Satisfaction surveys are the new junk mail

[Cyrano]

How many do you get a week? One? Two?

I get them from doctors, dentists, towing services, auto repair shops, Sears, Walmart, on-line help sites, and anyplace where you use a credit or debit card and that has your email. What's next? Barbers? Seven Eleven? McDonalds?

They just don't get that if we aren't satisfied, we'll complain. And if we are satisfied, we'll be back. And especially, get them the hell off our phones with their "very short" follow-up surveys. And, no, the Do Not Call registry doesn't help. It's useless.

Please. Someone. Make them stop. On the other hand, I wish this was the biggest problem in life. But they have become one more pain in the ass.

(Yeah, I know this is trivial in the great scheme of things, but I'm trying to ignore the election until tomorrow night.)

[Sherman A1]

1. Think of it this way

you can simply put them into your recycle bin and they are supporting the Post Office by sending these mailings. The people that produce them and get them into the mail also get work from them so it's not entirely a bad thing.

[matt819]

2. Thanks for mentioning this

This has been bugging me for a long time. It's so damned irritating.

Also, in-store assessments of employees. Not only annoying, but a bit disturbing. I went to buy a paddle board at Dick's Sporting Goods. The guy who helped me was an older guy. It was my impression that he was working there because he was laid off from another job. He was okay, but nothing to write home about. When I was ready to go pay, he asked, almost begged, me to log in to the address on the receipt and give him a 5 on his service. He said the kid - he pointed to a younger, more energetic and probably more knowledgeable employee - was getting all 5s, and he was in trouble. He said anything less than a 5 - the highest rating - was thrown out and not considered in an employee's evaluation. The whole thing was really pretty awful.

[Iggo]

5. I know.

I really gotta tell Supercuts that I'm extremely satisfied with my monthly buzz cut?

Come on...