Yesterday, entering a supermarket,

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timoc

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Fella with a clipboard.......

"Good morning, Sir, I'm doing a survey about peoples shopping habits, would you answer a few questions for me?"

Me.......

"No."

Fella with clipboard......

"It will only take a few minutes."

Me.......

"No."

Fella with clipboard......

"Can't you say anything else other than 'no'?"

Me......

"Yes."

Fella with clipboard....

"Oh, goodie, what would that be?"

Me....

"P*ss off, I'm in a hurry."



Have you ever been harangued by these people, and if so, how did you get rid of them?

I must have one of those gormless faces, because they always seem to home in on me. šŸ˜Š
 

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I hate surveys. I never do them including those annoying emails from Amazon asking me how I like my copy of Gunsmoke? Trouble is I haven't even opened the DVD.

Yap! I am sick and tired of surveys. Yesterday I went to CAA to renew my membership. I just got home and there is this very annoying and bothersome email asking to do this survey about how I like the service they provided? How stupid can you be? I just renewed my membership with a credit card. I didn't marry the director!

There are many employers out there looking for employees. Can't understand why the young people don't get a job where their services will provide a good service to the community instead of bothering shoppers with those darn surveys?
 
Never in a hurry if asked to answer a survey I ask what the survey is about. A few times the survey topic was of interest to me so I answered the questions. Otherwise I say I'm not interested, to that the person doing the survey usually says thanks as I walk away. I don't give them the chance to insist.
 
These people don't seem to understand that 'no' is a complete sentence.

I've been approached twice by people in parking lots with the "can I ask you a question" type garbage. No one approaches me because I'm pretty and they want to talk to me. So I'm immediately on the defense and suspicious. I've given them a very quick, slightly raised voice "get away from me" or "leave me alone" response. One lady seemed completely offended. WTF do they expect when a walking person is approached by a stranger like that. If someone asks for money, I at least know what they are after. This ominous stuff isn't going to work with me.
 
I just say ā€™No thank youā€™ and keep walking looking ahead. If itā€˜s jerks like those selling face creams in the mall I might not even say no thanks because they seem to think thatā€™s the same as ā€™yes, please bother me.ā€™
 
I have participated in two surveys but I got paid for them.
A few years ago when I bought a Nissan Altima, I got an e-mail asking if I wanted to participate in a survey. It involved test-driving several models of Nissans & describing what I liked & didn't like about them. Also talking about what I liked & didn't like about my car. It was pretty detailed & took two hours. I was paid $150.00. Interesting how they paid - I was expecting a check but I was given an envelope with a $100 bill & a $50.00 bill.

The second one (30 years ago) involved watching a pilot for a new TV show & talking about what was funny & what wasn't. That one paid $75.00.
 
I was never approached in person but back when I used to answer the phone instead of letting the machine pick up, a local TV station asked if I would answer a few questions. I was in a good mood so I agreed plus I believe I recognized the voice of the station's manager who I liked. One of the questions asked was where do I prefer to get most of my news from and I replied it was the newspaper because more details are always given as opposed to radio and TV. They do give more details of stories than their competitor these days, but I can't say if it's because of my reply.
 
I donā€™t do surveys unless I really want to compliment some one or some thing . My apt management has a contractor that sends out surveys after every maintenance call, supposedly anonymous. I never did them. Who wants to get on the bad side of the people that fix your stuff? Finally after the last job the mgr called & asked me why I never did them and would I pleaseā€¦ā€¦
So I did one and said favorable stuff, but I felt kind of coerced. Will try to avoid doing any more.
 
A few years back two women came to our door and asked if we would be interested in taking a survey. I don't remember what for. Our initial response was no but they said they would pay $25.00 per survey. All of a sudden we were interested.
It was a very long survey and they were suppose to ask us every question personally.
That's not what they did. I guess they figured they could trust us so they left the booklets and went to lunch and said they would return in about an hour.
We filled them out and when they returned they handed us both $25,00. Not a bad deal for an hours work and they had a nice relaxing lunch.
 
one time, met sil in center city philly. we were walking to somewhere for lunch. she says... don't look!... don't make eye contact with guy up ahead. harmless but will bug for $$. then a little while later (i didn't notice) she shouts GET THE F AWAY FROM ME! she noticed one of the sidewalk regulars heading toward us. it was very effective.
 
Itā€™s been years since Iā€™ve been approached to do a face-to-face survey. Phone surveys and e-mail surveys are more common, but I usually refuse or ignore them unless I know and have dealt with the people or organization as they can be attempts to ā€œmineā€ you for information or sell you stuff you donā€™t wantā€¦
 

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