warming ;))#WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/L6hHw9SL9e
— Preetam (@BiswalPreetam) November 3, 2017
Good thing it was back in a few…and normalcy was restored
WhatsApp is back…
Life is beautiful
Birds are singing
Babies are laughing
And two ticks are workings pic.twitter.com/CVsrVCJnHA
— DubaiNameShame #Ornery (@DubaiNameShame) November 3, 2017