From ras@ftp.com Tue Feb  8 13:12:41 1994
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 13:12:03 -0500
From: ras@ftp.com (Rick Schneider)
To: fun@ftp.com
Subject: People unclear on the concept


Interesting phone conversation today. (condensed a bit)


Her:	(in an a very nasal southern drawl) Hello, I'm calling for the gallup
    	poll. If I can take a couple minutes of your time, would you mind 
	answering some questions about your long distance carrier?

Me:	Um, Ok,

Her:	Could you tell me how long you've been an MCI cusomer?

Me:	Well, we don't really use MCI...

Her:	Who do you use now, and has your company every used MCI in the past?

Me:	No, not to my knowledge....

Her:	Is your company planning to switch to MCI in the future?

Me:	Not that I'm aware of.

Her:	Do you find MCI to be accurate and concise?

Me:	It's hard to say, we don't use MCI.

Her:	Are you satisfied with your MCI service?

Me:	Well, if I had MCI service, I might be able to answer, but I don't.

Her:	What aspects of MCI service have you found most rewarding?

Me:	Ummm... Do you know something I don't? These questions seem to
	be following a particular theme...

Her:	Ok, that part of the survey is finished anyway. On a scale of 1-7,
	how would you rate the importance of: (a bunch of things)

Me:	(a bunch of ratings from 1-7)

Her:	Ok, have you ever had trouble with blah, blablah, bla MCI blah, blah
	blah, or MCI blahbla bla?

Me:	Wait.... Are these questions still assuming that we use MCI?

Her:	Well, um... Yeah.

Me:	Well, we don't use MCI.

Her:	Oh. Ok, ah, thank you, bye...  *click*