I wonder whether you have been inundated, as I have, with requests for feedback from various commercial organisations. You stay at a hotel; “How did we do?” comes the inevitable email. You buy a product online and there is a request asking how you feel about it.
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Possibly the most ridiculous one I received was an email from Linkt asking if I was happy with my trip through the Lane Cove Tunnel in Sydney on 22 June and whether I could provide feedback. With pleasure. I described entering the tunnel and observing the speed limit, reported that the lighting was good and the road seemed smooth. One large drip splashed onto my windscreen approximately 30 seconds into the trip, but I quickly operated my windscreen wipers and continued. I thought that the white on the tunnel walls was a little tarnished and could be freshened up for a more invigorating experience, and suggested that the addition of some coloured lighting at the halfway point would give...
I love Guy’s soapbox. He always makes me laugh. He’s a great observer of life’s peculiarities. This is one such gem. I also am being driven mad by the constant feedback requests and now knowing it’s “not just me” I’ll never fill one in again.
This week I made the earth-shattering decision to reply to NO MORE FEEDBACKS – and the Noble One has reflected my own thinking.
Who cares? They just want to get even more information on us – inside leg measurement, hated flavours, preferred perfumes.
Is this keeping someone – probably a computer – in a job??
The idea of reverse feedback is pure genius, Guy. I’m doing it.