Friday, November 21, 2008
Ummm.... okay.
As part of my efforts to earn free money, I created an account at AIP surveys. Basically, in return for answering lengthy surveys about everything and anything, you get points, which you can use to exchange for things like vouchers, or a personal cheque. Of course, don't hold your breath for the cheque, because you need to accumulate thousands of points for that, and each survey is usually 20 points, max. And getting surveys can sometimes feel a bit like trekking through the middle of the Sahara looking for, I don't know, polar bears. It ain't happening anytime soon.And sometimes, the surveys are repetitive, boring and VERY long. Think of the worst 3-hour lecture you've ever sat through, where your clueless teacher droned on and on and on and on and... okay, you get the idea. Oh, the things we put ourselves through for free money.
Anyway, so I received a survey this morning on lifestyles, so I quickly pounce on it and start answering.
Before long, I start going WTF. Some of the questions are repeated (can someone enlighten me if this is a psychological tactic to weed out invalid responses?)--like, what's up with asking me a hundred times how old am I? Yes, I know I'm getting ancient! Quit rubbing it in!-- but the survey seems simple enough.
And then I come across this little gem:
Did I mention that this is so wrong on multiple levels? I mean, I've heard of 'divorced', 'living separately', 'open', 'swinging' etc etc, but 'deceased' as marital status? Are we talking about the 'alive-ness' of your partner's body, or is this some subtle indication of the status of the couple's sex life, or what? I mean, let's not be stupid and assume that the survey is talking about us personally; after all, dead people generally don't potter in front of their computers waiting for surveys to drop in their laps so that they can earn free money (ha, ha, I know someone out there's thinking "oh wait. Maybe they do after all" in an attempt to be self-ironic. CAUGHT YA!)
I guess you learn something new everyday, huh.
Labels: who came up with this idea???