Comments on: Having A Big Shit In The Nest http://buckfrain.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/having-a-big-shit-in-the-nest/ This is where I come to rant so I can appear normal on public transport. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jayne http://buckfrain.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/having-a-big-shit-in-the-nest/#comment-871 Jayne Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:56:16 +0000 http://buckfrain.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-871 Your rant makes your job sound a hell of a lot like Winston Smith's in 1984; especially about altering respondent's answers to gratify shareholders, which reminds me of Winston thinking his job is to substitute one piece of nonsense for another, so lying doesn't really enter into it. (I'm not saying you're wrong, I've worked for telemarketing firms and market research firms, as well as other minimum wage bullshit jobs.) I really hope you are able to find a better job elsewhere, and soon (hey, maybe you already have--this is an older rant, right?). I was lucky enough to be able to quit my market research job when I found another job that paid better. I had originally been planning to keep the market research job just long enough to help pay off my student debt, but what decided me on quitting was a survey that asked people with dogs what their ethnic background and sexual orientation was. I told the supervisor I wasn't comfortable asking people that, and I was pretty sure it was against the law, and was told it was legal (of course--they NEVER did illegal stuff there...) and if people didn't want to answer they didn't have to. When he refused to put me on a different survey, I walked out. While I find your rants amusing, and clearly I'm not the only one, I really hope you find a better job because there's no point in this one. Your rant makes your job sound a hell of a lot like Winston Smith’s in 1984; especially about altering respondent’s answers to gratify shareholders, which reminds me of Winston thinking his job is to substitute one piece of nonsense for another, so lying doesn’t really enter into it. (I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’ve worked for telemarketing firms and market research firms, as well as other minimum wage bullshit jobs.) I really hope you are able to find a better job elsewhere, and soon (hey, maybe you already have–this is an older rant, right?). I was lucky enough to be able to quit my market research job when I found another job that paid better. I had originally been planning to keep the market research job just long enough to help pay off my student debt, but what decided me on quitting was a survey that asked people with dogs what their ethnic background and sexual orientation was. I told the supervisor I wasn’t comfortable asking people that, and I was pretty sure it was against the law, and was told it was legal (of course–they NEVER did illegal stuff there…) and if people didn’t want to answer they didn’t have to. When he refused to put me on a different survey, I walked out. While I find your rants amusing, and clearly I’m not the only one, I really hope you find a better job because there’s no point in this one.

]]> By: Old Gregg http://buckfrain.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/having-a-big-shit-in-the-nest/#comment-122 Old Gregg Sat, 17 May 2008 11:27:37 +0000 http://buckfrain.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-122 I'm loving the ballsy direction this blog is taking. I, too, have a Barry. Fuck Barry. Fuck him. Fuck all the Barrys, in the world, anywhere, everywhere! viva la revolution. I’m loving the ballsy direction this blog is taking.

I, too, have a Barry. Fuck Barry. Fuck him. Fuck all the Barrys, in the world, anywhere, everywhere!

viva la revolution.

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