Would you like to take a survey?
I 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.