Would You Like to Take A Survey?
@bulliontools
Posted 6d ago · 2 min read
Everything in life is vying for our time and attention. We only get a certain amount of time in life. We can't get back what's gone and we can't get any more of it. By that measure, everyone's time is valuable, and we should all make the most of it.
Imagine my amusement when I opened a letter recently. It was from the University of Michigan, and they were asking me to complete a survey about how changes in the economy have affected "people like you."
Of course it's affected people like me. There are very few it hasn't affected. We've been in a recession for some time, despite all of the talking heads arguing to the contrary. Why they think submitting answers to them will somehow magically make them care is a more meaningful question than anything they'd likely ask in their survey.
If they truly valued my time and opinions, you'd think they'd offer me compensation of some sort. Instead, they appear to be hoping some people are disenfranchised enough by the state of the economy that they'd willingly give fifteen minutes of their time to a university for their study. I might as well spend the same amount of time picking my nose or watching paint dry, as it would likely have about the same effect.
Sometimes I wonder if all that education and time spent in academia has caused a disconnect from reality with these people. It's not a complete disconnect, but enough to where you take a step back and just say, "What were they thinking?"
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