Friday, October 01, 2004

Gardening Market Research

Every once in a while a company named Delve calls me up, looking to see if I qualify for a market research study. I've only qualified for one study, and it paid $125 for what boiled down to 90 minutes of my time. So, pretty good!

The study I qualified for was one on sports drinks. They brought us in, had us try out various prototype drinks, rate them on taste and so forth, and fill out a bunch of forms. I've also been called for studies on radio stations (didn't qualify), games (this study required bringing a friend and I couldn't find anyone available), and gardening.

Yes, gardening. I just got off the phone from answering a few questions about my gardening habits, and apparently the key question was whether or not I had purchased pansies. The last time I did any major gardening or planting, I bought a bunch of stuff so I wasn't sure. A quick check on Google images for pansies showed me that I did indeed buy some, because I recognize the purple and black flowers as some that are growing in my front flowerbed.

Oh well, maybe I'll qualify for the next survey...

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