Ah Ready

Ah Ready was Originally Posted on March 20, 2007 by lavarock

I get paid to read email.

It is not a profession, rather a hobby. You sign up for an account, they send you targeted emails and when I read them or answer survey questions, I get points. These points convert to dollars.

It appears that the people who design these surveys are not computer people or purposely design to questions to make the survey look better to a company requesting the information.

The survey I just filled out concerned a famous hotel chain and showed an ad with a Hawaii theme. You know, Diamond Head, surfboards, that kind of stuff. The ad tells what bargains these rooms are and so on.

I clicked on the survey and it included the following questions and answers:

1) When was the last time you visited Hawaii?
A) Within the last month
B) Within the last 6 months
C) Within the last year
D) More than 1 year ago
E) I have never visited Hawaii

2) How soon will you visit Hawaii?
A) Within the next month
B) Within the next 6 months
C) Within the next year
D) More than a year from now
E) I have no current plans to visit Hawaii

So I want to answer truthfully, but the ad did make me want to go to Hawaii and none of the other answers correctly pertain to me.

I try to not be too literal, but this company who sends out the ads KNOWS my state and zip code that is what they do, they track my preferences. So they KNOW I live here, yet send me a questionnaire, which has no option for me to answer correctly. The best I could do is answer “A” to both questions as that as nearly as possible pertains to me.

What ever happened to the famous “OTHER” category? At least give me “All of none of the above” or perhaps “None of all of the above” or even the more friendly “Brah! I live here ah-ready…”.