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( Dill, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:41, archived)

that's a fair point
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( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:42, archived)

I've done some work for the NHS Smoking Helpline
I've had to survey folks who rang it, to see if it helped.
They'd mostly rather see pictures of cancerous lungs, than try nicotine replacement.
Most really just dont want to give up.
oops just broke confidentiality
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:44, archived)

do you smoke?
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( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:49, archived)

NO !
I would smoke, but I got cancer earlier this year. Ok, so it was only bollock cancer but frankly it scared the shit out of me so I stopped.

Filthy habit
( Darryn.R www.themoononline.com, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:51, archived)

*kof-kof*
*wheeze*
Yes, but I just do surveys, I dont actually work for them.
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:51, archived)

what's the best survey you've ever done?
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( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:53, archived)

are
you surveying him?
( Tedmus, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:54, archived)

Thats just what
I was thinking...
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:56, archived)

I was going to
but then realised that I couldn't really be arsed.
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:59, archived)

I know the
feeling
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:02, archived)

I did some work for a market research company once
the survey was "should the NHS fund tattoo removal" - you'd be amazed at how many people there are out there that don't know what a tattoo is!
( munkt0n, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:55, archived)

I'm continually amazed that
the people I speak to make it through the day.
The great general public are 90% muppets.
100% of FACT!

I'm in market research, I should know
And yes, I hate it.

( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:59, archived)

it's it often a bit self selecting
people who are at home all day are more likely to be povos / pikeys ?
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:00, archived)

Or housewives.

( Wifey, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:04, archived)

sorry wifey
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( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:05, archived)

Quite alright
You know the skull does suit you better.
( Wifey, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:09, archived)

Nah housewives are too busy
cleaning/cooking/looking after the kids to answer the phone.
That is NOT an insult, its FACT
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:08, archived)

Too busy on B3ta
you mean!
( Wifey, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:09, archived)

Yeah that too.
But the number of times I've been told "No, I'm cooking for the kids"...
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:13, archived)

I have often thought
of keeping a tape recording of crying children beside the phone, and playing it when people ring. That'll scare them off.
( Wifey, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:17, archived)

what's
cleaning and cooking???
( Jadeviper has just posted for the first time since 2008, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:15, archived)

yep
trying to explain to people that you don't actually have their phone number, the number was randomly selected by a computer program.

public : where'd you get this number
me : er, a computer guessed it
public : but it's ex directory!
me : twat *hangsup*

I did this job for about a week, I still have nightmares..
( munkt0n, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:03, archived)

Erm, probably the smoking one
Though hearing the words "blood clots on my lungs" is helping me to think about quitting.

this is getting a bit like the antiscript that was on t'front page a while back, for when people like me call up. I put it up at work, people loved it
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:56, archived)

that was good
although I got a bit bored trying to follow it all. I prefer the "Sorry, I'm not interested. Goodbye" approach.
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:57, archived)

I get quite a lot of that
Its great for winding people up on a Saturday morning.

We do it for Lloyds Bank.

Watch out.
edit: sorry Lloyds TSB. I could get fired for that
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:00, archived)

I just act thick
And say that my husband looks after all that stuff, and I don't have a clue. He say's that he leaves it all to me. Works surprisingly well..
( Wifey, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:12, archived)

We'll call back
until its done
( Bud Muhnquai [ :( ], Mon 13 Jan 2003, 19:13, archived)