"Excuse me, sir—care to take a moment to check out my new clipboard? Ma'am? I just got a new clipboard. New clipboard, anyone? Anyone?"
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clipboard, clipboards, poll, polls, polling, pollster, pollsters, street scene, street scenes, solicit, solicits, soliciting, solicitor, solicitors, solicitation, sell, sells, selling, seller, sellers, survey, surveys, surveying, annoy, annoys, annoying, annoyance, irritating, irritate, irritates, stop people, stops people, stopping people, pedestrian, pedestrians"According to our time-and-motion studies, you handle your time very well but a lot of your motion is wasted."
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time and motion, time-and-motion, time and motion studies, time-and-motion studies, time-and-motion study, time and motion study, review, reviewing, management, manager, managers, survey, surveys, business, businesses, efficiency, efficient, time management, office, worker, workers, motion, motions, misinterpret, parody, parodying, filing, files, business efficiency, manage, executive, executives, waste, wasted, wastes"Are we all ready for an energy survey by Con Ed?"
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energy survey, energy surveys, energy surveyor, energy surveyors, living situation, living situations, surveyor, surveyors, lower class, lower classes, working poor, poverty, living in poverty, poverty line, life in poverty, survey, surveys, surveying, energy usage, large family, large families"I'm not trying to sell you anything, sir. I'm doing market research, and all I ask is two or three hours of your time to answer a few thousand questions."
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marketing call, marketing calls, telemarketing, telemarketer, telemarketers, market research, marketing research, nuisance, nuisances, cold call, cold calls, cold calling, annoyance, annoyances, irritate, irritates, irritating, frustrate, frustrates, frustrating, frustration, frustrations, question, questions, questioning, survey, surveys, surveying, poll, polls, polling, pollster, pollsters"O.K. That covers the last meal. Now, which would you prefer, hanging, electrocution, or lethal injection?"
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prison, prisons, jail, jails, incarceration, inmate, inmates, convict, convicts, prisoner, prisoners, criminal, criminal, crime, punishments, capital punishment, death penalty, officer, officers, guard, guards, jailer, jailers, prison guard, prison guards, note, notes, questionnaire, questionnaires, survey, surveys, data collection, last meal, last meals, meal, meals, food, hanging, electrocution, lethal injection, execution, executions, methods of execution, condemned, black humor, black humour, dark humor, dark humour"May I ask you, sir, if our little jingle on TV had anything to do with your decision to take along the missus?"
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jingle, jingles, catchy, airline, airlines, airport, airports, influence, influences, influencing, consumer, consumers, consumption, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays, holidaying, vacationing, ad, ads, advert, adverts, effective, effectiveness, customer survey, customer surveys, survey, surveys, surveying"It's NBC. They want to know what it's personally worth to us for them to keep 'E.R.' on the air."
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relationship, relationships, marriage, married, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, couple, couples, men, man, woman, women, tv, tvs, television, televisions, broadcasting, broadcaster, broadcasters, tv show, tv shows, television show, television shows, phone call, phone calls, survey, surveys, entertainment, entertaining"How would you like me to answer that question? As a member of my ethnic group, educational class, income group, or religious category?"
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politically correct, political correctness, ethnic group, social group, income group, educational group, religious group, opinion, opinions, politics, political, think before you speak, poll taker, polls, survey, surveys, class system, classes, society, modern life, pc, avoiding offense, avoiding offence, no offense, no offence, anti-discrimination, language, choice of words, word choice, polite, politeness, manners"You call yourselves a demographic?"
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demographic, survey, surveys, surveying, questionnaire, questionnaires, represent, representative, unrepresentative, un-representative, inaccurate, anomalous, anomalies, group study, group studies, social study, social studies, stats, statistics, statistical, statistical characteristics, human population"Hi! I'm Carl, from Amazon fulfillment. Would you mind telling us how you feel about your online shopping experience?"
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technology, online, internet, computer, computers, shopping, shopper, shoppers, consumerism, internet shopping, online shopping, home shopping, box, boxes, package, packages, mail, post, delivery, deliveries, innovation, innovative, customer service, service, services, fulfilment, fulfillment, worker, workers, surveyor, surveyors, survey, surveys, questionnaire, questionnaires, interview, interviews, opinion, opinions, shopping experience, personal, customer, customers, shipping, modern life"Just one more question: Do you think Mario Cuomo is too thin-skinned to go all the way?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, opinion, opinions, politics, government, governments, politician, politicians, governor, governors, governor of new york, new york, ny, mario cuomo, thin-skinned, election, elections, campaign, campaigns, political, poll, polls, pollster, pollsters, survey, surveys, questionnaire, questionnaires, voter, voters, question, questions, questioning"Do we want to be members of a small, elite club of families willing to respond to insurance-survey questions during dinnertime?"
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cold calling, cold-calling, insurance salesmen, insurance salesman, insurance sales, nuisance call, nuisance calls, nuisance calling, survey, surveys, questionnaire, questionnaires, sales pitch, sales pitches, dinnertime, dinnertimes, dinner time, customer feedback, consumer feedback, consumer questionnaireWhen Focus Group Researchers Go Head to Head
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research, researchers, market research, market researchers, focus group, focus groups, marketing, marketer, advertising, advertisers, opinion, opinions, survey, surveys, opinion survey, opinion surveys, competition, compete, business competition, head to head, head-to-head, two way mirror, two way mirrors, market analysisMoses parts the Red Sea while a follower searches with a metal detector.
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moses, red sea, the parting of the red sea, sea, water, parting sea, parts sea, metal detector, metal detectors, sensor, sensors, prospecting, salvage, survey, search, probe, bible, exodus, technology, probes, probing, loose change, spare change, opportunist, opportunists, opportunism, opportunity, take advantage, taking advantage, book of exodus"There's a customer-satisfaction questionnaire for you to fill out and for us to not look at and immediately throw away."
"Still won't talk, eh? Well I'd hate for it to get slightly colder in here."
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police, police officer, officer, officers, law enforcement, crime, crimes, criminal, criminals, air con, air conditioning, conditioning, stereotypical, interrogate, interrogates, interrogation, interrogations, confess, confession, confessions, question, questions, questioning, subvert, subverted, subversion, survey, surveys, clash, whiplash, mood whiplash, ironic, irony, ironically, modern life, modern world, criminal, criminals, crime, crimes, inconvenience, inconvenienced, inconvenient"After you confess, can you fill out this survey to help us improve our interrogation methods?"
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police, police officer, officer, officers, law enforcement, crime, crimes, criminal, criminals, research, stereotypical, interrogate, interrogates, interrogation, interrogations, confess, confession, confessions, question, questions, questioning, subvert, subverted, subversion, survey, surveys, clash, whiplash, mood whiplash, mood swing, clashed, clashing, help, help us, help us improve, improved, improves, improvement, improvements, customer, customers, review, reviews, customer service, service, ironic, irony, ironically, modern life, modern world, criminal, criminals, crime, crimes, consumer, consumerism"Tonight there is no news and recent surveys indicate that that my be good news."
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television, televisions, watching television, tv, tvs, watching tv, t.v., t.v.s, watching t.v., news, newscaster, newscasters, reporter, reporters, announcer, announcers, broadcaster, broadcasters, newsman, newsmen, news anchor, news anchors, anchormen, anchorman, presenter, presenters, media, broadcasting, reporting, good news, no news, survey, surveys"One final question: Do you own or have you ever owned a fur coat?"
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leopard, leopards, fur coat, fur coats, survey, surveys, regret, regrets, business man, business men, businessman, business men, business person, business people, businessperson, big cat, big cats, animal rights, animal product, animal products, endangered animal, endangered animals, karma, revenge"It's ten o'clock, and seventy-seven per cent of the people think all is well!"
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all is well, town crier, town criers, poll, polls, polling, stats, statistic, statistics, opinion poll, opinion polls, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, survey, surveys, public survey, public surveys, reelected, fake stats, fake news, public announcement, public announcements, political campaign, political campaigns, election season, election seasons, election year, election years"I enjoyed the sauna very much, and may I say this is the friendliest bank in my whole business experience?"
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sauna, saunas, bank, banks, customer satisfaction, customer, customers, customer service, above and beyond, perk, perks, bonus, bonuses, friendly, friendliness, customer care, spa, spas, luxury spa, luxury spas, banker, bankers, satisfaction, survey, surveys, 1%, rich, rich people"Before you go, would you mind taking a few moments to fill out a short form rating your relationship experience?"
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break up, break ups, break-up, breaking up, break-ups, wife, wives, marriage, married, married life, subvert, subverted, subversion, survey, surveys, clash, whiplash, mood whiplash, mood swing, clashed, clashing, help, help us, help us improve, improved, improves, improvement, improvements, customer, customers, review, reviews, customer service, service, ironic, irony, ironically, modern life, modern world, satisfaction, satisfied, divorce, divorces, divorced, split, splitting up, split-up, leaving, leaving you"Oh my, everybody you mentioned would make a great President."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking pet, talking pets, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking dog, talking dogs, dog, dogs, canine, canines, dog owner, dog owners, politics, government, government, political, president, presidents, politician, politicians, poll, polls, polling, pollster, pollsters, survey, surveys, surveying, questionnaire, questionnaires, vote, votes, voter, voters, voting, election, elections, campaign, campaigns, telephone poll, telephones polls, candidate, candidates, opinion, opinions, undecided, choice, choices, choosing, modern life"d you say, 'better the devil you know,' or 'throw the rascal out' or 'other'?"
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survey, surveys, surveying, door-to-door, cliche, cliches, saying, sayings, expression, expressions, president, presidents, option, options, choice, choices, binary option, binary options, binary choice, binary choices, extreme, extremes, political polarization, politicall polarized, partisan, partisans, partisanship