Because Your Opinion is Important

Posted by Kelly on April 28, 2009 in Life, Random | 1 comment

For a nearly two weeks, I had been  receiving and ignoring daily calls from Nielsen Ratings. I would look at the caller ID and shrug and walk away. They kept calling. Apparently, my input was crucial! Last week I finally picked up the phone.

“We at Nielsen Ratings would like you to participate in a survey about your television watching habits. Would you be willing to participate?”

“Sure.”

“What types of  television programing do you and your family watch?”

I laughed, “Um, many types?”

She wanted clarification,  “soap operas, comedy, sit-coms, drama, news?”

Okay, “among others we tend to watch dramas, reality TV (totally Starr!! *cough*) and the news.”

“That’s fine, I can record those answers. Thank you for participating in our survey today.”

I laughed out loud, they have been calling my house every single day and they had one non-specific question? “That’s it?!”

I heard her giggle, “yes, well, some of our surveys are longer than others.”