Game shows pt2

Jun 18, 2007 20:45

OK, I know I don't post on here nearly as often as I should and that doing a 2nd post about getting angry at gameshows is bordering on obsessive, but damn it, someone in society has some splainin to do.

Last time my rant was about Family Fued and its 'public survey' results. Tonight is along a similar line but from The Richlist. Now I'm not sure ( Read more... )

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littletudders June 18 2007, 13:10:22 UTC
The source was Reader's Digest - the list is buried in the middle of http://www.readersdigest.com.au/content/27320/.

Like you, I fail to comprehend the inclusion of telemarketers as a "trusted" profession - alongside car salesmen (or should that be salespeople to be politically correct?).

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ctudball June 18 2007, 22:57:44 UTC
Well played LT.

There's some more shocking people on that list. Hairdressers? Is there something about this profession that I've missed, because I barely trust them wtih my hair. Chiropractors? Lawyers? Builders? And, oh please, how does CEO even MAKE this list?

Of course I'm just upset that engineers don't even rank.

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noisymime June 18 2007, 23:17:23 UTC
When I was a kid I had a theory that hairdressers were secrectly compiling a database of general knowledge about everyone. I mean, what do you do when you go to get your hair cut? You sit there and tell them everything that's happened since your last haircut. Then they simply go to the computer, pull up your profile and add the info in. I figured that from there it was probably sold to the Russians.

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st3vil June 19 2007, 00:43:25 UTC
I had this same discussion with Kel last night... i guess she'd know, and she says that the crazy stuff people spill to you while you're holding a pair of scissors near their head is quite amazing. As in, the kinds of things that you don't really tell anybody except partners or best friends... So i guess that makes then quite trusted.

But car salesmen? And since when was a CEO a profession?

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ctudball June 19 2007, 08:54:58 UTC
And since when was a CEO a profession?

It's America.

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noisymime June 18 2007, 23:48:44 UTC
"And, oh please, how does CEO even MAKE this list?"

*cough* Steve Jobs *cough*

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ctudball June 19 2007, 08:52:26 UTC
*cough* Steve Ballmer *cough*

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noisymime June 19 2007, 10:58:48 UTC
That man scares me. Then I think of how much money and power he has and I curl up in a corner.

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