Would you like to take a survey?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsaikoI am signed up for about four different on-line survey companies. I do this mostly because you get paid for the surveys. Not a lot, but enough for an occasional tank of gas.
Tonight, I am taking this survey about "feminine hygiene products."
Specifically, the survey is about pads. Now I knew that this was going to be interesting as soon as I saw the direction this survey was heading. These were the people who wanted to know if unripe bananas were a major concern of mine and if not being able to find the air freshener in a scent I like makes me feel like I am failing my family. Seriously, no one puts that much thought into picking a brand of toilet paper (where the choices ranges from <15 min to more than 3 hours?!?!) or which kind of canned beans they use (no, I don't know what kind of beans my grandmother bought or if that's why I buy the brand I get).
I was not disappointed.
"Do you like to seek out others who use the same brand of pads as you?"
"Do you feel a connection with those who use the same brand of pads as you?"
"Do you feel that the brand of pads you use helps you connect to others?"
Seriously? SERIOUSLY? I have never in my entire life felt a connection with anyone based on what kind of pad they bleed into on their period. I don't even know what brand of pad or tampon my friends even use. Heck, the only reason I know what kind of pad/tampon my girlfriend uses is because they are under the counter in the bathroom.
Yes, my female friends and discuss are period. Mostly in a completely bitching about symptoms way. We don't, however, connect over sanitary pads. We don't feel a connection over sanitary pads. They are pads. PADS.
What kind of cracktastic world do these advertising people live in? "I just feel a connection with Brittany that I don't with Jessica. I think it's because she uses Stayfree like I do." Or "Susie and I just became friends once we both started talking about Always with Wings." Or "I just had to ask, do you use Kotex like I do? Because I'm really trying to seek out someone who feels the same way I do about pads."
NO. JUST NO.
Tonight, I am taking this survey about "feminine hygiene products."
Specifically, the survey is about pads. Now I knew that this was going to be interesting as soon as I saw the direction this survey was heading. These were the people who wanted to know if unripe bananas were a major concern of mine and if not being able to find the air freshener in a scent I like makes me feel like I am failing my family. Seriously, no one puts that much thought into picking a brand of toilet paper (where the choices ranges from <15 min to more than 3 hours?!?!) or which kind of canned beans they use (no, I don't know what kind of beans my grandmother bought or if that's why I buy the brand I get).
I was not disappointed.
"Do you like to seek out others who use the same brand of pads as you?"
"Do you feel a connection with those who use the same brand of pads as you?"
"Do you feel that the brand of pads you use helps you connect to others?"
Seriously? SERIOUSLY? I have never in my entire life felt a connection with anyone based on what kind of pad they bleed into on their period. I don't even know what brand of pad or tampon my friends even use. Heck, the only reason I know what kind of pad/tampon my girlfriend uses is because they are under the counter in the bathroom.
Yes, my female friends and discuss are period. Mostly in a completely bitching about symptoms way. We don't, however, connect over sanitary pads. We don't feel a connection over sanitary pads. They are pads. PADS.
What kind of cracktastic world do these advertising people live in? "I just feel a connection with Brittany that I don't with Jessica. I think it's because she uses Stayfree like I do." Or "Susie and I just became friends once we both started talking about Always with Wings." Or "I just had to ask, do you use Kotex like I do? Because I'm really trying to seek out someone who feels the same way I do about pads."
NO. JUST NO.
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Date: 1/27/10 02:07 am (UTC)oh, the dumb and/or leading questions on surveys.
Cloth, yo! No sticky plastic landfill destined brand name stuff for me. (Though there are brand names in cloth too, there are also tons of people who sell ones they made on etsy and places.)